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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Madison County, MS

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Madison County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,647 of 2,210 scored counties
#16 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
161
49 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
98
−16.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$90.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,055 a household
Spending per listing
$561K
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
36.7
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
116,298
+6.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Madison County comes to about $90.3M a year: $2,055 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 161 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $561K per business, 36% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Madison County has 161 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 36.7 for every 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 98 businesses with payroll in Madison County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 16.9% from 2019. That is one for every 448 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 132 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $135K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Madison County.

Population estimates put the population change in Madison County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Madison County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,647 of 2,210 scored counties and #16 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Madison 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Madison County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureMadison CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households36.727.623.3
Spending per listing$561K$607K$880K
Households per official establishment4488391,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−16.9%−8.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,055$1,677$2,055
Median household income$83,441$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score375

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
118 → 98−16.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
903
Annual payroll, 2023
$17.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
132Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
16149 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$135K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Madison 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 Madison County

Population, 2025 estimate
116,298+6.5% since 2020
Households
43,917
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
714 sq. mi.
People per square mile
156
Median household income
$83,441+16.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$121,926
Median home value
$311,100
Jobs located here
63,928
Daytime population
124,659Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Madison County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS571410.6$1.5M+2.6%#801 of 2,210
2Pearl River County, MS543616.5$1M+5.6%#963 of 2,210
3Walthall County, MS5259.5$1.7M+0.4%#1,035 of 2,210
4Hancock County, MS523919.3$930K+1.6%#1,069 of 2,210
5Stone County, MS511116.4$997K+7.2%#1,105 of 2,210
6Copiah County, MS491110.9$1.5M−2.7%#1,151 of 2,210
7Greene County, MS49512.2$1.3M+1.3%#1,152 of 2,210
8George County, MS492628.0$612K+8.1%#1,182 of 2,210
9Tate County, MS461816.3$1M+2.1%#1,271 of 2,210
10Jasper County, MS4169.0$1.7M−3.5%#1,432 of 2,210
16Madison County, MS3716136.7$561K+6.5%#1,647 of 2,210

Other business types in Madison County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Madison County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 161 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Madison County. 49 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 16.9% from 2019. Official counts list 132 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Madison County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $90.3M a year, or $2,055 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 161 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $561K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,917 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Madison County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Madison County has 36.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $561K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Madison County would have about 103, against 161 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 448 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Madison County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Madison County at 116,298 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,917 households. The median household income in Madison County is $83,441 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.2% 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. Madison County scores 37 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,647 of 2,210 scored counties.

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