Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Kentucky
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bowling Green, KY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bowling Green, KY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #241 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 151
- 69 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- −17.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $126.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,719 a household
- Spending per listing
- $835K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.6
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 197,180
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Bowling Green metro area comes to about $126.1M a year: $1,719 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $835K per business, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 151 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Bowling Green metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 20.6 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 66 businesses with payroll in the Bowling Green metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,111 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 116 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bowling Green metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bowling Green metro area is 45 (lower middle), #241 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.
How the Bowling Green metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Bowling Green metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.6 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $835K | $891K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,111 | 1,307 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.5% | −15.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,719 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $63,328 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 66−17.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 718
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 116Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15169 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The 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 Bowling Green metro 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 Bowling Green metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 197,180+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 73,344
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,614 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $63,328+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,606
- Median home value
- $233,700
- Jobs located here
- 78,351
- Daytime population
- 187,870Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bowling Green metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 67 | 1,784 | 19.7 | $1.1M | +2.7% | #78 of 387 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 56 | 232 | 18.6 | $943K | +8.5% | #160 of 387 |
| 1Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 52 | 1,160 | 20.8 | $915K | +2.9% | #192 of 387 |
| 2Elizabethtown, KY | 49 | 105 | 20.7 | $862K | +2.4% | #210 of 387 |
| 3Bowling Green, KY | 45 | 151 | 20.6 | $835K | +9.5% | #241 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 42 | 274 | 18.0 | $951K | −2.6% | #253 of 387 |
| 4Owensboro, KY | 38 | 104 | 23.0 | $768K | +1.3% | #283 of 387 |
| 5Lexington-Fayette, KY | 37 | 555 | 25.7 | $738K | +3.4% | #287 of 387 |
| 6Paducah, KY-IL | 11 | 139 | 33.3 | $529K | −1.2% | #383 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bowling Green metro 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 laundry45
- Clothing and shoe stores42
- Laundromats58
- Dry cleaners53
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Bowling Green, KY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 151 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Bowling Green metro area. 69 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 17.5% from 2019. Another 116 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bowling Green, KY metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $126.1M a year, or $1,719 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 151 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $835K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 73,344 households in the Bowling Green metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bowling Green, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Bowling Green metro area has 20.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $835K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Bowling Green metro area would have about 143, against 151 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,111 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bowling Green, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bowling Green metro area at 197,180 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,344 households. The median household income in the Bowling Green metro area is $63,328 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. The Bowling Green metro area scores 45 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #241 of 387 scored metro areas.
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