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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Floyd County, IA
How Floyd 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,704 of 2,210 scored counties
#57 of 68 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,834 a household
- Spending per listing
- $702K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.1
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,901
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Floyd County is 35 (lower middle), #1,704 of 2,210 scored counties and #57 of 68 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Floyd County spend about $11.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,834 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $702K per business, 20% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Floyd County has 17 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 18%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 26.1 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Floyd County in 2023. That is one for every 2,168 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Floyd County declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Floyd 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 | Floyd County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.1 | 20.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $702K | $947K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,168 | 1,340 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,834 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,557 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $249K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,901−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,503
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $68,557+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,469
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,655
- Daytime population
- 13,778Residents 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 Floyd 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 |
| 57Floyd County, IA | 35 | 17 | 26.1 | $702K | −4.4% | #1,704 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Floyd 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 laundry35
- Clothing and shoe stores34
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Floyd County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Floyd County. 3 of them (18%) 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. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Floyd County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $11.9M a year, or $1,834 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $702K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,503 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Floyd County, IA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Floyd County has 26.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $702K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Floyd County would have about 14, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,168 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Floyd County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Floyd County at 14,901 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,503 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $68,557 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. Floyd County scores 35 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,704 of 2,210 scored counties.
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