Clothing and laundry · County · North Carolina
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Union County, NC
How Union County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #108 of 2,210 scored counties
#4 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 109
- 27 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $190.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,265 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 99% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.9
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 267,674
- +11.7% since 2020
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What this means
Union County scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #108 of 2,210 scored counties and #4 of 86 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Union County comes to about $190.8M a year: $2,265 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Union County has 109 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.9 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Union County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,831 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $204K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Union County. Population estimates show Union County grew 11.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Union 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.
| Measure | Union County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.9 | 21.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $904K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,831 | 1,053 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −8.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,265 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $102,900 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46 → 460.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 373
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 197Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10927 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 217The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $204K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 267,674+11.7% since 2020
- Households
- 84,237
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 633 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 397
- Median household income
- $102,900+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $137,492
- Median home value
- $417,300
- Jobs located here
- 76,151
- Daytime population
- 210,985Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Union County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 91 | 35 | 10.6 | $2.1M | +11.0% | #15 of 2,210 |
| 2Lincoln County, NC | 84 | 40 | 10.9 | $1.8M | +13.2% | #83 of 2,210 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 83 | 25 | 8.8 | $2.1M | +18.8% | #96 of 2,210 |
| 4Union County, NC | 82 | 109 | 12.9 | $1.8M | +11.7% | #108 of 2,210 |
| 5Hoke County, NC | 80 | 14 | 7.3 | $2.4M | +9.0% | #129 of 2,210 |
| 6Harnett County, NC | 80 | 50 | 10.0 | $1.8M | +12.3% | #140 of 2,210 |
| 7Pender County, NC | 80 | 28 | 11.1 | $1.7M | +19.0% | #141 of 2,210 |
| 8Orange County, NC | 80 | 87 | 15.2 | $1.5M | +6.1% | #148 of 2,210 |
| 9Granville County, NC | 77 | 22 | 9.8 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #185 of 2,210 |
| 10Davie County, NC | 76 | 26 | 15.1 | $1.3M | +6.9% | #220 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Union County
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 laundry82
- Clothing and shoe stores84
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners60
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Union County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 109 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Union County. 27 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 197 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union County, NC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $190.8M a year, or $2,265 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 109 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,237 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, NC compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Union County has 12.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Union County would have about 217, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,831 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Union County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 267,674 people in 2025, up 11.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,237 households. The median household income in Union County is $102,900 a year, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Union County scores 82 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #108 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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