Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Minnesota
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Alexandria, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Alexandria, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #254 of 536 scored small-town markets
#12 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 45
- 19 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,988 a household
- Spending per listing
- $774K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.7
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,120
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Alexandria area. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 25.7 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in the Alexandria area spend about $34.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,988 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $774K of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Alexandria area in 2023. That is one for every 1,168 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Alexandria area.
Population estimates show the Alexandria area grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Alexandria area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #254 of 536 scored small-town markets and #12 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Alexandria area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Alexandria area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.7 | 19.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $774K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,168 | 1,272 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,988 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $79,043 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4519 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Alexandria 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 Alexandria area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,120+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,519
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $79,043+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,237
- Median home value
- $321,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,394
- Daytime population
- 39,998Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Alexandria area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin, MN | 87 | 15 | 9.5 | $2M | +2.3% | #7 of 536 |
| 2Faribault-Northfield, MN | 85 | 37 | 15.7 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #10 of 536 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 80 | 8 | 8.4 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #31 of 536 |
| 3Winona, MN | 78 | 30 | 14.8 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #41 of 536 |
| 4Hutchinson, MN | 71 | 26 | 17.1 | $1.2M | −0.3% | #91 of 536 |
| 5Grand Rapids, MN | 69 | 29 | 15.6 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #106 of 536 |
| 6Fergus Falls, MN | 66 | 51 | 20.3 | $947K | +1.6% | #131 of 536 |
| 7Detroit Lakes, MN | 60 | 29 | 20.1 | $958K | +0.9% | #185 of 536 |
| 8Brainerd, MN | 59 | 91 | 21.5 | $894K | +4.3% | #194 of 536 |
| 9Red Wing, MN | 59 | 46 | 23.3 | $867K | +1.3% | #195 of 536 |
| 12Alexandria, MN | 52 | 45 | 25.7 | $774K | +2.6% | #254 of 536 |
Other business types in the Alexandria 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 laundry52
- Clothing and shoe stores49
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Alexandria, MN area?
There are 45 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Alexandria area as of September 2026. 19 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Alexandria, MN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $34.8M a year, or $1,988 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $774K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,519 households in the Alexandria area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alexandria, MN area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Alexandria area has 25.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $774K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Alexandria area would have about 40, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,168 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Alexandria, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Alexandria area at 40,120 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,519 households. Median household income in the Alexandria area is $79,043, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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 Alexandria area scores 52 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #254 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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