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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bossier Parish, LA

How Bossier Parish, LA 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,880 of 2,210 scored counties
#37 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
158
82 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
62
−19.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$92.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,811 a household
Spending per listing
$583K
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.1
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,867
+2.5% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Bossier Parish has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,880 of 2,210 scored counties and #37 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 158 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bossier Parish. Of those, 82 are chain locations, or 52%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.1, 33% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,811 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Bossier Parish spend about $92.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $583K of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bossier Parish in 2023, down 19.5% from 2019. That is one for every 820 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bossier Parish grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Bossier 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 Bossier Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureBossier ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.126.723.3
Spending per listing$583K$660K$880K
Households per official establishment8209181,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−19.5%−12.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,811$1,761$2,055
Median household income$69,617$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2911

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
77 → 62−19.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
641
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
143Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
15882 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
105The 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 Bossier 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 Bossier Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
131,867+2.5% since 2020
Households
50,826
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
840 sq. mi.
People per square mile
155
Median household income
$69,617+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,201
Median home value
$227,200
Jobs located here
45,671
Daytime population
123,320Residents 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 Bossier 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
37Bossier Parish, LA2915831.1$583K+2.5%#1,880 of 2,210

Other business types in Bossier 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 Bossier Parish, LA?

There are 158 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Bossier Parish as of September 2026. 82 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 19.5% from 2019. Another 143 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $92.1M a year, or $1,811 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 158 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $583K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,826 households in Bossier Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bossier Parish has 31.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $583K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bossier Parish would have about 105, against 158 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 820 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 19.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Bossier Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Bossier Parish at 131,867 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,826 households. Median household income in Bossier Parish is $69,617, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. 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. Bossier Parish scores 29 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,880 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 Bossier Parish

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