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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Auglaize County, OH

How Auglaize County, OH 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #935 of 2,210 scored counties
#51 of 83 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
26
4 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,956 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
62% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.7
41% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,909
−1.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Auglaize County. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.7 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,956 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Auglaize County spend about $37.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.4M per business, 62% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Auglaize County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,263 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Auglaize County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Auglaize County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #935 of 2,210 scored counties and #51 of 83 scored counties in Ohio.

How Auglaize County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Auglaize County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureAuglaize CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.718.023.3
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment1,2631,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,956$1,954$2,055
Median household income$78,660$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5466

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 15
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
264 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
42The 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 Auglaize 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 Auglaize County

Population, 2025 estimate
45,909−1.2% since 2020
Households
18,940
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
401 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$78,660+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,188
Median home value
$189,800
Jobs located here
21,728
Daytime population
44,759Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH97197.8$3.1M+16.5%#1 of 2,210
2Pickaway County, OH872210.0$1.9M+7.4%#51 of 2,210
3Madison County, OH85127.7$2.7M+7.1%#67 of 2,210
4Warren County, OH8410611.5$2.1M+5.7%#79 of 2,210
5Lorain County, OH801269.9$2M+3.1%#132 of 2,210
6Medina County, OH797910.8$2.1M+1.3%#154 of 2,210
7Licking County, OH798913.0$1.6M+3.8%#159 of 2,210
8Fairfield County, OH778413.9$1.5M+6.5%#194 of 2,210
9Shelby County, OH75189.5$2M−0.2%#229 of 2,210
10Knox County, OH752611.1$1.7M+1.9%#236 of 2,210
51Auglaize County, OH542613.7$1.4M−1.2%#935 of 2,210

Other business types in Auglaize County

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Auglaize County, OH?

There are 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Auglaize County as of September 2026. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Auglaize County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $37.1M a year, or $1,956 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,940 households in Auglaize County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Auglaize County has 13.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 62% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Auglaize County would have about 42, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,263 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Auglaize County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Auglaize County at 45,909 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,940 households. Median household income in Auglaize County is $78,660, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Auglaize County scores 54 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #935 of 2,210 scored counties.

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