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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Marquette County, MI

How Marquette 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,179 of 2,210 scored counties
#47 of 71 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
64
22 chain locations (34%)
Official establishments
11
−45.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$50.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
Spending per listing
$793K
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.7
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
68,064
+2.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 64 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Marquette County. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 22.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Marquette County comes to about $50.7M a year: $1,796 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $793K of household spending for each business on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Marquette County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 45.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,569 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Marquette County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Marquette County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,179 of 2,210 scored counties and #47 of 71 scored counties in Michigan.

How Marquette 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 Marquette County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureMarquette CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.719.723.3
Spending per listing$793K$1M$880K
Households per official establishment2,5691,2251,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−45.0%−13.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,796$1,975$2,055
Median household income$65,429$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score4952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 11−45.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
110
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
21Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6422 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
58The 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 Marquette 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 Marquette County

Population, 2025 estimate
68,064+2.3% since 2020
Households
28,255
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,809 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$65,429+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,058
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
24,514
Daytime population
66,266Residents 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 Marquette 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
47Marquette County, MI496422.7$793K+2.3%#1,179 of 2,210

Other business types in Marquette County

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

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Questions

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

There are 64 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Marquette County as of September 2026. 22 of them (34%) 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 45.0% from 2019. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $50.7M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $793K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,255 households in Marquette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marquette County has 22.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $793K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Marquette County would have about 58, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,569 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 45.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Marquette County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Marquette County at 68,064 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,255 households. Median household income in Marquette County is $65,429, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Marquette County scores 49 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,179 of 2,210 scored counties.

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