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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Butler County, MO
How Butler County, MO 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,721 of 2,210 scored counties
#62 of 79 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 30
- 15 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,633 a household
- Spending per listing
- $903K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Butler County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,721 of 2,210 scored counties and #62 of 79 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Butler County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.1, 22% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,633 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Butler County spend about $27.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $903K per business, 3% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Butler County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,383 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Butler County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 20.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $903K | $940K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,383 | 1,241 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,633 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 137
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3015 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 91 | 24 | 10.5 | $1.9M | +11.4% | #16 of 2,210 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 89 | 13 | 9.4 | $2.1M | +9.2% | #29 of 2,210 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 85 | 47 | 10.9 | $1.9M | +7.1% | #74 of 2,210 |
| 4Jefferson County, MO | 81 | 91 | 10.3 | $1.9M | +2.7% | #119 of 2,210 |
| 5Christian County, MO | 79 | 53 | 15.1 | $1.3M | +8.3% | #162 of 2,210 |
| 6Stone County, MO | 76 | 10 | 7.4 | $2.4M | +4.1% | #203 of 2,210 |
| 7Lafayette County, MO | 76 | 14 | 11.1 | $1.8M | +1.4% | #212 of 2,210 |
| 8Ray County, MO | 74 | 6 | 6.6 | $2.9M | +1.1% | #253 of 2,210 |
| 9Franklin County, MO | 74 | 53 | 12.3 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #271 of 2,210 |
| 10Clay County, MO | 73 | 143 | 14.0 | $1.5M | +4.3% | #294 of 2,210 |
| 62Butler County, MO | 34 | 30 | 18.1 | $903K | −0.4% | #1,721 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Butler 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 laundry34
- Clothing and shoe stores31
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Butler County, MO?
Butler County has 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Butler County, MO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $27.1M a year, or $1,633 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $903K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,594 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, MO compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Butler County has 18.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $903K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Butler County would have about 31, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,383 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. Median household income in Butler County is $49,089, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Butler County scores 34 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,721 of 2,210 scored counties.
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