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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carroll County, MD
How Carroll 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #182 of 2,210 scored counties
#4 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 68
- 22 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- −2.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $155.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,422 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,677
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #182 of 2,210 scored counties and #4 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carroll County. Of those, 22 are chain locations, or 32%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 10.6 for every 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Carroll County comes to about $155.7M a year: $2,422 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Spread across 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $2.3M per business, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Carroll County in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,737 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 21.2 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,737 | 984 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.6% | −15.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,422 | $2,283 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $118,211 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 37−2.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 442
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 113Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6822 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 177The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,677+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 64,285
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 392
- Median household income
- $118,211+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,587
- Median home value
- $434,000
- Jobs located here
- 57,897
- Daytime population
- 147,678Residents 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 Carroll 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 laundry77
- Clothing and shoe stores82
- Laundromats69
- Dry cleaners67
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Carroll County, MD?
There are 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. 22 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019. Official counts list 113 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $155.7M a year, or $2,422 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,285 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, MD compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Carroll County has 10.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.3M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Carroll County would have about 177, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,737 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 176,677 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,285 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $118,211, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Carroll County scores 77 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #182 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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