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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Ravalli County, MT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Ravalli County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #535 of 2,210 scored counties
#2 of 18 scored counties in Montana

Listings
23
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$31.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,665 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
53% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.3
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,582
+9.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Ravalli County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,665 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Ravalli County spend about $31.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.4M per business, 53% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Ravalli County in 2023. That is one for every 2,333 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Ravalli County.

Population estimates show Ravalli County grew 9.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Ravalli County is 65 (upper middle), #535 of 2,210 scored counties and #2 of 18 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Ravalli 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 Ravalli County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureRavalli CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.320.623.3
Spending per listing$1.4M$835K$880K
Households per official establishment2,3331,2931,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,665$1,721$2,055
Median household income$71,283$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market score6547

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 8
Employees, 2023
58
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
36Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
231 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
48,582+9.4% since 2020
Households
18,661
Median age
48.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
2,391 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$71,283+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,389
Median home value
$476,600
Jobs located here
14,115
Daytime population
42,116Residents 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 Ravalli 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

Other business types in Ravalli 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 Ravalli County, MT?

There are 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Ravalli County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $31.1M a year, or $1,665 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,661 households in Ravalli County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ravalli County has 12.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Ravalli County would have about 35, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,333 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Ravalli County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Ravalli County at 48,582 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,661 households. Median household income in Ravalli County is $71,283, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.4%, 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. Ravalli County scores 65 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #535 of 2,210 scored counties.

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