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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Batavia, NY area

How the Batavia, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #52 of 536 scored small-town markets
#5 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
32
11 chain locations (34%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$51.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,081 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
84% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.9
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
58,416
+0.2% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Batavia area has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #52 of 536 scored small-town markets and #5 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

As of September 2026, map listings count 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Batavia area. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.9, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $2,081 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Batavia area spend about $51.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.6M per business, 84% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Batavia area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 2,487 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Batavia area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Batavia area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Batavia, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureBatavia areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.931.723.3
Spending per listing$1.6M$772K$880K
Households per official establishment2,4876631,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,081$2,448$2,055
Median household income$73,314$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score7627

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
149
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3211 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
59The 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 the Batavia area, 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 the Batavia area

Population, 2025 estimate
58,416+0.2% since 2020
Households
24,873
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
493 sq. mi.
People per square mile
117
Median household income
$73,314+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,146
Median home value
$170,500
Jobs located here
23,039
Daytime population
52,508Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with the Batavia area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monticello, NY863812.1$1.8M+2.7%#8 of 536
2Amsterdam, NY832613.3$1.5M+1.1%#17 of 536
3Auburn, NY783711.7$1.7M−2.3%#38 of 536
4Oneonta, NY783916.8$1.2M+3.8%#42 of 536
5Batavia, NY763212.9$1.6M+0.2%#52 of 536
6Corning, NY754912.5$1.6M−1.6%#61 of 536
7Massena-Ogdensburg, NY755112.2$1.6M−2.5%#62 of 536
8Cortland, NY723116.3$1.3M−1.9%#84 of 536
9Olean, NY684614.4$1.3M−2.1%#110 of 536
10Gloversville, NY684017.5$1.1M−1.6%#113 of 536

Other business types in the Batavia area

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 the Batavia, NY area?

The Batavia area has 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Batavia, NY area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $51.8M a year, or $2,081 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,873 households in the Batavia area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Batavia, NY area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Batavia area has 12.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.6M, 84% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Batavia area would have about 59, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,487 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Batavia, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Batavia area at 58,416 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,873 households. Median household income in the Batavia area is $73,314, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Batavia area scores 76 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #52 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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