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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Atchison County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Atchison County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,079 of 2,210 scored counties
#14 of 35 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,747 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
63% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
48% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,172
−0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,747 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Atchison County spend about $10M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 63% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Atchison County has 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.2 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Atchison County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Atchison County declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Atchison County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,079 of 2,210 scored counties and #14 of 35 scored counties in Kansas.

How Atchison County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Atchison County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureAtchison CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.219.823.3
Spending per listing$1.4M$1M$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2241,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.9%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,747$1,989$2,055
Median household income$61,112$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score5154

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Atchison 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 Atchison County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,172−0.9% since 2020
Households
5,735
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$61,112+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,946
Median home value
$145,700
Jobs located here
5,726
Daytime population
14,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Atchison County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Miami County, KS89107.3$2.9M+5.9%#25 of 2,210
2Pottawatomie County, KS8999.6$2.2M+6.9%#28 of 2,210
3Leavenworth County, KS87299.6$2.2M+3.2%#49 of 2,210
4Butler County, KS803413.4$1.5M+3.1%#146 of 2,210
5Franklin County, KS631514.4$1.3M+1.1%#596 of 2,210
6Dickinson County, KS621012.5$1.5M+1.4%#617 of 2,210
7Douglas County, KS627715.3$1.3M+1.8%#628 of 2,210
8Harvey County, KS612014.6$1.3M−1.2%#669 of 2,210
9Nemaha County, KS59512.4$1.6M−2.1%#734 of 2,210
10Sumner County, KS591112.3$1.5M−0.1%#738 of 2,210
14Atchison County, KS51712.2$1.4M−0.9%#1,079 of 2,210

Other business types in Atchison County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Atchison County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Atchison County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Atchison County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Atchison County, KS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $10M a year, or $1,747 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,735 households in Atchison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Atchison County, KS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Atchison County has 12.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Atchison County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Atchison County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Atchison County at 16,172 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,735 households. The median household income in Atchison County is $61,112 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. Atchison County scores 51 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #1,079 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Atchison County

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