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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Missouri

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mexico, MO area

How the Mexico, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #249 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri

Listings
13
4 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,705 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,528
−1.0% 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

Households in the Mexico area spend about $15.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,705 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 37% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Mexico area as of September 2026. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.1, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mexico area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mexico area declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mexico area is 52 (upper middle), #249 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.

How the Mexico area 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 Mexico, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureMexico areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.120.623.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$940K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2411,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,705$1,939$2,055
Median household income$59,448$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5249

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
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
134 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 the Mexico area, 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 the Mexico area

Population, 2025 estimate
24,528−1.0% since 2020
Households
9,219
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
692 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$59,448+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,893
Median home value
$143,100
Jobs located here
8,235
Daytime population
22,988Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Missouri

Every Missouri market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Mexico area marked.

Top small-town markets in Missouri

Small-town markets in Missouri ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warrensburg, MO733014.2$1.3M+4.9%#81 of 536
2Fort Leonard Wood, MO682213.1$1.4M+0.8%#109 of 536
3Rolla, MO632413.8$1.3M+1.6%#150 of 536
4Marshall, MO561113.7$1.2M−0.3%#222 of 536
5Sedalia, MO533118.2$946K+2.9%#245 of 536
6Mexico, MO521314.1$1.2M−1.0%#249 of 536
7Hannibal, MO512516.3$1.1M+0.4%#256 of 536
8Farmington, MO505522.2$777K+2.1%#271 of 536
9Moberly, MO481920.5$822K+0.2%#291 of 536
10Sikeston, MO464824.2$717K−0.3%#310 of 536

Other business types in the Mexico area

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Mexico, MO area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mexico area. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. 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 the Mexico area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Mexico, MO area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $15.7M a year, or $1,705 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,219 households in the Mexico area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Mexico area has 14.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Mexico area would have about 18, against 13 on map listings.

How fast is the Mexico, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Mexico area at 24,528 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,219 households. The median household income in the Mexico area is $59,448 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Mexico area scores 52 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #249 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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

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