Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Michigan
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Ludington, MI area
How the Ludington, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #287 of 536 scored small-town markets
#15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 26
- 7 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,835 a household
- Spending per listing
- $904K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,040
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,835 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Ludington area spend about $23.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $904K of household spending for each business on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Ludington area as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 27%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.3, 13% 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 the Ludington area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,280 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Ludington area held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Ludington area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #287 of 536 scored small-town markets and #15 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Ludington area 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.
| Measure | Ludington area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 19.7 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $904K | $1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,280 | 1,225 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.5% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,835 | $1,975 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,748 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 267 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 the Ludington area, 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 the Ludington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,0400.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,801
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 495 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $64,748+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,702
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,586
- Daytime population
- 26,202Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ludington area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 83 | 57 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +2.1% | #16 of 536 |
| 2Owosso, MI | 78 | 26 | 9.2 | $2M | −0.4% | #37 of 536 |
| 3Hillsdale, MI | 77 | 17 | 9.5 | $1.9M | 0.0% | #43 of 536 |
| 4Houghton, MI | 77 | 19 | 12.3 | $1.5M | +1.8% | #45 of 536 |
| 5Coldwater, MI | 75 | 18 | 10.6 | $1.7M | +2.5% | #60 of 536 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 73 | 28 | 9.5 | $1.8M | +0.3% | #76 of 536 |
| 6Sturgis, MI | 71 | 31 | 13.1 | $1.4M | +0.1% | #90 of 536 |
| 7Big Rapids, MI | 69 | 24 | 14.4 | $1.2M | +4.7% | #105 of 536 |
| 8Alma, MI | 67 | 13 | 8.8 | $2M | −1.1% | #115 of 536 |
| 9Mount Pleasant, MI | 67 | 29 | 11.6 | $1.5M | +0.3% | #117 of 536 |
| 15Ludington, MI | 48 | 26 | 20.3 | $904K | 0.0% | #287 of 536 |
Other business types in the Ludington area
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 laundry48
- Clothing and shoe stores50
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Ludington, MI area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Ludington area. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ludington, MI area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.5M a year, or $1,835 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $904K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,801 households in the Ludington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ludington, MI area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Ludington area has 20.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $904K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Ludington area would have about 27, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,280 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ludington, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Ludington area at 29,040 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,801 households. The median household income in the Ludington area is $64,748 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Ludington area scores 48 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #287 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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