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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bienville Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bienville Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,911 of 2,210 scored counties
#39 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,432 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.6
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,269
−5.0% 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

Bienville Parish scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,911 of 2,210 scored counties and #39 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bienville Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Bienville Parish comes to about $8M a year: $1,432 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 29% 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 Bienville Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Bienville Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Bienville Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Bienville Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureBienville ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.626.723.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$660K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a9181,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,432$1,761$2,055
Median household income$35,011$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2711

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
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
70 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 Bienville Parish, 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 Bienville Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
12,269−5.0% since 2020
Households
5,556
Median age
45.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
811 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$35,011+15.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,588
Median home value
$99,500
Jobs located here
3,432
Daytime population
10,866Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Bienville Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA8376.4$3M+5.5%#89 of 2,210
2St. Charles Parish, LA701910.2$1.9M−3.7%#368 of 2,210
3Livingston Parish, LA697814.6$1.3M+8.5%#413 of 2,210
4Plaquemines Parish, LA6478.5$2.3M−5.3%#553 of 2,210
5Vermilion Parish, LA64209.2$1.8M+1.3%#555 of 2,210
6St. James Parish, LA6168.0$2.4M−5.9%#650 of 2,210
7Jackson Parish, LA56610.8$1.4M+5.6%#853 of 2,210
8St. Martin Parish, LA54189.2$1.8M−1.0%#931 of 2,210
9Vernon Parish, LA53189.8$1.7M−7.3%#986 of 2,210
10Evangeline Parish, LA5286.4$2.4M−1.0%#1,033 of 2,210
39Bienville Parish, LA27712.6$1.1M−5.0%#1,911 of 2,210

Other business types in Bienville Parish

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Bienville Parish, LA?

Bienville Parish has 7 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 Bienville Parish: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bienville Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $8M a year, or $1,432 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,556 households in Bienville Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bienville Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Bienville Parish has 12.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bienville Parish would have about 9, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Bienville Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Bienville Parish at 12,269 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,556 households. Median household income in Bienville Parish is $35,011, 57% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.7%, 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. Bienville Parish scores 27 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,911 of 2,210 scored counties.

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

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