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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carlton County, MN
How Carlton County, MN 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 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #130 of 2,210 scored counties
#9 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,972 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,711
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Carlton County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #130 of 2,210 scored counties and #9 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Carlton County comes to about $27.8M a year: $1,972 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Carlton County has 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Carlton County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 4,697 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $546K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Carlton County. Population estimates show Carlton County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carlton County 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 | Carlton County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 19.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,697 | 1,272 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,972 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $80,573 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $337K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $546K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Carlton 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 Carlton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,711+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,090
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 861 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $80,573+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,202
- Median home value
- $245,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,806
- Daytime population
- 32,171Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Carlton County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 94 | 31 | 8.7 | $2.6M | +6.8% | #6 of 2,210 |
| 2Scott County, MN | 90 | 58 | 10.6 | $2.5M | +5.1% | #18 of 2,210 |
| 3Isanti County, MN | 89 | 15 | 9.2 | $2.2M | +7.3% | #27 of 2,210 |
| 4Carver County, MN | 88 | 50 | 12.1 | $2.2M | +6.6% | #33 of 2,210 |
| 5Clay County, MN | 87 | 19 | 7.2 | $2.8M | +3.6% | #43 of 2,210 |
| 6Chisago County, MN | 83 | 29 | 13.6 | $1.6M | +4.3% | #101 of 2,210 |
| 7Dodge County, MN | 82 | 8 | 9.9 | $2.2M | +2.3% | #103 of 2,210 |
| 8Cass County, MN | 81 | 13 | 10.1 | $1.9M | +4.2% | #121 of 2,210 |
| 9Carlton County, MN | 80 | 13 | 9.2 | $2.1M | +1.4% | #130 of 2,210 |
| 10Mower County, MN | 80 | 15 | 9.5 | $2M | +2.3% | #133 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Carlton County
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 laundry80
- Clothing and shoe stores82
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Carlton County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carlton County. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carlton County, MN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $27.8M a year, or $1,972 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,090 households in Carlton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carlton County, MN compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Carlton County has 9.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Carlton County would have about 32, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,697 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Carlton County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Carlton County at 36,711 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,090 households. The median household income in Carlton County is $80,573 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Carlton County scores 80 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #130 of 2,210 scored counties.
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