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

How St. Tammany 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,396 of 2,210 scored counties
#24 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
297
113 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
118
−20.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$210.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,001 a household
Spending per listing
$708K
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.3
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
279,108
+5.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 297 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Tammany Parish. Of those, 113 are chain locations, or 38%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 28.3 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $2,001 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in St. Tammany Parish spend about $210.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $708K of household spending for each business on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Tammany Parish was 118 in 2023, down 20.8% from 2019. That is one for every 891 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 261 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $628K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Tammany Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Tammany Parish grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Tammany Parish scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,396 of 2,210 scored counties and #24 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Tammany ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.326.723.3
Spending per listing$708K$660K$880K
Households per official establishment8919181,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−20.8%−12.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,001$1,761$2,055
Median household income$81,202$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4311

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
149 → 118−20.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,198
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
261Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
297113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
239The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$628K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
279,108+5.3% since 2020
Households
105,082
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
845 sq. mi.
People per square mile
322
Median household income
$81,202+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,896
Median home value
$284,000
Jobs located here
97,233
Daytime population
260,408Residents 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. Tammany 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
24St. Tammany Parish, LA4329728.3$708K+5.3%#1,396 of 2,210

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

There are 297 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in St. Tammany Parish as of September 2026. 113 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 20.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 261 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $210.2M a year, or $2,001 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 297 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $708K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,082 households in St. Tammany Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Tammany Parish has 28.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $708K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, St. Tammany Parish would have about 239, against 297 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 891 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Tammany Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Tammany Parish at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in St. Tammany Parish is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. Tammany Parish scores 43 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,396 of 2,210 scored counties.

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