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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Orleans County, NY
How Orleans 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #230 of 2,210 scored counties
#12 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,825
- −0.5% since 2020
See the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses around any address in Orleans County
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What this means
Households in Orleans County spend about $32.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,986 per household, 3% below 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.
Orleans County has 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.9, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Orleans County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,055 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orleans County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Orleans County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #230 of 2,210 scored counties and #12 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Orleans 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 | Orleans County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 31.7 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $772K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,055 | 663 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.4% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,986 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $65,969 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $93K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,825−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,220
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $65,969+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,064
- Median home value
- $140,800
- Jobs located here
- 11,754
- Daytime population
- 32,968Residents 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 Orleans 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 |
| 12Orleans County, NY | 75 | 16 | 9.9 | $2M | −0.5% | #230 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Orleans 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 laundry75
- Clothing and shoe stores73
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Orleans County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Orleans County. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orleans County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $32.2M a year, or $1,986 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,220 households in Orleans County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans County, NY compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Orleans County has 9.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 58% 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, Orleans County would have about 37, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,055 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Orleans County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Orleans County at 39,825 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,220 households. The median household income in Orleans County is $65,969 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. Orleans County scores 75 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #230 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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