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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cowley County, KS
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cowley County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,442 of 2,210 scored counties
#20 of 35 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 22
- 6 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,382
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cowley County. 6 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Cowley County comes to about $23.4M a year: $1,746 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cowley County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cowley County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cowley County is 41 (lower middle), #1,442 of 2,210 scored counties and #20 of 35 scored counties in Kansas.
How Cowley 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.
| Measure | Cowley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,224 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.9% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,746 | $1,989 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,878 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 54 |
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
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 226 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Cowley 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 Cowley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,382−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,387
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $57,878+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,245
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,490
- Daytime population
- 33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cowley County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 89 | 10 | 7.3 | $2.9M | +5.9% | #25 of 2,210 |
| 2Pottawatomie County, KS | 89 | 9 | 9.6 | $2.2M | +6.9% | #28 of 2,210 |
| 3Leavenworth County, KS | 87 | 29 | 9.6 | $2.2M | +3.2% | #49 of 2,210 |
| 4Butler County, KS | 80 | 34 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #146 of 2,210 |
| 5Franklin County, KS | 63 | 15 | 14.4 | $1.3M | +1.1% | #596 of 2,210 |
| 6Dickinson County, KS | 62 | 10 | 12.5 | $1.5M | +1.4% | #617 of 2,210 |
| 7Douglas County, KS | 62 | 77 | 15.3 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #628 of 2,210 |
| 8Harvey County, KS | 61 | 20 | 14.6 | $1.3M | −1.2% | #669 of 2,210 |
| 9Nemaha County, KS | 59 | 5 | 12.4 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #734 of 2,210 |
| 10Sumner County, KS | 59 | 11 | 12.3 | $1.5M | −0.1% | #738 of 2,210 |
| 20Cowley County, KS | 41 | 22 | 16.4 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #1,442 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Cowley 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 laundry41
- Clothing and shoe stores47
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Cowley County, KS?
There are 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Cowley County as of September 2026. 6 of them (27%) 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 Cowley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cowley County, KS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.4M a year, or $1,746 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,387 households in Cowley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cowley County, KS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Cowley County has 16.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Cowley County would have about 27, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Cowley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cowley County at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. Median household income in Cowley County is $57,878, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Cowley County scores 41 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,442 of 2,210 scored counties.
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