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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Nebraska

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the North Platte, NE area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the North Platte, NE area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #478 of 536 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska

Listings
47
24 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,802 a household
Spending per listing
$582K
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.9
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,972
−3.6% 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 North Platte area scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #478 of 536 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the North Platte area comes to about $27.4M a year: $1,802 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $582K of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The North Platte area has 47 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. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.9, 33% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the North Platte area in 2023. That is one for every 949 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the North Platte area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the North Platte area compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 North Platte, NE area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureNorth Platte areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.921.223.3
Spending per listing$582K$941K$880K
Households per official establishment9491,1401,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,802$1,999$2,055
Median household income$65,430$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score2454

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
102
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4724 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 North Platte 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 North Platte area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,972−3.6% since 2020
Households
15,189
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
3,135 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$65,430
Average household income
$79,648
Median home value
$189,500
Jobs located here
14,644
Daytime population
34,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the North Platte area marked.

Top small-town markets in Nebraska

Small-town markets in Nebraska ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hastings, NE752414.1$1.3M−0.2%#67 of 536
2Lexington, NE621919.0$990K+1.1%#161 of 536
3Fremont, NE573724.4$767K+2.6%#221 of 536
4Columbus, NE464727.1$700K+3.8%#312 of 536
5Kearney, NE446026.3$740K+1.9%#323 of 536
6Scottsbluff, NE414026.0$685K−1.2%#356 of 536
7Norfolk, NE405327.0$687K+1.1%#366 of 536
8Beatrice, NE382627.9$655K+0.2%#380 of 536
9North Platte, NE244730.9$582K−3.6%#478 of 536

Other business types in the North Platte area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the North Platte, NE area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the North Platte area. 24 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the North Platte, NE area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $27.4M a year, or $1,802 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $582K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,189 households in the North Platte area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the North Platte, NE area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The North Platte area has 30.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $582K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the North Platte area would have about 31, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 949 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the North Platte, NE area growing?

Population estimates put the North Platte area at 33,972 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,189 households. The median household income in the North Platte area is $65,430 a year, 19% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 North Platte area scores 24 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #478 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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