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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Scotts Bluff County, NE

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,709 of 2,210 scored counties
#18 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
40
17 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,776 a household
Spending per listing
$669K
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.5
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,586
−1.3% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Scotts Bluff County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,709 of 2,210 scored counties and #18 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,776 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Scotts Bluff County spend about $26.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $669K of household spending for each business on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Scotts Bluff County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.5, 14% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Scotts Bluff County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,154 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Scotts Bluff County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Scotts Bluff County 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 Scotts Bluff County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureScotts Bluff CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.521.223.3
Spending per listing$669K$941K$880K
Households per official establishment2,1541,1401,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,776$1,999$2,055
Median household income$63,614$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score3554

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 7
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$749K
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4017 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Scotts Bluff 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 Scotts Bluff County

Population, 2025 estimate
35,586−1.3% since 2020
Households
15,078
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
740 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$63,614+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,943
Median home value
$168,500
Jobs located here
16,332
Daytime population
35,840Residents 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 counties in Nebraska for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Scotts Bluff County marked.

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, NE8976.5$3.4M+3.9%#24 of 2,210
2Saunders County, NE801314.6$1.5M+6.0%#147 of 2,210
3Washington County, NE761113.1$1.7M+1.8%#213 of 2,210
4Saline County, NE7459.7$2M+1.9%#261 of 2,210
5Seward County, NE73811.8$1.7M+2.3%#290 of 2,210
6Sarpy County, NE6315220.5$1.1M+9.0%#606 of 2,210
7York County, NE60915.8$1.2M+3.3%#717 of 2,210
8Adams County, NE602216.8$1.1M−0.3%#721 of 2,210
9Colfax County, NE60718.9$1M+3.6%#726 of 2,210
10Otoe County, NE561421.9$907K+3.9%#889 of 2,210
18Scotts Bluff County, NE354026.5$669K−1.3%#1,709 of 2,210

Other business types in Scotts Bluff 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 Scotts Bluff County, NE?

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Scotts Bluff County. 17 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Scotts Bluff County, NE spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $26.8M a year, or $1,776 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $669K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,078 households in Scotts Bluff County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Scotts Bluff County, NE compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Scotts Bluff County has 26.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $669K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Scotts Bluff County would have about 30, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,154 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Scotts Bluff County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Scotts Bluff County at 35,586 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,078 households. The median household income in Scotts Bluff County is $63,614 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Scotts Bluff County scores 35 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,709 of 2,210 scored counties.

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