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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carter County, OK
How Carter County, OK 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,100 of 2,210 scored counties
#46 of 51 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 77
- 19 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −14.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $32.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,709 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.4
- 73% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carter County is 19 (low), #2,100 of 2,210 scored counties and #46 of 51 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Carter County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 40.4 for every 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Carter County comes to about $32.6M a year: $1,709 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 77 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $423K per business, 52% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Carter County was 29 in 2023, down 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 657 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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.
| Measure | Carter County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.4 | 21.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $829K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 657 | 1,170 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.7% | −12.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,709 | $1,773 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 29−14.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 269
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7719 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 89 | 22 | 7.0 | $2.7M | +14.6% | #26 of 2,210 |
| 2Logan County, OK | 87 | 19 | 10.7 | $1.9M | +11.5% | #53 of 2,210 |
| 3Rogers County, OK | 85 | 27 | 7.4 | $2.6M | +7.1% | #68 of 2,210 |
| 4Canadian County, OK | 82 | 65 | 11.2 | $1.8M | +20.4% | #107 of 2,210 |
| 5McClain County, OK | 81 | 22 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +18.4% | #125 of 2,210 |
| 6Grady County, OK | 74 | 29 | 14.0 | $1.3M | +7.7% | #278 of 2,210 |
| 7Creek County, OK | 71 | 35 | 12.4 | $1.4M | +4.4% | #352 of 2,210 |
| 8Sequoyah County, OK | 67 | 15 | 9.7 | $1.6M | +4.1% | #454 of 2,210 |
| 9Pawnee County, OK | 66 | 5 | 8.2 | $2M | +3.1% | #470 of 2,210 |
| 10Osage County, OK | 64 | 22 | 12.7 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #563 of 2,210 |
| 46Carter County, OK | 19 | 77 | 40.4 | $423K | +1.8% | #2,100 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Carter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry19
- Clothing and shoe stores20
- Laundromats17
- Dry cleaners12
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Carter County, OK?
There are 77 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Carter County as of September 2026. 19 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 14.7% from 2019. Another 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carter County, OK spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $32.6M a year, or $1,709 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $423K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,046 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, OK compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Carter County has 40.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $423K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Carter County would have about 37, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 657 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. Median household income in Carter County is $60,723, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Carter County scores 19 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,100 of 2,210 scored counties.
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