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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Alleghany County, NC

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Alleghany County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,692 of 2,210 scored counties
#68 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,533 a household
Spending per listing
$794K
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.3
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,479
+5.4% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Alleghany County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,692 of 2,210 scored counties and #68 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Alleghany County comes to about $7.9M a year: $1,533 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $794K per business, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Alleghany County has 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.3, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Alleghany County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alleghany County grew 5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Alleghany County compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Alleghany County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureAlleghany CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.321.023.3
Spending per listing$794K$904K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,0531,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.4%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,533$1,894$2,055
Median household income$47,172$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score3550

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Alleghany 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 Alleghany County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,479+5.4% since 2020
Households
5,177
Median age
51.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
235 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$47,172+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,176
Median home value
$214,800
Jobs located here
2,918
Daytime population
10,199Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Alleghany County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chatham County, NC913510.6$2.1M+11.0%#15 of 2,210
2Lincoln County, NC844010.9$1.8M+13.2%#83 of 2,210
3Franklin County, NC83258.8$2.1M+18.8%#96 of 2,210
4Union County, NC8210912.9$1.8M+11.7%#108 of 2,210
5Hoke County, NC80147.3$2.4M+9.0%#129 of 2,210
6Harnett County, NC805010.0$1.8M+12.3%#140 of 2,210
7Pender County, NC802811.1$1.7M+19.0%#141 of 2,210
8Orange County, NC808715.2$1.5M+6.1%#148 of 2,210
9Granville County, NC77229.8$1.9M+2.1%#185 of 2,210
10Davie County, NC762615.1$1.3M+6.9%#220 of 2,210
68Alleghany County, NC351019.3$794K+5.4%#1,692 of 2,210

Other business types in Alleghany County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Alleghany County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Alleghany County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Alleghany County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Alleghany County, NC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $7.9M a year, or $1,533 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $794K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,177 households in Alleghany County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Alleghany County has 19.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $794K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Alleghany County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Alleghany County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Alleghany County at 11,479 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,177 households. The median household income in Alleghany County is $47,172 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. Alleghany County scores 35 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,692 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Alleghany County

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