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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Ohio

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Urbana, OH area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Urbana, OH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #48 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
16
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$29.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,878 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.2
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,820
+0.2% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Urbana area has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #48 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Urbana area. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,878 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Urbana area spend about $29.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.8M per business, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Urbana area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $21K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Urbana area. Population estimates show the Urbana area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Urbana 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 Urbana, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureUrbana areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.218.023.3
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,878$1,954$2,055
Median household income$75,556$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score7666

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
24Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
161 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$21K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
38,820+0.2% since 2020
Households
15,646
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
429 sq. mi.
People per square mile
90
Median household income
$75,556+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,744
Median home value
$204,000
Jobs located here
10,575
Daytime population
32,816Residents 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 small-town markets in Ohio for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Urbana area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mount Vernon, OH832611.1$1.7M+1.9%#15 of 536
2Sidney, OH81189.5$2M−0.2%#25 of 536
3Urbana, OH761610.2$1.8M+0.2%#48 of 536
4Van Wert, OH761210.4$1.7M+0.3%#51 of 536
5Coshocton, OH751610.8$1.6M+1.6%#64 of 536
6Ashland, OH752411.6$1.5M+0.1%#65 of 536
7Bellefontaine, OH732713.8$1.4M+0.4%#78 of 536
8Tiffin, OH72209.0$2M−1.0%#82 of 536
9Wilmington, OH722313.7$1.4M+0.6%#83 of 536
10Marion, OH712610.5$1.7M−0.4%#89 of 536

Other business types in the Urbana 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 Urbana, OH area?

There are 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Urbana area as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. 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 the Urbana area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $29.4M a year, or $1,878 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,646 households in the Urbana area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Urbana area has 10.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Urbana area would have about 33, against 16 on map listings.

How fast is the Urbana, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Urbana area at 38,820 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,646 households. Median household income in the Urbana area is $75,556, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Urbana area scores 76 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #48 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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

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