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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Hardin County, OH
How Hardin 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #697 of 2,210 scored counties
#37 of 83 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,072
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Hardin County comes to about $21M a year: $1,794 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Hardin County has 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Hardin County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hardin County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Hardin County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #697 of 2,210 scored counties and #37 of 83 scored counties in Ohio.
How Hardin 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.
| Measure | Hardin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 18.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,375 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,794 | $1,954 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $62,484 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 103 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,072−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,724
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $62,484+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,547
- Median home value
- $151,200
- Jobs located here
- 7,371
- Daytime population
- 25,565Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 97 | 19 | 7.8 | $3.1M | +16.5% | #1 of 2,210 |
| 2Pickaway County, OH | 87 | 22 | 10.0 | $1.9M | +7.4% | #51 of 2,210 |
| 3Madison County, OH | 85 | 12 | 7.7 | $2.7M | +7.1% | #67 of 2,210 |
| 4Warren County, OH | 84 | 106 | 11.5 | $2.1M | +5.7% | #79 of 2,210 |
| 5Lorain County, OH | 80 | 126 | 9.9 | $2M | +3.1% | #132 of 2,210 |
| 6Medina County, OH | 79 | 79 | 10.8 | $2.1M | +1.3% | #154 of 2,210 |
| 7Licking County, OH | 79 | 89 | 13.0 | $1.6M | +3.8% | #159 of 2,210 |
| 8Fairfield County, OH | 77 | 84 | 13.9 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #194 of 2,210 |
| 9Shelby County, OH | 75 | 18 | 9.5 | $2M | −0.2% | #229 of 2,210 |
| 10Knox County, OH | 75 | 26 | 11.1 | $1.7M | +1.9% | #236 of 2,210 |
| 37Hardin County, OH | 60 | 10 | 8.5 | $2.1M | −2.1% | #697 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Hardin 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 laundry60
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Hardin County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Hardin County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Hardin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hardin County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $21M a year, or $1,794 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,724 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, OH compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Hardin County has 8.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Hardin County would have about 24, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Hardin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 30,072 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,724 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $62,484 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Hardin County scores 60 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #697 of 2,210 scored counties.
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