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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Knott County, KY
How Knott County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,472 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,321
- −5.9% since 2020
See the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses around any address in Knott County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business in Knott County. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Knott County comes to about $8.1M a year: $1,472 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.1M of household spending for each business on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Knott County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Knott County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, Knott County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Knott 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.
| Measure | Knott County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $891K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,307 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,472 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $41,761 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 44 |
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
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Knott 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 Knott County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,321−5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,521
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 352 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $41,761+33.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,787
- Median home value
- $77,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,129
- Daytime population
- 11,618Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 92 | 24 | 10.4 | $2.4M | +4.9% | #13 of 2,210 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 88 | 23 | 10.2 | $2M | +8.2% | #37 of 2,210 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 85 | 29 | 9.1 | $2.1M | +5.0% | #70 of 2,210 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 84 | 21 | 10.5 | $1.8M | +7.8% | #85 of 2,210 |
| 5Anderson County, KY | 81 | 6 | 6.2 | $2.9M | +5.5% | #113 of 2,210 |
| 6Meade County, KY | 74 | 9 | 8.2 | $2.3M | +2.2% | #256 of 2,210 |
| 7Garrard County, KY | 72 | 5 | 7.5 | $2.2M | +7.3% | #307 of 2,210 |
| 8Allen County, KY | 70 | 7 | 8.7 | $1.9M | +9.5% | #373 of 2,210 |
| 9Kenton County, KY | 70 | 89 | 13.2 | $1.5M | +3.9% | #382 of 2,210 |
| 10Trigg County, KY | 67 | 5 | 8.3 | $2M | +3.1% | #445 of 2,210 |
| Knott County, KY | Not scored | 1 | 1.8 | $8.1M | −5.9% |
Other business types in Knott 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 laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Knott County, KY?
There is 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings in Knott County as of September 2026. 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 Knott County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Knott County, KY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $8.1M a year, or $1,472 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, it comes to $8.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,521 households in Knott County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knott County, KY compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Knott County has 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Knott County would have about 9, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Knott County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Knott County at 13,321 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,521 households. Median household income in Knott County is $41,761, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.9%, 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. Knott County has no market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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