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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Big Horn County, MT

How Big Horn County, MT 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 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,127 of 2,210 scored counties
#17 of 18 scored counties in Montana

Listings
7
2 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,478 a household
Spending per listing
$808K
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.3
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,752
−2.5% 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 Big Horn County is 17 (low), #2,127 of 2,210 scored counties and #17 of 18 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Big Horn County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 18.3 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,478 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Big Horn County spend about $5.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $808K per business, 8% below 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 Big Horn County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $115K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Big Horn County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Big Horn County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Big Horn County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Big Horn County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureBig Horn CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.320.623.3
Spending per listing$808K$835K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2931,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,478$1,721$2,055
Median household income$58,750$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market score1747

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
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
72 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$115K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Big Horn 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 Big Horn County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,752−2.5% since 2020
Households
3,827
Median age
32.4
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
4,998 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$58,750+17.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,454
Median home value
$143,400
Jobs located here
3,877
Daytime population
13,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Montana

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The highest-scoring counties in Montana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Montana, with Big Horn County marked.

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lewis and Clark County, MT664915.7$1.1M+5.8%#503 of 2,210
2Ravalli County, MT652312.3$1.4M+9.4%#535 of 2,210
3Lincoln County, MT571011.0$1.3M+13.1%#810 of 2,210
4Lake County, MT571915.1$1.1M+6.9%#829 of 2,210
5Fergus County, MT46713.2$1.2M+3.1%#1,266 of 2,210
6Gallatin County, MT4414828.9$685K+7.7%#1,357 of 2,210
7Yellowstone County, MT4115021.5$827K+4.5%#1,468 of 2,210
8Flathead County, MT4110924.6$707K+10.1%#1,482 of 2,210
9Cascade County, MT386618.5$888K+0.7%#1,585 of 2,210
10Missoula County, MT3813024.7$712K+4.4%#1,601 of 2,210
17Big Horn County, MT17718.3$808K−2.5%#2,127 of 2,210

Other business types in Big Horn 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 Big Horn County, MT?

Big Horn County has 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) 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 Big Horn County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Big Horn County, MT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $5.7M a year, or $1,478 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $808K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,827 households in Big Horn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Big Horn County, MT compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Big Horn County has 18.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $808K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Big Horn County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Big Horn County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Big Horn County at 12,752 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,827 households. Median household income in Big Horn County is $58,750, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.8%, 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. Big Horn County scores 17 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,127 of 2,210 scored counties.

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