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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Geauga County, OH

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #312 of 2,210 scored counties
#15 of 83 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
46
7 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$87.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,434 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.8
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
95,676
+0.3% 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 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Geauga County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 15%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.8 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $2,434 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in Geauga County spend about $87.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.9M per business, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Geauga County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 1,885 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 62 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Geauga County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Geauga County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #312 of 2,210 scored counties and #15 of 83 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Geauga 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 Geauga County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGeauga CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.818.023.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment1,8851,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,434$1,954$2,055
Median household income$107,860$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score7266

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 19
Employees, 2023
99
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
62Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
467 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
99The 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 Geauga 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 Geauga County

Population, 2025 estimate
95,676+0.3% since 2020
Households
35,807
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
400 sq. mi.
People per square mile
238
Median household income
$107,860+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$142,932
Median home value
$331,100
Jobs located here
35,030
Daytime population
88,388Residents 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 Geauga 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
15Geauga County, OH724612.8$1.9M+0.3%#312 of 2,210

Other business types in Geauga 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 Geauga County, OH?

There are 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Geauga County as of September 2026. 7 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 62 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $87.1M a year, or $2,434 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,807 households in Geauga County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Geauga County has 12.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.9M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Geauga County would have about 99, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,885 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Geauga County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Geauga County at 95,676 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,807 households. Median household income in Geauga County is $107,860, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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. Geauga County scores 72 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #312 of 2,210 scored counties.

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