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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Calvert County, MD
How Calvert County, MD 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 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #76 of 2,210 scored counties
#3 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 33
- 9 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $86.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,574 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 94,484
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Calvert County scores 84 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #76 of 2,210 scored counties and #3 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Households in Calvert County spend about $86.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,574 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Calvert County has 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 27%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 58% 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 Calvert County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 3,042 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Calvert County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Calvert County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Calvert County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 21.2 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,042 | 984 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,574 | $2,283 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $133,922 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 124
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 53Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 339 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 98The 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 Calvert County, 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 Calvert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 94,484+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 33,465
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 213 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 442
- Median household income
- $133,922+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $158,598
- Median home value
- $460,200
- Jobs located here
- 21,372
- Daytime population
- 79,245Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cecil County, MD | 87 | 40 | 9.9 | $2.1M | +3.2% | #50 of 2,210 |
| 2St. Mary’s County, MD | 85 | 50 | 11.8 | $2.1M | +2.4% | #72 of 2,210 |
| 3Calvert County, MD | 84 | 33 | 9.9 | $2.6M | +1.7% | #76 of 2,210 |
| 4Carroll County, MD | 77 | 68 | 10.6 | $2.3M | +2.2% | #182 of 2,210 |
| 5Frederick County, MD | 75 | 182 | 17.4 | $1.4M | +11.0% | #247 of 2,210 |
| 6Caroline County, MD | 72 | 10 | 8.0 | $2.2M | +2.5% | #306 of 2,210 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 70 | 161 | 15.8 | $1.5M | +2.0% | #383 of 2,210 |
| 8Dorchester County, MD | 68 | 14 | 10.3 | $1.7M | +3.4% | #427 of 2,210 |
| 9Somerset County, MD | 66 | 5 | 6.0 | $2.8M | +1.7% | #469 of 2,210 |
| 10Charles County, MD | 63 | 123 | 20.2 | $1.2M | +5.9% | #602 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Calvert County
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 laundry84
- Clothing and shoe stores87
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Calvert County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Calvert County. 9 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 53 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Calvert County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $86.2M a year, or $2,574 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,465 households in Calvert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Calvert County, MD compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Calvert County has 9.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.6M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Calvert County would have about 98, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,042 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Calvert County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Calvert County at 94,484 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,465 households. The median household income in Calvert County is $133,922 a year, 66% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.5% 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. Calvert County scores 84 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #76 of 2,210 scored counties.
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