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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #89 of 2,210 scored counties
#1 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,898 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
3.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
73% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,756
+5.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in West Baton Rouge Parish is 83 (high), #89 of 2,210 scored counties and #1 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in West Baton Rouge Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in West Baton Rouge Parish spend about $20.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,898 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in West Baton Rouge Parish in 2023. That is one for every 2,744 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of West Baton Rouge Parish grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureWest Baton Rouge ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.426.723.3
Spending per listing$3M$660K$880K
Households per official establishment2,7449181,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,898$1,761$2,055
Median household income$87,299$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score8311

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 4
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$223K
One-person businesses, 2023
33Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
28,756+5.5% since 2020
Households
10,974
Median age
36.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
192 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$87,299+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,837
Median home value
$229,900
Jobs located here
14,037
Daytime population
29,192Residents 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 West Baton Rouge 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

Other business types in West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish, LA?

There are 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in West Baton Rouge Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $20.8M a year, or $1,898 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,974 households in West Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

West Baton Rouge Parish has 6.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $3M, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, West Baton Rouge Parish would have about 24, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,744 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is West Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put West Baton Rouge Parish at 28,756 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,974 households. Median household income in West Baton Rouge Parish is $87,299, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.5%, 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. West Baton Rouge Parish scores 83 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #89 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in West Baton Rouge Parish

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