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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lafourche Parish, LA
How Lafourche 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,230 of 2,210 scored counties
#16 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 54
- 15 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- −25.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $66.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,762 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 40% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 95,505
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 54 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lafourche Parish. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 14.3 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in Lafourche Parish spend about $66.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,762 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per business, 40% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Lafourche Parish classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 25.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,642 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Lafourche Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Lafourche Parish scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,230 of 2,210 scored counties and #16 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Lafourche 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.
| Measure | Lafourche Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 26.7 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $660K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,642 | 918 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −25.8% | −12.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,762 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $63,135 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 23−25.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 135
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5415 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The 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 Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 95,505−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 37,762
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,070 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $63,135+13.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,949
- Median home value
- $193,900
- Jobs located here
- 34,277
- Daytime population
- 87,703Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Lafourche Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 83 | 7 | 6.4 | $3M | +5.5% | #89 of 2,210 |
| 2St. Charles Parish, LA | 70 | 19 | 10.2 | $1.9M | −3.7% | #368 of 2,210 |
| 3Livingston Parish, LA | 69 | 78 | 14.6 | $1.3M | +8.5% | #413 of 2,210 |
| 4Plaquemines Parish, LA | 64 | 7 | 8.5 | $2.3M | −5.3% | #553 of 2,210 |
| 5Vermilion Parish, LA | 64 | 20 | 9.2 | $1.8M | +1.3% | #555 of 2,210 |
| 6St. James Parish, LA | 61 | 6 | 8.0 | $2.4M | −5.9% | #650 of 2,210 |
| 7Jackson Parish, LA | 56 | 6 | 10.8 | $1.4M | +5.6% | #853 of 2,210 |
| 8St. Martin Parish, LA | 54 | 18 | 9.2 | $1.8M | −1.0% | #931 of 2,210 |
| 9Vernon Parish, LA | 53 | 18 | 9.8 | $1.7M | −7.3% | #986 of 2,210 |
| 10Evangeline Parish, LA | 52 | 8 | 6.4 | $2.4M | −1.0% | #1,033 of 2,210 |
| 16Lafourche Parish, LA | 47 | 54 | 14.3 | $1.2M | −2.0% | #1,230 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Lafourche Parish
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 laundry47
- Clothing and shoe stores43
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Lafourche Parish, LA?
Lafourche Parish has 54 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 25.8% from 2019. Another 61 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lafourche Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $66.5M a year, or $1,762 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,762 households in Lafourche Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafourche Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Lafourche Parish has 14.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Lafourche Parish would have about 76, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,642 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 25.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafourche Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafourche Parish at 95,505 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 37,762 households. Median household income in Lafourche Parish is $63,135, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.7%, 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. Lafourche Parish scores 47 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,230 of 2,210 scored counties.
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