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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lee County, MS
How Lee 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,142 of 2,210 scored counties
#50 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 165
- 85 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- −7.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,760 a household
- Spending per listing
- $348K
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.6
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,731
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lee County is 17 (low), #2,142 of 2,210 scored counties and #50 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Lee County comes to about $57.4M a year: $1,760 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $348K of household spending for each business on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Lee County has 165 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 85 of them (52%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 50.6 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times 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 Lee County was 70 in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 466 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Lee County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lee 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 | Lee County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.6 | 27.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $348K | $607K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 466 | 839 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.9% | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,760 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $67,863 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 5 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 76 → 70−7.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 887
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 118Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16585 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,731+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 32,591
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 450 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 185
- Median household income
- $67,863+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,122
- Median home value
- $199,500
- Jobs located here
- 55,201
- Daytime population
- 101,660Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 50Lee County, MS | 17 | 165 | 50.6 | $348K | +0.5% | #2,142 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Lee 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 laundry17
- Clothing and shoe stores17
- Laundromats26
- Dry cleaners18
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Lee County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 165 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lee County. 85 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 118 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lee County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $57.4M a year, or $1,760 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 165 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $348K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,591 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Lee County has 50.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $348K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Lee County would have about 65, against 165 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 466 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lee County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 83,731 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,591 households. The median household income in Lee County is $67,863 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.2% 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. Lee County scores 17 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,142 of 2,210 scored counties.
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