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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cass County, ND

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cass County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #979 of 2,210 scored counties
#5 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
197
90 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
75
−25.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$169M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,013 a household
Spending per listing
$858K
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.5
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,794
+9.1% 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

Households in Cass County spend about $169M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,013 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 197 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $858K per business, 3% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Cass County has 197 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 90 are chain locations, or 46%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 23.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 75 businesses with payroll in Cass County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 25.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,119 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 128 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cass County.

Population estimates show Cass County grew 9.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cass County is 54 (upper middle), #979 of 2,210 scored counties and #5 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Cass County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Cass County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.520.423.3
Spending per listing$858K$980K$880K
Households per official establishment1,1191,1911,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−25.7%−17.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,013$1,999$2,055
Median household income$75,555$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score5456

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
101 → 75−25.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,093
Annual payroll, 2023
$23.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
128Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
19790 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
192The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,794+9.1% since 2020
Households
83,945
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,765 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$75,555+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,789
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
131,603
Daytime population
221,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across North Dakota

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

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morton County, ND85107.2$2.8M+3.8%#66 of 2,210
2Richland County, ND7857.3$2.7M+1.2%#164 of 2,210
3McKenzie County, ND631118.3$1.3M+2.8%#599 of 2,210
4Ramsey County, ND57712.9$1.4M−0.4%#805 of 2,210
5Cass County, ND5419723.5$858K+9.1%#979 of 2,210
6Williams County, ND523724.4$888K+1.4%#1,071 of 2,210
7Stutsman County, ND501515.9$1.2M−0.6%#1,123 of 2,210
8Barnes County, ND48714.3$1.3M−2.7%#1,186 of 2,210
9Rolette County, ND45513.3$1.3M−4.1%#1,294 of 2,210
10Stark County, ND443324.4$809K+0.5%#1,351 of 2,210

Other business types in Cass County

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

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Cass County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 197 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cass County. 90 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 25.7% from 2019. Official counts list 128 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cass County, ND spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $169M a year, or $2,013 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 197 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $858K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,945 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cass County has 23.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $858K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Cass County would have about 192, against 197 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,119 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 25.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 201,794 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,945 households. The median household income in Cass County is $75,555 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. Cass County scores 54 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #979 of 2,210 scored counties.

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