Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Minnesota
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mankato, MN metro area
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mankato, MN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #301 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 118
- 63 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- −14.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,967 a household
- Spending per listing
- $677K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.1
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,907
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Mankato metro area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #301 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,967 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Mankato metro area spend about $79.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $677K of household spending for each business on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Mankato metro area has 118 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.1, 25% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mankato metro area was 40 in 2023, down 14.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,015 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $745K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mankato metro area. Population estimates show the Mankato metro area grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Mankato metro 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 | Mankato metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.1 | 19.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $677K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,015 | 1,272 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.9% | −12.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,967 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $75,808 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40−14.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 497
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11863 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $745K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mankato metro 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 Mankato metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,907+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,608
- Median age
- 35.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,196 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $75,808+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,501
- Median home value
- $268,100
- Jobs located here
- 53,653
- Daytime population
- 109,635Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas 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 Mankato metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 2,923 | 19.8 | $1.2M | +2.6% | #47 of 387 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 71 | 216 | 19.6 | $1M | +7.7% | #55 of 387 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 68 | 183 | 19.7 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #69 of 387 |
| 3Duluth, MN-WI | 59 | 222 | 18.4 | $1M | +0.2% | #132 of 387 |
| 4St. Cloud, MN | 58 | 154 | 19.7 | $998K | +3.0% | #141 of 387 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 58 | 142 | 19.7 | $987K | +0.4% | #143 of 387 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 56 | 90 | 20.6 | $923K | +0.8% | #161 of 387 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 55 | 283 | 23.1 | $890K | +9.5% | #169 of 387 |
| 5Mankato, MN | 34 | 118 | 29.1 | $677K | +1.2% | #301 of 387 |
Other business types in the Mankato metro 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 laundry34
- Clothing and shoe stores30
- Laundromats32
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Mankato, MN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 118 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mankato metro area. 63 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 14.9% from 2019. Another 46 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Mankato, MN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $79.9M a year, or $1,967 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 118 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $677K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,608 households in the Mankato metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mankato, MN metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Mankato metro area has 29.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $677K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Mankato metro area would have about 91, against 118 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,015 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Mankato, MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Mankato metro area at 104,907 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,608 households. The median household income in the Mankato metro area is $75,808 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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. The Mankato metro area scores 34 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #301 of 387 scored metro areas.
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