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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cape May County, NJ

How Cape May County, NJ 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 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,005 of 2,210 scored counties
#21 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
236
29 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
144
+8.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$109.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,448 a household
Spending per listing
$466K
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
52.6
2.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,390
−1.7% 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, Cape May County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #2,005 of 2,210 scored counties and #21 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 236 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cape May County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 52.6 for every 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Cape May County spend about $109.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,448 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That works out to $466K per business, 47% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 144 businesses with payroll in Cape May County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, up 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 312 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cape May County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cape May County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Cape May County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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 Cape May County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureCape May CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households52.627.123.3
Spending per listing$466K$983K$880K
Households per official establishment3127341,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.3%−12.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,448$2,665$2,055
Median household income$91,128$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score2453

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
133 → 144+8.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
597
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
106Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
23629 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
125The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$1.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
93,390−1.7% since 2020
Households
44,884
Median age
50.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
252 sq. mi.
People per square mile
377
Median household income
$91,128+35.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$122,129
Median home value
$434,600
Jobs located here
34,945
Daytime population
90,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Cape May County marked.

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Salem County, NJ88197.6$2.9M+2.3%#32 of 2,210
2Warren County, NJ885512.1$2M+3.2%#35 of 2,210
3Sussex County, NJ846411.1$2.5M+2.9%#77 of 2,210
4Hunterdon County, NJ6911522.6$1.4M+2.3%#405 of 2,210
5Burlington County, NJ6834519.5$1.4M+4.3%#435 of 2,210
6Gloucester County, NJ6521218.8$1.4M+3.3%#531 of 2,210
7Somerset County, NJ6130423.2$1.3M+3.5%#664 of 2,210
8Ocean County, NJ5851521.1$1.1M+5.6%#783 of 2,210
9Middlesex County, NJ5772423.5$1.2M+2.6%#820 of 2,210
10Mercer County, NJ5534023.6$1.1M+3.3%#914 of 2,210
21Cape May County, NJ2423652.6$466K−1.7%#2,005 of 2,210

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Cape May County, NJ?

There are 236 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Cape May County as of September 2026. 29 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 144 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019. Another 106 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Cape May County, NJ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $109.9M a year, or $2,448 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 236 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $466K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,884 households in Cape May County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cape May County, NJ compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Cape May County has 52.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $466K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Cape May County would have about 125, against 236 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 312 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Cape May County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Cape May County at 93,390 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,884 households. Median household income in Cape May County is $91,128, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.9%, 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. Cape May County scores 24 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,005 of 2,210 scored counties.

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