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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Daviess County, KY

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Daviess County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,764 of 2,210 scored counties
#59 of 79 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
104
44 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
35
−12.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$73.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,765 a household
Spending per listing
$707K
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.0
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,898
+1.5% 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

Daviess County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,764 of 2,210 scored counties and #59 of 79 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Daviess County comes to about $73.5M a year: $1,765 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 104 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $707K per business, 20% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Daviess County has 104 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 44 are chain locations, or 42%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.0, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Daviess County was 35 in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,190 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Daviess County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Daviess County 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Daviess County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureDaviess CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.019.823.3
Spending per listing$707K$891K$880K
Households per official establishment1,1901,3071,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.5%−15.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,765$1,761$2,055
Median household income$68,214$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score3344

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40 → 35−12.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
390
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
39Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10444 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
84The 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 Daviess 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 Daviess County

Population, 2025 estimate
104,898+1.5% since 2020
Households
41,639
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
226
Median household income
$68,214+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,502
Median home value
$199,900
Jobs located here
46,939
Daytime population
106,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY922410.4$2.4M+4.9%#13 of 2,210
2Scott County, KY882310.2$2M+8.2%#37 of 2,210
3Bullitt County, KY85299.1$2.1M+5.0%#70 of 2,210
4Jessamine County, KY842110.5$1.8M+7.8%#85 of 2,210
5Anderson County, KY8166.2$2.9M+5.5%#113 of 2,210
6Meade County, KY7498.2$2.3M+2.2%#256 of 2,210
7Garrard County, KY7257.5$2.2M+7.3%#307 of 2,210
8Allen County, KY7078.7$1.9M+9.5%#373 of 2,210
9Kenton County, KY708913.2$1.5M+3.9%#382 of 2,210
10Trigg County, KY6758.3$2M+3.1%#445 of 2,210
59Daviess County, KY3310425.0$707K+1.5%#1,764 of 2,210

Other business types in Daviess County

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

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Daviess County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 104 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Daviess County. 44 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. Another 39 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Daviess County, KY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $73.5M a year, or $1,765 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $707K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,639 households in Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Daviess County has 25.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $707K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Daviess County would have about 84, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,190 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Daviess County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Daviess County at 104,898 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,639 households. The median household income in Daviess County is $68,214 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Daviess County scores 33 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,764 of 2,210 scored counties.

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