Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · North Carolina
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Anderson Creek, NC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Anderson Creek, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 86 out of 100: High
Ranked #9 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 50
- 17 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $89.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,792 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,137
- +12.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Anderson Creek area is 86 (high), #9 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Anderson Creek area. 17 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.0, 57% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Anderson Creek area comes to about $89.3M a year: $1,792 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 50 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.8M per business, twice the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Anderson Creek area in 2023. That is one for every 3,560 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Anderson Creek area grew 12.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Anderson Creek area 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.
| Measure | Anderson Creek area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 21.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $904K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,560 | 1,053 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,792 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,287 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 86 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 74
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 100Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5017 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 102The 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 Anderson Creek 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 Anderson Creek area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,137+12.3% since 2020
- Households
- 49,845
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 595 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 234
- Median household income
- $71,287
- Average household income
- $89,999
- Median home value
- $246,200
- Jobs located here
- 27,545
- Daytime population
- 112,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Anderson Creek area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 86 | 50 | 10.0 | $1.8M | +12.3% | #9 of 536 |
| 2Brevard, NC | 75 | 14 | 9.6 | $1.9M | +2.9% | #59 of 536 |
| 3Marion, NC | 70 | 22 | 11.8 | $1.4M | +1.5% | #94 of 536 |
| 4Albemarle, NC | 65 | 40 | 15.8 | $1.1M | +9.8% | #137 of 536 |
| 5North Wilkesboro, NC | 64 | 27 | 10.0 | $1.5M | +0.6% | #141 of 536 |
| 6New Bern, NC | 63 | 86 | 16.4 | $1M | +3.6% | #153 of 536 |
| 7Forest City, NC | 62 | 43 | 16.1 | $986K | +2.1% | #162 of 536 |
| 8Waynesville, NC | 60 | 45 | 16.6 | $1M | +1.9% | #183 of 536 |
| 9Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 51 | 70 | 18.0 | $922K | +3.4% | #260 of 536 |
| 10Morehead City, NC | 47 | 86 | 26.9 | $699K | +4.1% | #300 of 536 |
Other business types in the Anderson Creek 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 laundry86
- Clothing and shoe stores89
- Laundromats81
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Anderson Creek, NC area?
There are 50 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Anderson Creek area as of September 2026. 17 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 100 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Anderson Creek, NC area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $89.3M a year, or $1,792 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,845 households in the Anderson Creek area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Anderson Creek, NC area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Anderson Creek area has 10.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Anderson Creek area would have about 102, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,560 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Anderson Creek, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Anderson Creek area at 150,137 people in 2025, up 12.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,845 households. Median household income in the Anderson Creek area is $71,287, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Anderson Creek area scores 86 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #9 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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