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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mansfield, OH metro area

How the Mansfield, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #216 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
89
40 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
35
−10.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$86.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,733 a household
Spending per listing
$976K
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.8
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,893
−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

As of September 2026, map listings count 89 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mansfield metro area. Of those, 40 are chain locations, or 45%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 17.8 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in the Mansfield metro area spend about $86.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,733 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $976K of household spending for each business on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mansfield metro area in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,432 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 48 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $572K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mansfield metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mansfield metro area declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Mansfield metro area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #216 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Mansfield metro area 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 Mansfield, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMansfield metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.818.023.3
Spending per listing$976K$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment1,4321,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.3%−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,733$1,954$2,055
Median household income$59,509$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4866

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35−10.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
419
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
48Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8940 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
3
Amount
$572K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mansfield metro area, 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 the Mansfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,893−0.1% since 2020
Households
50,111
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
495 sq. mi.
People per square mile
253
Median household income
$59,509+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,578
Median home value
$164,800
Jobs located here
47,696
Daytime population
122,740Residents 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 metro areas in Ohio for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mansfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH761,57718.2$1.2M+4.7%#31 of 387
2Springfield, OH697012.5$1.4M−0.4%#59 of 387
3Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN671,78419.7$1.1M+2.7%#78 of 387
4Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH6562118.0$1.1M+1.5%#93 of 387
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH616012.1$1.4M−3.6%#120 of 387
5Canton-Massillon, OH5728517.0$1.1M−0.2%#148 of 387
6Cleveland, OH571,75718.9$1M−0.8%#150 of 387
7Akron, OH5557519.4$1M0.0%#163 of 387
Wheeling, WV-OH509316.0$1.1M−3.6%#202 of 387
8Toledo, OH4848619.1$983K−1.0%#215 of 387
9Mansfield, OH488917.8$976K−0.1%#216 of 387

Other business types in the Mansfield metro area

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Mansfield, OH metro area?

The Mansfield metro area has 89 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 40 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 48 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Mansfield, OH metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $86.8M a year, or $1,733 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $976K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,111 households in the Mansfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mansfield, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Mansfield metro area has 17.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $976K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Mansfield metro area would have about 99, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,432 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Mansfield, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Mansfield metro area at 124,893 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,111 households. Median household income in the Mansfield metro area is $59,509, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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. The Mansfield metro area scores 48 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #216 of 387 scored metro areas.

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