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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Union County, OH

How Union 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 97 out of 100: Very high

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

Listings
19
5 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,393 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
3.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
67% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
73,446
+16.5% 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

Union County scores 97 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1 of 2,210 scored counties and #1 of 83 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Households in Union County spend about $58M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,393 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 3.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

Union County has 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 67% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Union County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 4,846 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Union 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 Union County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.818.023.3
Spending per listing$3.1M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment4,8461,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,393$1,954$2,055
Median household income$112,322$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score9766

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
135
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
37Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
195 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
66The 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 Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
73,446+16.5% since 2020
Households
24,232
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
156
Median household income
$112,322+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,663
Median home value
$344,900
Jobs located here
37,111
Daytime population
68,956Residents 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 Union 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

Other business types in Union 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 Union County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Union County. 5 of them (26%) 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. Another 37 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $58M a year, or $2,393 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,232 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Union County has 7.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $3.1M, 3.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Union County would have about 66, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,846 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Union County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 73,446 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,232 households. The median household income in Union County is $112,322 a year, 39% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% 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. Union County scores 97 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (very high), #1 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 Union County

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