Clothing and laundry · Metro area · North Carolina
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fayetteville, NC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fayetteville, NC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #332 of 387 scored metro areas
#14 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 306
- 144 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 176
- −1.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $253.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,701 a household
- Spending per listing
- $828K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 395,412
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Fayetteville metro area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #332 of 387 scored metro areas and #14 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 306 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fayetteville metro area. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 20.5 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Fayetteville metro area comes to about $253.5M a year: $1,701 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $828K per business, 6% 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 Fayetteville metro area was 176 in 2023, down 1.1% from 2019. That is one for every 847 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Fayetteville metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fayetteville metro area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Fayetteville metro 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 | Fayetteville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 21.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $828K | $904K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 847 | 1,053 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.1% | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,701 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,763 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 176−1.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,902
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 318Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 306144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 288The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Fayetteville metro 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 Fayetteville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 395,412+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 149,016
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 376
- Median household income
- $61,763
- Average household income
- $81,373
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 124,855
- Daytime population
- 386,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fayetteville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 80 | 424 | 17.1 | $1.2M | +7.5% | #21 of 387 |
| 2Raleigh-Cary, NC | 72 | 1,228 | 21.4 | $1M | +12.6% | #49 of 387 |
| 3Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 63 | 92 | 20.9 | $950K | +10.3% | #110 of 387 |
| 4Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 59 | 2,378 | 22.1 | $926K | +10.1% | #135 of 387 |
| 5Jacksonville, NC | 56 | 137 | 18.2 | $956K | +6.0% | #159 of 387 |
| 6Winston-Salem, NC | 55 | 522 | 18.5 | $964K | +5.3% | #165 of 387 |
| 7Goldsboro, NC | 48 | 87 | 18.3 | $919K | +3.8% | #218 of 387 |
| 8Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 48 | 284 | 19.0 | $900K | +3.2% | #220 of 387 |
| 9Wilmington, NC | 45 | 479 | 24.0 | $798K | +15.9% | #242 of 387 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 44 | 1,529 | 21.6 | $920K | +0.9% | #247 of 387 |
| 14Fayetteville, NC | 27 | 306 | 20.5 | $828K | +1.6% | #332 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fayetteville metro 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 laundry27
- Clothing and shoe stores29
- Laundromats31
- Dry cleaners15
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Fayetteville, NC metro area?
The Fayetteville metro area has 306 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 144 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 176 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 1.1% from 2019. Another 318 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Fayetteville, NC metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $253.5M a year, or $1,701 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 306 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $828K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 149,016 households in the Fayetteville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fayetteville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Fayetteville metro area has 20.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $828K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Fayetteville metro area would have about 288, against 306 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 847 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fayetteville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fayetteville metro area at 395,412 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,016 households. Median household income in the Fayetteville metro area is $61,763, 23% 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. 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 Fayetteville metro area scores 27 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #332 of 387 scored metro areas.
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