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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bremer County, IA
How Bremer County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #169 of 2,210 scored counties
#3 of 68 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 9
- 3 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,001 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,296
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bremer County is 78 (high), #169 of 2,210 scored counties and #3 of 68 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bremer County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 60% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in Bremer County spend about $19.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,001 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bremer County in 2023. That is one for every 3,239 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Bremer County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bremer County compares
The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Bremer County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 20.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $947K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,239 | 1,340 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,001 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $86,784 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $157K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 93 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bremer County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Bremer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,296+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,716
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $86,784+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,261
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,443
- Daytime population
- 21,993Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Bremer County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 91 | 21 | 10.2 | $2.1M | +9.0% | #14 of 2,210 |
| 2Mills County, IA | 83 | 5 | 9.3 | $2.3M | +2.6% | #94 of 2,210 |
| 3Bremer County, IA | 78 | 9 | 9.3 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #169 of 2,210 |
| 4Benton County, IA | 76 | 13 | 12.7 | $1.6M | +1.8% | #216 of 2,210 |
| 5Buchanan County, IA | 75 | 6 | 7.3 | $2.6M | +1.3% | #223 of 2,210 |
| 6Jones County, IA | 72 | 9 | 11.0 | $1.7M | +2.9% | #315 of 2,210 |
| 7Boone County, IA | 68 | 17 | 15.5 | $1.3M | +0.4% | #437 of 2,210 |
| 8Jasper County, IA | 67 | 23 | 15.3 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #462 of 2,210 |
| 9Jackson County, IA | 66 | 8 | 9.7 | $1.9M | −0.8% | #472 of 2,210 |
| 10Cedar County, IA | 66 | 8 | 10.5 | $1.9M | −0.7% | #475 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Bremer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry78
- Clothing and shoe stores75
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Bremer County, IA?
There are 9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Bremer County as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bremer County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $19.4M a year, or $2,001 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,716 households in Bremer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bremer County, IA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Bremer County has 9.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.2M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bremer County would have about 22, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,239 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Bremer County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Bremer County at 25,296 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,716 households. Median household income in Bremer County is $86,784, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Bremer County scores 78 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #169 of 2,210 scored counties.
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