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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Christian County, MO

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #162 of 2,210 scored counties
#5 of 79 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
53
13 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$70.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,005 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
51% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.1
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
96,725
+8.3% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Christian County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #162 of 2,210 scored counties and #5 of 79 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Christian County. 13 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 15.1 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Christian County spend about $70.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,005 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 51% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Christian County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 3,514 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $174K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Christian County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Christian County grew 8.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Christian 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Christian County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureChristian CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.120.623.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$940K$880K
Households per official establishment3,5141,2411,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,005$1,939$2,055
Median household income$83,437$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7949

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 10
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$500K
One-person businesses, 2023
85Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5313 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
80The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$174K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
96,725+8.3% since 2020
Households
35,142
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
563 sq. mi.
People per square mile
165
Median household income
$83,437+37.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,826
Median home value
$274,900
Jobs located here
19,415
Daytime population
71,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO912410.5$1.9M+11.4%#16 of 2,210
2Warren County, MO89139.4$2.1M+9.2%#29 of 2,210
3Cass County, MO854710.9$1.9M+7.1%#74 of 2,210
4Jefferson County, MO819110.3$1.9M+2.7%#119 of 2,210
5Christian County, MO795315.1$1.3M+8.3%#162 of 2,210
6Stone County, MO76107.4$2.4M+4.1%#203 of 2,210
7Lafayette County, MO761411.1$1.8M+1.4%#212 of 2,210
8Ray County, MO7466.6$2.9M+1.1%#253 of 2,210
9Franklin County, MO745312.3$1.6M+3.1%#271 of 2,210
10Clay County, MO7314314.0$1.5M+4.3%#294 of 2,210

Other business types in Christian 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 Christian County, MO?

There are 53 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Christian County as of September 2026. 13 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 85 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Christian County, MO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $70.5M a year, or $2,005 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,142 households in Christian County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Christian County has 15.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Christian County would have about 80, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,514 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Christian County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Christian County at 96,725 people in 2025, up 8.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,142 households. Median household income in Christian County is $83,437, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.6%, 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. Christian County scores 79 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #162 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Christian County

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