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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carroll County, IA
How Carroll 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 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,996 of 2,210 scored counties
#66 of 68 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 27
- 11 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $622K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.7
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,303
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Carroll County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,996 of 2,210 scored counties and #66 of 68 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Carroll County spend about $16.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,910 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $622K per business, 29% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Carroll County has 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 30.7 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Carroll County in 2023. That is one for every 800 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.7 | 20.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $622K | $947K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 800 | 1,340 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,910 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,930 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $895K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2711 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,303−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,801
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 570 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $72,930+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,964
- Median home value
- $176,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,716
- Daytime population
- 20,571Residents 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 Carroll 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 |
| 66Carroll County, IA | 24 | 27 | 30.7 | $622K | −2.0% | #1,996 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Carroll 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 laundry24
- Clothing and shoe stores21
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Carroll County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carroll County. 11 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $16.8M a year, or $1,910 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $622K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,801 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, IA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Carroll County has 30.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $622K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Carroll County would have about 19, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 800 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 20,303 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,801 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $72,930 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Carroll County scores 24 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #1,996 of 2,210 scored counties.
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