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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Franklin County, KS

How Franklin County, KS 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #596 of 2,210 scored counties
#5 of 35 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
15
4 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,862 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
47% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.4
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,299
+1.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Franklin County. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 14.4 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Franklin County comes to about $19.4M a year: $1,862 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 47% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,602 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Franklin County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #596 of 2,210 scored counties and #5 of 35 scored counties in Kansas.

How Franklin 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 Franklin County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.419.823.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$1M$880K
Households per official establishment2,6021,2241,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.9%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,862$1,989$2,055
Median household income$77,207$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score6354

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$383K
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
154 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,299+1.1% since 2020
Households
10,409
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
572 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$77,207+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,587
Median home value
$198,700
Jobs located here
10,357
Daytime population
23,076Residents 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 Franklin 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

Other business types in Franklin 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 Franklin County, KS?

Franklin County has 15 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $19.4M a year, or $1,862 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,409 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin County has 14.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Franklin County would have about 22, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,602 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 26,299 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,409 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $77,207, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Franklin County scores 63 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #596 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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