Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Kentucky
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #383 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 139
- 58 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $73.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $529K
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.3
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,259
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Paducah metro area is 11 (low), #383 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 139 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Paducah metro area. 58 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 33.3 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Paducah metro area comes to about $73.5M a year: $1,761 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 139 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $529K per business, 40% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in the Paducah metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 732 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Paducah metro area declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Paducah 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 | Paducah metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.3 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $529K | $891K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 732 | 1,307 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.3% | −15.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,761 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,160 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57−14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 654
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13958 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 the Paducah 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 Paducah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,259−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,735
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $64,160
- Average household income
- $88,236
- Median home value
- $168,700
- Jobs located here
- 48,716
- Daytime population
- 107,914Residents 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 Paducah 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 Paducah 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 laundry11
- Clothing and shoe stores10
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area?
There are 139 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Paducah metro area as of September 2026. 58 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. Another 60 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $73.5M a year, or $1,761 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 139 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $529K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,735 households in the Paducah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Paducah metro area has 33.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $529K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Paducah metro area would have about 84, against 139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 732 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Paducah, KY-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Paducah metro area at 102,259 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,735 households. Median household income in the Paducah metro area is $64,160, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Paducah metro area scores 11 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #383 of 387 scored metro areas.
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