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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Warren County, NJ

How Warren 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 88 out of 100: High

Ranked #35 of 2,210 scored counties
#2 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
55
18 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$112.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,477 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.1
48% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
112,953
+3.2% 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

Warren County scores 88 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #35 of 2,210 scored counties and #2 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Warren County. 18 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.1 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Warren County comes to about $112.4M a year: $2,477 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. Spread across 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $2M per business, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Warren County in 2023. That is one for every 5,043 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Warren County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Warren 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 Warren County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.127.123.3
Spending per listing$2M$983K$880K
Households per official establishment5,0437341,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,477$2,665$2,055
Median household income$100,869$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score8853

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 9
Employees, 2023
211
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
76Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5518 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
128The 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 Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
112,953+3.2% since 2020
Households
45,391
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
357 sq. mi.
People per square mile
311
Median household income
$100,869+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,920
Median home value
$346,500
Jobs located here
30,808
Daytime population
86,522Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across New Jersey

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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 Warren 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

Other business types in Warren 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 Warren County, NJ?

There are 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Warren County as of September 2026. 18 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 76 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $112.4M a year, or $2,477 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,391 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Warren County has 12.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Warren County would have about 128, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,043 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 112,953 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,391 households. Median household income in Warren County is $100,869, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Warren County scores 88 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #35 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Warren County

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