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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Talbot County, MD
How Talbot 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,359 of 2,210 scored counties
#17 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 54
- 15 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- −50.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,090 a household
- Spending per listing
- $636K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.9
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,238
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Talbot County comes to about $34.3M a year: $2,090 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 54 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $636K per business, 28% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Talbot County has 54 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 28%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 32.9 per 10,000 households, 41% above 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 Talbot County was 11 in 2023, down 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,494 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Talbot County grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Talbot County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,359 of 2,210 scored counties and #17 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Talbot 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 | Talbot County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.9 | 21.2 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $636K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,494 | 984 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −50.0% | −15.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,090 | $2,283 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $84,811 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 11−50.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5415 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Talbot 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 Talbot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,238+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,433
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 141
- Median household income
- $84,811+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,276
- Median home value
- $409,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,017
- Daytime population
- 37,878Residents 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 |
| 17Talbot County, MD | 44 | 54 | 32.9 | $636K | +2.0% | #1,359 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Talbot 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 laundry44
- Clothing and shoe stores45
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Talbot County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Talbot County. 15 of them (28%) 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, down 50.0% from 2019. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Talbot County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $34.3M a year, or $2,090 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $636K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,433 households in Talbot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Talbot County, MD compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Talbot County has 32.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $636K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Talbot County would have about 39, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,494 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Talbot County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Talbot County at 38,238 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,433 households. The median household income in Talbot County is $84,811 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Talbot County scores 44 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,359 of 2,210 scored counties.
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