Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · New York
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Seneca Falls, NY area
How the Seneca Falls, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #475 of 536 scored small-town markets
#14 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 63
- 50 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- −24.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,026 a household
- Spending per listing
- $437K
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 46.3
- 99% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,883
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Seneca Falls area is 25 (lower middle), #475 of 536 scored small-town markets and #14 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Seneca Falls area. Of those, 50 are chain locations, or 79%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 46.3, 99% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Seneca Falls area comes to about $27.6M a year: $2,026 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $437K of household spending for each business on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Seneca Falls area was 44 in 2023, down 24.1% from 2019. That is one for every 309 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Seneca Falls area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Seneca Falls area 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 | Seneca Falls area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 46.3 | 31.7 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $437K | $772K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 309 | 663 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −24.1% | −15.4% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,026 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,089 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44−24.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 499
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6350 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 the Seneca Falls area, 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 the Seneca Falls area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,883−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 13,606
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $68,089+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,874
- Median home value
- $155,400
- Jobs located here
- 11,145
- Daytime population
- 30,768Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monticello, NY | 86 | 38 | 12.1 | $1.8M | +2.7% | #8 of 536 |
| 2Amsterdam, NY | 83 | 26 | 13.3 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #17 of 536 |
| 3Auburn, NY | 78 | 37 | 11.7 | $1.7M | −2.3% | #38 of 536 |
| 4Oneonta, NY | 78 | 39 | 16.8 | $1.2M | +3.8% | #42 of 536 |
| 5Batavia, NY | 76 | 32 | 12.9 | $1.6M | +0.2% | #52 of 536 |
| 6Corning, NY | 75 | 49 | 12.5 | $1.6M | −1.6% | #61 of 536 |
| 7Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 75 | 51 | 12.2 | $1.6M | −2.5% | #62 of 536 |
| 8Cortland, NY | 72 | 31 | 16.3 | $1.3M | −1.9% | #84 of 536 |
| 9Olean, NY | 68 | 46 | 14.4 | $1.3M | −2.1% | #110 of 536 |
| 10Gloversville, NY | 68 | 40 | 17.5 | $1.1M | −1.6% | #113 of 536 |
| 14Seneca Falls, NY | 25 | 63 | 46.3 | $437K | −1.7% | #475 of 536 |
Other business types in the Seneca Falls area
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 laundry25
- Clothing and shoe stores24
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Seneca Falls, NY area?
There are 63 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Seneca Falls area as of September 2026. 50 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 24.1% from 2019. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Seneca Falls, NY area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $27.6M a year, or $2,026 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $437K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,606 households in the Seneca Falls area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Seneca Falls, NY area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Seneca Falls area has 46.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 99% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $437K, 50% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Seneca Falls area would have about 31, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 309 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 24.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Seneca Falls, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Seneca Falls area at 32,883 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,606 households. Median household income in the Seneca Falls area is $68,089, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Seneca Falls area scores 25 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #475 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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