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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Landry Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,790 of 2,210 scored counties
#33 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
56
18 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
15
−34.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$48.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,516 a household
Spending per listing
$871K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.4
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,765
−1.9% 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

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Landry Parish is 32 (lower middle), #1,790 of 2,210 scored counties and #33 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 56 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Landry Parish. 18 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 17.4 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,516 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in St. Landry Parish spend about $48.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $871K per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Landry Parish in 2023, down 34.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,146 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show St. Landry Parish declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. Landry 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 St. Landry Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Landry ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.426.723.3
Spending per listing$871K$660K$880K
Households per official establishment2,1469181,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−34.8%−12.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,516$1,761$2,055
Median household income$44,462$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3211

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 15−34.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
116
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
75Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5618 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The 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 St. Landry 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 St. Landry Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
80,765−1.9% since 2020
Households
32,183
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
923 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$44,462+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,015
Median home value
$142,500
Jobs located here
22,929
Daytime population
72,446Residents 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 St. Landry 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
33St. Landry Parish, LA325617.4$871K−1.9%#1,790 of 2,210

Other business types in St. Landry 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 St. Landry Parish, LA?

St. Landry Parish has 56 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (32%) 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 34.8% from 2019. Another 75 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $48.8M a year, or $1,516 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $871K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,183 households in St. Landry Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Landry Parish has 17.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $871K, in line with the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, St. Landry Parish would have about 55, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,146 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 34.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Landry Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Landry Parish at 80,765 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,183 households. Median household income in St. Landry Parish is $44,462, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. St. Landry Parish scores 32 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,790 of 2,210 scored counties.

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