Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Mississippi
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Jackson, MS metro area
How the Jackson, MS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #382 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 703
- 281 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 331
- −9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $416.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,751 a household
- Spending per listing
- $592K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.6
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 609,847
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Jackson metro area scores 12 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #382 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Jackson metro area comes to about $416.5M a year: $1,751 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $592K of household spending for each business on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Jackson metro area has 703 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.6, 27% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 331 businesses with payroll in the Jackson metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 719 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $260K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Jackson metro area. Population estimates show the Jackson metro area declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Jackson metro area 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 | Jackson metro area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.6 | 27.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $592K | $607K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 719 | 839 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.1% | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,751 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,644 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 5 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 331−9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,248
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $61.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 722Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 703281 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 473The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $260K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Jackson 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 Jackson metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 609,847−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 237,841
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $61,644
- Average household income
- $87,121
- Median home value
- $200,500
- Jobs located here
- 294,327
- Daytime population
- 642,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Mississippi for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jackson metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 25 | 474 | 28.2 | $615K | +3.5% | #346 of 387 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 24 | 1,348 | 25.8 | $709K | −0.3% | #347 of 387 |
| 2Hattiesburg, MS | 16 | 205 | 34.1 | $505K | +2.6% | #373 of 387 |
| 3Jackson, MS | 12 | 703 | 29.6 | $592K | −1.4% | #382 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jackson 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 laundry12
- Clothing and shoe stores10
- Laundromats41
- Dry cleaners29
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Jackson, MS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 703 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Jackson metro area. 281 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 331 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019. Another 722 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Jackson, MS metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $416.5M a year, or $1,751 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 703 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $592K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 237,841 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jackson, MS metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Jackson metro area has 29.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $592K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 473, against 703 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 719 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jackson, MS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 609,847 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 237,841 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $61,644 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Jackson metro area scores 12 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #382 of 387 scored metro areas.
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