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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cheshire County, NH

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cheshire County, NH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #637 of 2,210 scored counties
#5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire

Listings
61
17 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$69.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,271 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.9
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,269
+2.3% 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

Households in Cheshire County spend about $69.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,271 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per business, 29% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Cheshire County has 61 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 19.9 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Cheshire County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,531 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cheshire County.

Population estimates show Cheshire County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cheshire County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #637 of 2,210 scored counties and #5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.

How Cheshire County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Cheshire County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureCheshire CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.924.023.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment1,5319331,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.5%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,271$2,540$2,055
Median household income$83,329$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score6261

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 20
Employees, 2023
187
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6117 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$250K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
78,269+2.3% since 2020
Households
30,620
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
109
Median household income
$83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,430
Median home value
$280,100
Jobs located here
32,125
Daytime population
72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sullivan County, NH87159.0$2.5M+2.1%#46 of 2,210
2Strafford County, NH777614.6$1.7M+3.0%#190 of 2,210
3Merrimack County, NH748514.0$1.8M+2.6%#266 of 2,210
4Coos County, NH701410.0$1.9M+0.4%#369 of 2,210
5Cheshire County, NH626119.9$1.1M+2.3%#637 of 2,210
6Hillsborough County, NH5242425.1$1M+2.5%#1,055 of 2,210
7Grafton County, NH519425.3$950K+2.2%#1,114 of 2,210
8Rockingham County, NH4839531.0$905K+3.0%#1,202 of 2,210
9Belknap County, NH418030.4$789K+2.1%#1,470 of 2,210
10Carroll County, NH389141.7$562K+5.0%#1,610 of 2,210

Other business types in Cheshire County

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

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Cheshire County, NH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cheshire County. 17 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cheshire County, NH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $69.5M a year, or $2,271 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in Cheshire County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cheshire County has 19.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Cheshire County would have about 79, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,531 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Cheshire County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Cheshire County at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. The median household income in Cheshire County is $83,329 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Cheshire County scores 62 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #637 of 2,210 scored counties.

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