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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Powell County, KY

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,612 of 2,210 scored counties
#50 of 79 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,455 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
58% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.4
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,812
−2.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Powell County. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 10.4 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Powell County spend about $7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,455 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.4M per business, 58% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Powell County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Powell County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Powell County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,612 of 2,210 scored counties and #50 of 79 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Powell 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 Powell County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePowell CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.419.823.3
Spending per listing$1.4M$891K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3071,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,455$1,761$2,055
Median household income$40,309$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score3744

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
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Powell 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 Powell County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,812−2.2% since 2020
Households
4,790
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
179 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$40,309+7.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,437
Median home value
$141,100
Jobs located here
2,742
Daytime population
10,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Powell County marked.

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
50Powell County, KY37510.4$1.4M−2.2%#1,612 of 2,210

Other business types in Powell County

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

Questions

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

Powell County has 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Powell County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $7M a year, or $1,455 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,790 households in Powell County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Powell County has 10.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Powell County would have about 8, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Powell County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Powell County at 12,812 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,790 households. Median household income in Powell County is $40,309, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.6%, 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. Powell County scores 37 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,612 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Powell County

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