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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Guernsey County, OH

How Guernsey 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #911 of 2,210 scored counties
#48 of 83 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
23
10 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,703 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,379
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Guernsey County. 10 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.1, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Guernsey County comes to about $27.8M a year: $1,703 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 37% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Guernsey County in 2023. That is one for every 3,264 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Guernsey County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Guernsey County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #911 of 2,210 scored counties and #48 of 83 scored counties in Ohio.

How Guernsey 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 Guernsey County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGuernsey CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.118.023.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment3,2641,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,703$1,954$2,055
Median household income$58,478$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5566

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 5
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$320K
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2310 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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 Guernsey 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 Guernsey County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,379−0.1% since 2020
Households
16,318
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$58,478+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,252
Median home value
$157,700
Jobs located here
14,461
Daytime population
37,216Residents 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 Guernsey 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
48Guernsey County, OH552314.1$1.2M−0.1%#911 of 2,210

Other business types in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County, OH?

There are 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Guernsey County as of September 2026. 10 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $27.8M a year, or $1,703 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,318 households in Guernsey County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Guernsey County has 14.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Guernsey County would have about 32, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,264 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Guernsey County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Guernsey County at 38,379 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,318 households. Median household income in Guernsey County is $58,478, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Guernsey County scores 55 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #911 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Guernsey County

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