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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Koochiching County, MN
How Koochiching 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #983 of 2,210 scored counties
#39 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,587
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Koochiching County comes to about $11M a year: $1,872 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.8M per business, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Koochiching County has 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Koochiching County in 2023. That is one for every 1,174 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Koochiching County declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Koochiching County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #983 of 2,210 scored counties and #39 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Koochiching 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 | Koochiching County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 19.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,174 | 1,272 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,872 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,940 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $479K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Koochiching 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 Koochiching County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,587−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,872
- Median age
- 50.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,105 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $66,940+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,265
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,294
- Daytime population
- 11,095Residents 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 Koochiching 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 |
| 39Koochiching County, MN | 53 | 6 | 10.2 | $1.8M | −3.7% | #983 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Koochiching 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 laundry53
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Koochiching County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Koochiching County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Koochiching County, MN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $11M a year, or $1,872 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,872 households in Koochiching County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Koochiching County, MN compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Koochiching County has 10.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Koochiching County would have about 13, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,174 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Koochiching County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Koochiching County at 11,587 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,872 households. The median household income in Koochiching County is $66,940 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Koochiching County scores 53 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #983 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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