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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Essex County, NY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Essex County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #779 of 2,210 scored counties
#33 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
27
6 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,127 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
46% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,438
−2.2% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Essex County comes to about $34.8M a year: $2,127 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 46% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 16.5 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Essex County in 2023. That is one for every 1,816 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $534K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Essex County.

Population estimates show Essex County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Essex County is 58 (upper middle), #779 of 2,210 scored counties and #33 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Essex County 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 Essex County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureEssex CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.531.723.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$772K$880K
Households per official establishment1,8166631,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,127$2,448$2,055
Median household income$71,661$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5827

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 9
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
276 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$534K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
36,438−2.2% since 2020
Households
16,342
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,794 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$71,661+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,488
Median home value
$211,900
Jobs located here
14,557
Daytime population
35,396Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wayne County, NY83307.8$2.7M+0.1%#91 of 2,210
2Madison County, NY81228.4$2.6M−1.2%#115 of 2,210
3Schoharie County, NY80118.6$2.5M+1.4%#128 of 2,210
4Sullivan County, NY803812.1$1.8M+2.7%#137 of 2,210
5Oswego County, NY79357.4$2.8M+1.0%#150 of 2,210
6Schenectady County, NY798412.6$1.8M+3.0%#157 of 2,210
7Livingston County, NY782610.6$2M−0.2%#171 of 2,210
8Greene County, NY782211.8$1.9M−1.1%#172 of 2,210
9Rensselaer County, NY767611.4$2M−0.2%#209 of 2,210
10Yates County, NY7588.4$2.5M−0.8%#224 of 2,210
33Essex County, NY582716.5$1.3M−2.2%#779 of 2,210

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Essex County, NY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Essex County. 6 of them (22%) 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 list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Essex County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $34.8M a year, or $2,127 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,342 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Essex County has 16.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Essex County would have about 40, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,816 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Essex County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Essex County at 36,438 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,342 households. The median household income in Essex County is $71,661 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Essex County scores 58 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #779 of 2,210 scored counties.

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