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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Natchitoches Parish, LA

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Natchitoches Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,045 of 2,210 scored counties
#42 of 52 scored counties 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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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, Natchitoches Parish has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #2,045 of 2,210 scored counties and #42 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,593 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Natchitoches Parish spend about $23.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $825K per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Natchitoches Parish has 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 19.3 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Natchitoches Parish was 15 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 put the population change in Natchitoches Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureNatchitoches ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.326.723.3
Spending per listing$825K$660K$880K
Households per official establishment9679181,008
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 score2111

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 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 Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches Parish

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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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 Natchitoches 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
42Natchitoches Parish, LA212819.3$825K−3.5%#2,045 of 2,210

Other business types in Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Natchitoches Parish. 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. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Natchitoches Parish, LA 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 Natchitoches Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Natchitoches Parish 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, Natchitoches Parish 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 Natchitoches Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Natchitoches Parish 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 Natchitoches Parish 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. 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. Natchitoches Parish scores 21 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,045 of 2,210 scored counties.

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