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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Holmes County, OH

How Holmes 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #325 of 2,210 scored counties
#16 of 83 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
21
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,021 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
46% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.7
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,970
+1.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Holmes County. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 15.7 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Holmes County comes to about $27.1M a year: $2,021 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per business, 46% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Holmes County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 4,465 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Holmes County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Holmes County is 72 (upper middle), #325 of 2,210 scored counties and #16 of 83 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Holmes 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 Holmes County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureHolmes CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.718.023.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment4,4651,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,021$1,954$2,055
Median household income$76,140$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score7266

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$482K
One-person businesses, 2023
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
211 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 Holmes 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 Holmes County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,970+1.7% since 2020
Households
13,395
Median age
34.1
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
423 sq. mi.
People per square mile
105
Median household income
$76,140+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,211
Median home value
$267,700
Jobs located here
21,845
Daytime population
47,930Residents 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 Holmes 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
16Holmes County, OH722115.7$1.3M+1.7%#325 of 2,210

Other business types in Holmes 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 Holmes County, OH?

Holmes County has 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 31 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $27.1M a year, or $2,021 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,395 households in Holmes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Holmes County has 15.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Holmes County would have about 31, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,465 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Holmes County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Holmes County at 44,970 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,395 households. Median household income in Holmes County is $76,140, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Holmes County scores 72 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #325 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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