Clothing and laundry · County · Mississippi
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Covington County, MS
How Covington County, MS 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,843 of 2,210 scored counties
#25 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,557 a household
- Spending per listing
- $950K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,898
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Covington County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,843 of 2,210 scored counties and #25 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Covington County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Covington County comes to about $11.4M a year: $1,557 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $950K per business, 8% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Covington County in 2023. That is one for every 1,465 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Covington County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Covington County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Covington County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 27.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $950K | $607K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,465 | 839 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,557 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $45,051 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 5 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $202K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 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 Covington 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 Covington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,898−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,323
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $45,051+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,677
- Median home value
- $105,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,811
- Daytime population
- 16,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Covington County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshall County, MS | 57 | 14 | 10.6 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #801 of 2,210 |
| 2Pearl River County, MS | 54 | 36 | 16.5 | $1M | +5.6% | #963 of 2,210 |
| 3Walthall County, MS | 52 | 5 | 9.5 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #1,035 of 2,210 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 52 | 39 | 19.3 | $930K | +1.6% | #1,069 of 2,210 |
| 5Stone County, MS | 51 | 11 | 16.4 | $997K | +7.2% | #1,105 of 2,210 |
| 6Copiah County, MS | 49 | 11 | 10.9 | $1.5M | −2.7% | #1,151 of 2,210 |
| 7Greene County, MS | 49 | 5 | 12.2 | $1.3M | +1.3% | #1,152 of 2,210 |
| 8George County, MS | 49 | 26 | 28.0 | $612K | +8.1% | #1,182 of 2,210 |
| 9Tate County, MS | 46 | 18 | 16.3 | $1M | +2.1% | #1,271 of 2,210 |
| 10Jasper County, MS | 41 | 6 | 9.0 | $1.7M | −3.5% | #1,432 of 2,210 |
| 25Covington County, MS | 30 | 12 | 16.4 | $950K | −2.2% | #1,843 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Covington 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 laundry30
- Clothing and shoe stores24
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Covington County, MS?
There are 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Covington County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) 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. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Covington County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $11.4M a year, or $1,557 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $950K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,323 households in Covington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Covington County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Covington County has 16.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $950K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Covington County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,465 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Covington County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Covington County at 17,898 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,323 households. Median household income in Covington County is $45,051, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Covington County scores 30 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,843 of 2,210 scored counties.
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