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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Scott County, MS
How Scott 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,097 of 2,210 scored counties
#41 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 28
- 10 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $522K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.9
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,073
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Scott County scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #2,097 of 2,210 scored counties and #41 of 62 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Scott County. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.9, 24% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,509 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Scott County spend about $14.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $522K per business, 41% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Scott County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,211 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $105K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Scott County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Scott County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Scott 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 | Scott County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.9 | 27.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $522K | $607K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,211 | 839 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,509 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $48,786 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 5 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $971K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2810 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $105K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Scott 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 Scott County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,073+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,686
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $48,786+39.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,814
- Median home value
- $106,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,736
- Daytime population
- 30,648Residents 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 Scott 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 |
| 41Scott County, MS | 19 | 28 | 28.9 | $522K | +0.4% | #2,097 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Scott 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 laundry19
- Clothing and shoe stores18
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Scott County, MS?
There are 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Scott County as of September 2026. 10 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Scott County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $14.6M a year, or $1,509 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $522K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,686 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scott County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Scott County has 28.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $522K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Scott County would have about 17, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,211 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Scott County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Scott County at 28,073 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,686 households. Median household income in Scott County is $48,786, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.6%, 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. Scott County scores 19 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,097 of 2,210 scored counties.
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