Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Missouri
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #224 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 87
- 44 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- −20.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $84.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,810 a household
- Spending per listing
- $975K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.6
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 119,170
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the St. Joseph metro area spend about $84.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,810 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $975K of household spending for each business on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The St. Joseph metro area has 87 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 18.6 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the St. Joseph metro area was 33 in 2023, down 20.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,421 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the St. Joseph metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. Joseph metro area is 47 (lower middle), #224 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the St. Joseph metro 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.
| Measure | St. Joseph metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.6 | 20.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $975K | $940K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,421 | 1,241 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −20.5% | −13.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,810 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $65,005 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33−20.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 462
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8744 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The 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 St. Joseph metro 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 St. Joseph metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 119,170−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 46,883
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,656 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $65,005+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,665
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 53,778
- Daytime population
- 120,693Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the St. Joseph metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson City, MO | 74 | 96 | 16.4 | $1.2M | +2.2% | #40 of 387 |
| 2Kansas City, MO-KS | 66 | 1,808 | 20.2 | $1M | +3.4% | #89 of 387 |
| 3Columbia, MO | 64 | 160 | 18.5 | $1.1M | +3.9% | #101 of 387 |
| 4St. Louis, MO-IL | 57 | 2,369 | 20.4 | $1M | −0.2% | #151 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 55 | 405 | 20.4 | $900K | +5.1% | #167 of 387 |
| 6St. Joseph, MO-KS | 47 | 87 | 18.6 | $975K | −2.0% | #224 of 387 |
| 7Joplin, MO-KS | 42 | 194 | 24.4 | $723K | +3.9% | #261 of 387 |
| 8Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 32 | 118 | 30.8 | $596K | +1.7% | #310 of 387 |
Other business types in the St. Joseph metro area
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 laundry47
- Clothing and shoe stores44
- Laundromats36
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 87 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. Joseph metro area. 44 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 20.5% from 2019. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $84.8M a year, or $1,810 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $975K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,883 households in the St. Joseph metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The St. Joseph metro area has 18.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $975K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the St. Joseph metro area would have about 96, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,421 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. Joseph metro area at 119,170 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,883 households. The median household income in the St. Joseph metro area is $65,005 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. 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 St. Joseph metro area scores 47 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #224 of 387 scored metro areas.
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