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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Clinton County, MI

How Clinton County, MI 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 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #40 of 2,210 scored counties
#1 of 71 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
16
4 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$67.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,138 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
4.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
78% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,432
+1.6% 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 Clinton County is 87 (high), #40 of 2,210 scored counties and #1 of 71 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Clinton County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Clinton County comes to about $67.6M a year: $2,138 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 4.8 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Clinton County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 6,328 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Clinton County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Clinton County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Clinton County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.119.723.3
Spending per listing$4.2M$1M$880K
Households per official establishment6,3281,2251,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,138$1,975$2,055
Median household income$88,210$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score8752

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
48Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
164 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County

Population, 2025 estimate
80,432+1.6% since 2020
Households
31,639
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
567 sq. mi.
People per square mile
140
Median household income
$88,210+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,690
Median home value
$259,500
Jobs located here
19,511
Daytime population
64,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Clinton County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clinton County, MI87165.1$4.2M+1.6%#40 of 2,210
2Barry County, MI85166.5$3M+2.2%#65 of 2,210
3Lapeer County, MI81298.3$2.4M+1.0%#117 of 2,210
4Monroe County, MI78589.2$2.2M+0.7%#168 of 2,210
5Allegan County, MI765712.5$1.6M+2.1%#214 of 2,210
6Montcalm County, MI752811.4$1.5M+4.1%#243 of 2,210
7Cass County, MI73178.0$2.4M+0.2%#283 of 2,210
8Shiawassee County, MI72269.2$2M−0.4%#308 of 2,210
9Ionia County, MI70114.7$4M−0.5%#359 of 2,210
10Newaygo County, MI70168.1$2.2M+3.1%#365 of 2,210

Other business types in Clinton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Clinton County, MI?

There are 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Clinton County as of September 2026. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 48 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Clinton County, MI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $67.6M a year, or $2,138 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,639 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clinton County, MI compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Clinton County has 5.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $4.2M, 4.8 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Clinton County would have about 77, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,328 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Clinton County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 80,432 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,639 households. Median household income in Clinton County is $88,210, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Clinton County scores 87 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #40 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Clinton County

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