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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Livingston County, NY
How Livingston 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 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #171 of 2,210 scored counties
#7 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 26
- 8 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $52.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,438
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Livingston County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #171 of 2,210 scored counties and #7 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Livingston County comes to about $52.2M a year: $2,131 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Livingston County has 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Livingston County in 2023. That is one for every 4,079 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $998K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Livingston County. Population estimates show Livingston County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Livingston 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.
| Measure | Livingston County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 31.7 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $772K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,079 | 663 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.4% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,131 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $74,001 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 268 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
- 1
- Amount
- $998K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Livingston 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 Livingston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,438−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,473
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $74,001+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,240
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,459
- Daytime population
- 52,677Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with Livingston County marked.
Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne County, NY | 83 | 30 | 7.8 | $2.7M | +0.1% | #91 of 2,210 |
| 2Madison County, NY | 81 | 22 | 8.4 | $2.6M | −1.2% | #115 of 2,210 |
| 3Schoharie County, NY | 80 | 11 | 8.6 | $2.5M | +1.4% | #128 of 2,210 |
| 4Sullivan County, NY | 80 | 38 | 12.1 | $1.8M | +2.7% | #137 of 2,210 |
| 5Oswego County, NY | 79 | 35 | 7.4 | $2.8M | +1.0% | #150 of 2,210 |
| 6Schenectady County, NY | 79 | 84 | 12.6 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #157 of 2,210 |
| 7Livingston County, NY | 78 | 26 | 10.6 | $2M | −0.2% | #171 of 2,210 |
| 8Greene County, NY | 78 | 22 | 11.8 | $1.9M | −1.1% | #172 of 2,210 |
| 9Rensselaer County, NY | 76 | 76 | 11.4 | $2M | −0.2% | #209 of 2,210 |
| 10Yates County, NY | 75 | 8 | 8.4 | $2.5M | −0.8% | #224 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Livingston County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry78
- Clothing and shoe stores79
- Laundromats39
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Livingston County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Livingston County. 8 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Livingston County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $52.2M a year, or $2,131 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,473 households in Livingston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Livingston County, NY compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Livingston County has 10.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Livingston County would have about 59, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,079 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Livingston County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Livingston County at 61,438 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,473 households. The median household income in Livingston County is $74,001 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Livingston County scores 78 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #171 of 2,210 scored counties.
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