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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carter County, MT
How Carter 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
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $862K
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,436 a household
- Spending per listing
- $431K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,383
- −1.6% since 2020
See the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses around any address in Carter County
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What this means
Households in Carter County spend about $862K a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,436 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $431K of household spending for each business on map listings.
There are 2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Carter County as of September 2026. That is 33.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Carter County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Carter County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Carter 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.
| Measure | Carter County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.3 | 20.6 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $431K | $835K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,293 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,436 | $1,721 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $54,167 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,383−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 600
- Median age
- 57.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 3,341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $54,167
- Average household income
- $67,789
- Median home value
- $199,200
- Jobs located here
- 290
- Daytime population
- 1,228Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Carter County?
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewis and Clark County, MT | 66 | 49 | 15.7 | $1.1M | +5.8% | #503 of 2,210 |
| 2Ravalli County, MT | 65 | 23 | 12.3 | $1.4M | +9.4% | #535 of 2,210 |
| 3Lincoln County, MT | 57 | 10 | 11.0 | $1.3M | +13.1% | #810 of 2,210 |
| 4Lake County, MT | 57 | 19 | 15.1 | $1.1M | +6.9% | #829 of 2,210 |
| 5Fergus County, MT | 46 | 7 | 13.2 | $1.2M | +3.1% | #1,266 of 2,210 |
| 6Gallatin County, MT | 44 | 148 | 28.9 | $685K | +7.7% | #1,357 of 2,210 |
| 7Yellowstone County, MT | 41 | 150 | 21.5 | $827K | +4.5% | #1,468 of 2,210 |
| 8Flathead County, MT | 41 | 109 | 24.6 | $707K | +10.1% | #1,482 of 2,210 |
| 9Cascade County, MT | 38 | 66 | 18.5 | $888K | +0.7% | #1,585 of 2,210 |
| 10Missoula County, MT | 38 | 130 | 24.7 | $712K | +4.4% | #1,601 of 2,210 |
| Carter County, MT | Not scored | 2 | 33.3 | $431K | −1.6% |
Other business types in Carter County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Carter County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carter County. 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 Carter County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carter County, MT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $862K a year, or $1,436 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $431K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 600 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, MT compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Carter County has 2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Carter County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 1,383 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 600 households. The median household income in Carter County is $54,167 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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