Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Minnesota
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fergus Falls, MN area
How the Fergus Falls, MN 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 51
- 9 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,920 a household
- Spending per listing
- $947K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,041
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Fergus Falls area spend about $48.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,920 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 51 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $947K per business, 8% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 51 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Fergus Falls area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.3, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Fergus Falls area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,795 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $49K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Fergus Falls area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fergus Falls area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Fergus Falls area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #131 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Fergus Falls 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 | Fergus Falls area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 19.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $947K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,795 | 1,272 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,920 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,255 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $497K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 519 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $49K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Fergus Falls 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 Fergus Falls area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,041+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 25,157
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $72,255+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,523
- Median home value
- $273,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,068
- Daytime population
- 55,886Residents 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 Fergus Falls 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 |
Other business types in the Fergus Falls 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 laundry66
- Clothing and shoe stores65
- Laundromats72
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Fergus Falls, MN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 51 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fergus Falls area. 9 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Fergus Falls, MN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $48.3M a year, or $1,920 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $947K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,157 households in the Fergus Falls area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fergus Falls, MN area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Fergus Falls 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 $947K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Fergus Falls area would have about 55, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,795 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fergus Falls, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Fergus Falls area at 61,041 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,157 households. The median household income in the Fergus Falls area is $72,255 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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 Fergus Falls area scores 66 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #131 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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