Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Kentucky
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Middlesborough, KY area
How the Middlesborough, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #474 of 536 scored small-town markets
#15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 24
- 10 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $573K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.1
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,829
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Middlesborough area scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #474 of 536 scored small-town markets and #15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Middlesborough area. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.1, 3% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Middlesborough area comes to about $13.8M a year: $1,384 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $573K per business, 35% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Middlesborough area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,313 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Middlesborough area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Middlesborough 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 | Middlesborough area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.1 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $573K | $891K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,313 | 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 | $1,384 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $31,354 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $167K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Middlesborough 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 Middlesborough area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,829−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,939
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $31,354+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $49,259
- Median home value
- $89,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,622
- Daytime population
- 23,467Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Middlesborough area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, KY | 70 | 47 | 14.5 | $1.2M | +3.1% | #98 of 536 |
| 2Richmond-Berea, KY | 66 | 75 | 15.1 | $1.1M | +7.0% | #129 of 536 |
| 3Henderson, KY | 58 | 29 | 12.4 | $1.3M | −0.9% | #200 of 536 |
| 4Danville, KY | 55 | 32 | 14.7 | $1.1M | +3.6% | #228 of 536 |
| 5Mayfield, KY | 55 | 26 | 18.4 | $882K | +1.4% | #231 of 536 |
| 6Franklin, KY | 54 | 18 | 22.4 | $749K | +5.9% | #241 of 536 |
| 7Campbellsville, KY | 51 | 23 | 15.7 | $1M | +3.4% | #257 of 536 |
| 8Madisonville, KY | 41 | 39 | 21.2 | $754K | −0.5% | #351 of 536 |
| 9Somerset, KY | 40 | 56 | 21.4 | $745K | +3.5% | #365 of 536 |
| 10Corbin, KY | 39 | 98 | 17.3 | $875K | +0.1% | #370 of 536 |
| 15Middlesborough, KY | 25 | 24 | 24.1 | $573K | −4.8% | #474 of 536 |
Other business types in the Middlesborough 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 laundry25
- Clothing and shoe stores26
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Middlesborough, KY area?
There are 24 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Middlesborough area as of September 2026. 10 of them (42%) 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 list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Middlesborough, KY area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $13.8M a year, or $1,384 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $573K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,939 households in the Middlesborough area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Middlesborough, KY area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Middlesborough area has 24.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $573K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Middlesborough area would have about 16, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,313 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Middlesborough, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Middlesborough area at 22,829 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,939 households. Median household income in the Middlesborough area is $31,354, 61% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. 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 Middlesborough area scores 25 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #474 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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