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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Francois County, MO
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Francois County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,424 of 2,210 scored counties
#50 of 79 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 55
- 23 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $42.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,721 a household
- Spending per listing
- $777K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.2
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,809
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in St. Francois County comes to about $42.7M a year: $1,721 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $777K per business, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
St. Francois County has 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 42%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.2, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Francois County in 2023. That is one for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 42 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show St. Francois County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Francois County is 42 (lower middle), #1,424 of 2,210 scored counties and #50 of 79 scored counties in Missouri.
How St. Francois 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 | St. Francois County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.2 | 20.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $777K | $940K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,909 | 1,241 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,721 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,477 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 142
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5523 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 St. Francois 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 St. Francois County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,809+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,816
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 148
- Median household income
- $57,477+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,389
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 22,334
- Daytime population
- 62,711Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with St. Francois County marked.
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 |
| 50St. Francois County, MO | 42 | 55 | 22.2 | $777K | +2.1% | #1,424 of 2,210 |
Other business types in St. Francois 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 laundry42
- Clothing and shoe stores45
- Laundromats21
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in St. Francois County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Francois County. 23 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Francois County, MO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $42.7M a year, or $1,721 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $777K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,816 households in St. Francois County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Francois County, MO compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
St. Francois County has 22.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $777K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, St. Francois County would have about 49, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Francois County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Francois County at 67,809 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,816 households. The median household income in St. Francois County is $57,477 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. 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. St. Francois County scores 42 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,424 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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