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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Kings County, NY

How Kings County, NY 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,755 of 2,210 scored counties
#58 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
2,912
484 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
1,878
−12.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.4B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,402 a household
Spending per listing
$833K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.8
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,653,963
−2.5% since 2020

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What this means

Kings County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,755 of 2,210 scored counties and #58 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,912 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Kings County. 484 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.8, 24% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Kings County comes to about $2.4B a year: $2,402 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $833K per business, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 1,878 businesses with payroll in Kings County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 538 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 68 SBA-backed loans worth $24.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Kings County. Population estimates put the population change in Kings County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Kings 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 Kings County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKings CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.831.723.3
Spending per listing$833K$772K$880K
Households per official establishment5386631,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.8%−15.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,402$2,448$2,055
Median household income$80,263$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3327

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2,153 → 1,878−12.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
10,985
Annual payroll, 2023
$293.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,470Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2,912484 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,755The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
68
Amount
$24.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,653,963−2.5% since 2020
Households
1,009,927
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
30%
Vehicles per household
0.6
Land area
69 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37,927
Median household income
$80,263+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,376
Median home value
$905,000
Jobs located here
883,599
Daytime population
2,304,140Residents 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 Kings 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
58Kings County, NY332,91228.8$833K−2.5%#1,755 of 2,210

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Questions

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

There are 2,912 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Kings County as of September 2026. 484 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 1,878 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 12.8% from 2019. Official counts list 2,470 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $2.4B a year, or $2,402 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,912 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $833K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,009,927 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kings County has 28.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $833K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Kings County would have about 2,755, against 2,912 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 538 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Kings County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Kings County at 2,653,963 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,009,927 households. Median household income in Kings County is $80,263, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Kings County scores 33 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,755 of 2,210 scored counties.

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