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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Greene County, NY

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Greene County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #172 of 2,210 scored counties
#8 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
22
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$41.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,231 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
47,238
−1.1% since 2020

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What this means

Greene County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #172 of 2,210 scored counties and #8 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

At $2,231 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Greene County spend about $41.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Greene County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 14%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Greene County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 6,225 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Greene County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Greene County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Greene 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 Greene County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.831.723.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$772K$880K
Households per official establishment6,2256631,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,231$2,448$2,055
Median household income$77,945$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score7827

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 3
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$392K
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
223 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$250K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
47,238−1.1% since 2020
Households
18,674
Median age
47.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
647 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$77,945+45.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,545
Median home value
$271,600
Jobs located here
14,070
Daytime population
41,066Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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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

Other business types in Greene County

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 Greene County, NY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Greene County. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $41.7M a year, or $2,231 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,674 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greene County has 11.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.9M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Greene County would have about 47, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,225 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Greene County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 47,238 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,674 households. The median household income in Greene County is $77,945 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.4% 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. Greene County scores 78 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #172 of 2,210 scored counties.

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