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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Muskingum County, OH

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Muskingum County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,165 of 2,210 scored counties
#62 of 83 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
60
28 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
18
−18.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$60.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,773 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.5
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,014
+0.7% 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

Households in Muskingum County spend about $60.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,773 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1M per business, 15% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Muskingum County has 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 17.5 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Muskingum County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $8,000 has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Muskingum County.

Population estimates put the population change in Muskingum County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Muskingum County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,165 of 2,210 scored counties and #62 of 83 scored counties in Ohio.

How Muskingum 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 Muskingum County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMuskingum CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.518.023.3
Spending per listing$1M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment1,9091,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−18.2%−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,773$1,954$2,055
Median household income$60,780$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4966

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22 → 18−18.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
260
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
44Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6028 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
69The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$8,000

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County

Population, 2025 estimate
87,014+0.7% since 2020
Households
34,357
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
665 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$60,780+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,210
Median home value
$182,200
Jobs located here
34,629
Daytime population
84,765Residents 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 Muskingum 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
62Muskingum County, OH496017.5$1M+0.7%#1,165 of 2,210

Other business types in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Muskingum County. 28 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 18.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $60.9M a year, or $1,773 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,357 households in Muskingum County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Muskingum County has 17.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Muskingum County would have about 69, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Muskingum County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Muskingum County at 87,014 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,357 households. The median household income in Muskingum County is $60,780 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Muskingum County scores 49 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,165 of 2,210 scored counties.

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