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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mercer County, KY
How Mercer 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 · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #459 of 2,210 scored counties
#11 of 79 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,705 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 62% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,733
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,705 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Mercer County spend about $15.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 62% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.0, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Mercer County in 2023. That is one for every 3,060 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mercer County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mercer County is 67 (upper middle), #459 of 2,210 scored counties and #11 of 79 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Mercer 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 | Mercer County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $891K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,060 | 1,307 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,705 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,824 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $68K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,733+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,181
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 249 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $64,824+17.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,091
- Median home value
- $202,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,702
- Daytime population
- 19,848Residents 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 |
| 11Mercer County, KY | 67 | 11 | 12.0 | $1.4M | +4.8% | #459 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Mercer 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 laundry67
- Clothing and shoe stores66
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Mercer County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mercer County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 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 Mercer County, KY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $15.7M a year, or $1,705 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,181 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, KY compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Mercer County has 12.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 62% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Mercer County would have about 18, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,060 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Mercer County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 23,733 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,181 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $64,824 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.7% 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. Mercer County scores 67 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #459 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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