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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Stone County, MO

How Stone County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #203 of 2,210 scored counties
#6 of 79 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$24.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,780 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
2.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
68% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,503
+4.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Stone County is 76 (high), #203 of 2,210 scored counties and #6 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 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Stone County. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,780 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Stone County spend about $24.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $2.4M per business, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Stone County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Stone County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Stone 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 Stone County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureStone CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.420.623.3
Spending per listing$2.4M$940K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2411,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,780$1,939$2,055
Median household income$63,520$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7649

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
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
27The 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 Stone 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 Stone County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,503+4.1% since 2020
Households
13,530
Median age
52.4
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
464 sq. mi.
People per square mile
69
Median household income
$63,520+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,807
Median home value
$249,000
Jobs located here
7,170
Daytime population
25,642Residents 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 Stone 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 Stone 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 Stone County, MO?

There are 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Stone County as of September 2026. None of them 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 Stone County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $24.1M a year, or $1,780 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,530 households in Stone County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stone County has 7.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 68% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.4M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Stone County would have about 27, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Stone County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Stone County at 32,503 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,530 households. Median household income in Stone County is $63,520, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Stone County scores 76 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #203 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 Stone County

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