Clothing and laundry · County · New Hampshire
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Merrimack County, NH
How Merrimack County, NH compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #266 of 2,210 scored counties
#3 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 85
- 26 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- −15.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $149.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,460 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.0
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,078
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 85 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Merrimack County. Of those, 26 are chain locations, or 31%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 14.0 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in Merrimack County spend about $149.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,460 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 85 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.8M per business, twice the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Merrimack County was 37 in 2023, down 15.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,646 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 62 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Merrimack County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Merrimack County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Merrimack County is 74 (upper middle), #266 of 2,210 scored counties and #3 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Merrimack 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.
| Measure | Merrimack County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.0 | 24.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,646 | 933 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.9% | −13.5% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,460 | $2,540 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $97,004 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 37−15.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 437
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 62Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8526 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 170The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,078+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,901
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 933 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 167
- Median household income
- $97,004+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,673
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 83,058
- Daytime population
- 159,180Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Hampshire market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Merrimack County marked.
Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NH | 87 | 15 | 9.0 | $2.5M | +2.1% | #46 of 2,210 |
| 2Strafford County, NH | 77 | 76 | 14.6 | $1.7M | +3.0% | #190 of 2,210 |
| 3Merrimack County, NH | 74 | 85 | 14.0 | $1.8M | +2.6% | #266 of 2,210 |
| 4Coos County, NH | 70 | 14 | 10.0 | $1.9M | +0.4% | #369 of 2,210 |
| 5Cheshire County, NH | 62 | 61 | 19.9 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #637 of 2,210 |
| 6Hillsborough County, NH | 52 | 424 | 25.1 | $1M | +2.5% | #1,055 of 2,210 |
| 7Grafton County, NH | 51 | 94 | 25.3 | $950K | +2.2% | #1,114 of 2,210 |
| 8Rockingham County, NH | 48 | 395 | 31.0 | $905K | +3.0% | #1,202 of 2,210 |
| 9Belknap County, NH | 41 | 80 | 30.4 | $789K | +2.1% | #1,470 of 2,210 |
| 10Carroll County, NH | 38 | 91 | 41.7 | $562K | +5.0% | #1,610 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Merrimack County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry74
- Clothing and shoe stores80
- Laundromats52
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Merrimack County, NH?
There are 85 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Merrimack County as of September 2026. 26 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 15.9% from 2019. Official counts list 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Merrimack County, NH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $149.8M a year, or $2,460 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 60,901 households in Merrimack County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merrimack County, NH compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Merrimack County has 14.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Merrimack County would have about 170, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,646 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Merrimack County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Merrimack County at 158,078 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,901 households. Median household income in Merrimack County is $97,004, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Merrimack County scores 74 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #266 of 2,210 scored counties.
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