Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Louisiana
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Natchitoches, LA area
How the Natchitoches, LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #470 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 28
- 14 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- −25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $23.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,593 a household
- Spending per listing
- $825K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,089
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Natchitoches area has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #470 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Natchitoches area comes to about $23.1M a year: $1,593 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $825K per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Natchitoches area has 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 50%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 19.3 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Natchitoches area in 2023, down 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 967 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Natchitoches area declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Natchitoches area 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 | Natchitoches area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 26.7 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $825K | $660K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 967 | 918 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −25.0% | −12.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,593 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $46,292 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15−25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 112
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2814 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,089−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,508
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $46,292+62.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,591
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,086
- Daytime population
- 35,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Natchitoches area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeRidder, LA | 59 | 29 | 21.1 | $846K | +0.2% | #196 of 536 |
| 2Bogalusa, LA | 47 | 29 | 16.4 | $941K | −0.9% | #294 of 536 |
| 3Morgan City, LA | 37 | 33 | 17.9 | $890K | −5.3% | #385 of 536 |
| 4Opelousas, LA | 37 | 56 | 17.4 | $871K | −1.9% | #387 of 536 |
| 5New Iberia, LA | 31 | 55 | 20.5 | $800K | −4.6% | #433 of 536 |
| 6Natchitoches, LA | 25 | 28 | 19.3 | $825K | −3.5% | #470 of 536 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 21 | 58 | 28.0 | $546K | −0.9% | #504 of 536 |
| 7Ruston, LA | 17 | 64 | 34.6 | $453K | +0.1% | #515 of 536 |
| 8Minden, LA | 15 | 39 | 27.2 | $550K | −5.2% | #519 of 536 |
Other business types in the Natchitoches 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 laundry25
- Clothing and shoe stores24
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Natchitoches, LA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Natchitoches area. 14 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 25.0% from 2019. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Natchitoches, LA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.1M a year, or $1,593 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $825K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,508 households in the Natchitoches area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Natchitoches, LA area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Natchitoches area has 19.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $825K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Natchitoches area would have about 26, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 967 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Natchitoches, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Natchitoches area at 36,089 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,508 households. The median household income in the Natchitoches area is $46,292 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 62.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Natchitoches area scores 25 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #470 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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