Clothing and laundry · Metro area · North Carolina
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area
How the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #263 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 683
- 243 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 297
- −9.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $564.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,782 a household
- Spending per listing
- $827K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 805,945
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,782 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area spend about $564.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $827K per business, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 683 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 243 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 297 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Greensboro-High Point metro area in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,067 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 499 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $292K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Greensboro-High Point metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greensboro-High Point metro area grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is 41 (lower middle), #263 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Greensboro-High Point 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 | Greensboro-High Point metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 21.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $827K | $904K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,067 | 1,053 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.3% | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,782 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 297−9.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,250
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $59.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 499Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 683243 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 642The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $292K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Greensboro-High Point 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 805,945+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 317,045
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,994 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 394
- Median household income
- $65,565+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,179
- Median home value
- $231,000
- Jobs located here
- 363,740
- Daytime population
- 805,439Residents 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 Greensboro-High Point 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 |
| 10Greensboro-High Point, NC | 41 | 683 | 21.5 | $827K | +4.1% | #263 of 387 |
Other business types in the Greensboro-High Point 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 laundry41
- Clothing and shoe stores43
- Laundromats56
- Dry cleaners39
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 683 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Greensboro-High Point metro area. 243 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 297 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 9.3% from 2019. Official counts list 499 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $564.9M a year, or $1,782 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 683 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $827K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 317,045 households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 21.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $827K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Greensboro-High Point metro area would have about 642, against 683 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,067 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greensboro-High Point metro area at 805,945 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 317,045 households. The median household income in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. The Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 41 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #263 of 387 scored metro areas.
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