Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Kansas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Garden City, KS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Garden City, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #457 of 536 scored small-town markets
#11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 43
- 18 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- −29.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $25.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $590K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.5
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,505
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Garden City area has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #457 of 536 scored small-town markets and #11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Garden City area comes to about $25.4M a year: $1,919 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $590K per business, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Garden City area as of September 2026. 18 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 32.5 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Garden City area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 29.2% from 2019. That is one for every 778 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Garden City area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Garden City area 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 | Garden City area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.5 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $590K | $1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 778 | 1,224 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −29.2% | −10.9% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,919 | $1,989 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $73,009 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17−29.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 250
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4318 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 the Garden City area, 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 the Garden City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,505−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,229
- Median age
- 33.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $73,009
- Average household income
- $91,638
- Median home value
- $201,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,852
- Daytime population
- 39,125Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Garden City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 70 | 15 | 14.4 | $1.3M | +1.1% | #95 of 536 |
| 2McPherson, KS | 65 | 20 | 16.4 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #135 of 536 |
| 3Atchison, KS | 60 | 7 | 12.2 | $1.4M | −0.9% | #175 of 536 |
| 4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 53 | 22 | 16.4 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #243 of 536 |
| 5Hutchinson, KS | 51 | 45 | 17.6 | $994K | −0.6% | #259 of 536 |
| 6Salina, KS | 43 | 52 | 20.9 | $871K | −1.4% | #328 of 536 |
| 7Emporia, KS | 37 | 36 | 24.6 | $694K | +0.4% | #394 of 536 |
| 8Great Bend, KS | 36 | 26 | 25.0 | $691K | −2.5% | #404 of 536 |
| 9Pittsburg, KS | 32 | 36 | 22.7 | $735K | +0.1% | #427 of 536 |
| 10Dodge City, KS | 31 | 34 | 28.8 | $650K | −0.6% | #436 of 536 |
| 11Garden City, KS | 28 | 43 | 32.5 | $590K | −2.1% | #457 of 536 |
Other business types in the Garden City area
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 laundry28
- Clothing and shoe stores27
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Garden City, KS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Garden City area. 18 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 29.2% from 2019. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Garden City, KS area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $25.4M a year, or $1,919 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $590K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,229 households in the Garden City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Garden City, KS area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Garden City area has 32.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $590K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Garden City area would have about 29, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 778 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 29.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Garden City, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Garden City area at 37,505 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,229 households. The median household income in the Garden City area is $73,009 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Garden City area scores 28 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #457 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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