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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Missouri

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

How the Moberly, 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #291 of 536 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri

Listings
19
10 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,688 a household
Spending per listing
$822K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.5
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,513
+0.2% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Moberly area comes to about $15.6M a year: $1,688 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $822K per business, 7% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The Moberly area has 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 53%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 20.5 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Moberly area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,312 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Moberly area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Moberly area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #291 of 536 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.

How the Moberly 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 Moberly, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureMoberly areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.520.623.3
Spending per listing$822K$940K$880K
Households per official establishment2,3121,2411,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,688$1,939$2,055
Median household income$53,033$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4849

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$242K
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1910 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 Moberly 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 Moberly area

Population, 2025 estimate
24,513+0.2% since 2020
Households
9,247
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$53,033+11.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,273
Median home value
$159,300
Jobs located here
8,934
Daytime population
23,270Residents 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 small-town markets in Missouri for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Moberly 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 Moberly 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 Moberly, MO area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Moberly area. 10 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $15.6M a year, or $1,688 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $822K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,247 households in the Moberly area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Moberly area has 20.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $822K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Moberly area would have about 18, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,312 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Moberly, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Moberly area at 24,513 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,247 households. The median household income in the Moberly area is $53,033 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 11.1% 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 Moberly area scores 48 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #291 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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