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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Smith County, MS
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Smith County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,611 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 3.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 77% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,991
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Smith County. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 77% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,611 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Smith County spend about $9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $3M per business, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Smith County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Smith County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, Smith County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Smith 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 | Smith County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 27.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $607K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 839 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,611 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,916 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 5 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Smith 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 Smith County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,991−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 5,592
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 636 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $60,916+41.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,047
- Median home value
- $112,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,109
- Daytime population
- 10,403Residents 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 |
| Smith County, MS | Not scored | 3 | 5.4 | $3M | −1.5% |
Other business types in Smith 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 laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Smith County, MS?
Smith County has 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Smith County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Smith County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $9M a year, or $1,611 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,592 households in Smith County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Smith County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Smith County has 5.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 77% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $3M, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Smith County would have about 10, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Smith County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Smith County at 13,991 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,592 households. Median household income in Smith County is $60,916, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.3%, 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. Smith County has no market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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