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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lapeer County, MI

How Lapeer 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 81 out of 100: High

Ranked #117 of 2,210 scored counties
#3 of 71 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
29
11 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$68.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,963 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
2.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
64% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
89,516
+1.0% 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

Lapeer County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #117 of 2,210 scored counties and #3 of 71 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Households in Lapeer County spend about $68.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,963 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per business, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

Lapeer County has 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 64% 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 Lapeer County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 6,967 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lapeer County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lapeer 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 Lapeer County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureLapeer CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.319.723.3
Spending per listing$2.4M$1M$880K
Households per official establishment6,9671,2251,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,963$1,975$2,055
Median household income$77,306$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score8152

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 5
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
41Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2911 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
78The 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 Lapeer 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 Lapeer County

Population, 2025 estimate
89,516+1.0% since 2020
Households
34,836
Median age
45.1
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
648 sq. mi.
People per square mile
137
Median household income
$77,306+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,678
Median home value
$239,000
Jobs located here
19,773
Daytime population
71,102Residents 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 Lapeer 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 Lapeer 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 Lapeer County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lapeer County. 11 of them (38%) 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 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $68.4M a year, or $1,963 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,836 households in Lapeer County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lapeer County has 8.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.4M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Lapeer County would have about 78, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,967 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Lapeer County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Lapeer County at 89,516 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,836 households. The median household income in Lapeer County is $77,306 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% 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. Lapeer County scores 81 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #117 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 Lapeer County

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