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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Queens County, NY

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,367 of 2,210 scored counties
#49 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
1,828
394 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
1,363
−14.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,389 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.7
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,358,182
−1.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,828 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Queens County. Of those, 394 are chain locations, or 22%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 21.7 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $2,389 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Queens County spend about $2B a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.1M per business, 25% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 1,363 businesses with payroll in Queens County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 617 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 2,065 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 23 SBA-backed loans worth $4.9M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Queens County.

Population estimates put the population change in Queens County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Queens County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,367 of 2,210 scored counties and #49 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Queens 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 Queens County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureQueens CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.731.723.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$772K$880K
Households per official establishment6176631,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.7%−15.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,389$2,448$2,055
Median household income$86,136$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4327

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,598 → 1,363−14.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
9,137
Annual payroll, 2023
$221M
One-person businesses, 2023
2,065Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,828394 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,282The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
23
Amount
$4.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,358,182−1.1% since 2020
Households
841,003
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
45%
Vehicles per household
0.9
Land area
109 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21,371
Median household income
$86,136+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,404
Median home value
$723,800
Jobs located here
728,428
Daytime population
2,069,814Residents 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 Queens 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
49Queens County, NY431,82821.7$1.1M−1.1%#1,367 of 2,210

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Questions

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

Queens County has 1,828 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 394 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 1,363 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 14.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 2,065 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $2B a year, or $2,389 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,828 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 841,003 households in Queens County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Queens County has 21.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Queens County would have about 2,282, against 1,828 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 617 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Queens County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Queens County at 2,358,182 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 841,003 households. Median household income in Queens County is $86,136, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Queens County scores 43 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,367 of 2,210 scored counties.

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