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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Adams County, PA
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Adams County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #605 of 2,210 scored counties
#38 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 80
- 36 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- −26.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $92.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,257 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.6
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,594
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,257 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Adams County spend about $92.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 31% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Adams County has 80 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 19.6 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Adams County in 2023, down 26.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,317 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 65 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Adams County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Adams County is 63 (upper middle), #605 of 2,210 scored counties and #38 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Adams County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,317 | 1,256 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −26.2% | −17.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,257 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $84,092 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42 → 31−26.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 285
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8036 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,594+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 40,841
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $84,092+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,363
- Median home value
- $268,500
- Jobs located here
- 31,894
- Daytime population
- 87,195Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Adams County marked.
Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 94 | 22 | 9.1 | $2.5M | +7.2% | #7 of 2,210 |
| 2Carbon County, PA | 86 | 19 | 7.0 | $2.9M | +1.7% | #57 of 2,210 |
| 3Perry County, PA | 85 | 10 | 5.5 | $4M | +2.1% | #63 of 2,210 |
| 4Lebanon County, PA | 85 | 64 | 11.3 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #73 of 2,210 |
| 5Schuylkill County, PA | 83 | 51 | 8.8 | $2.3M | +1.5% | #95 of 2,210 |
| 6Susquehanna County, PA | 81 | 12 | 7.7 | $2.7M | −0.3% | #114 of 2,210 |
| 7Wayne County, PA | 81 | 20 | 9.6 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #118 of 2,210 |
| 8Huntingdon County, PA | 77 | 10 | 6.1 | $3.3M | −2.4% | #180 of 2,210 |
| 9Northampton County, PA | 77 | 186 | 15.2 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #192 of 2,210 |
| 10Franklin County, PA | 77 | 89 | 14.0 | $1.5M | +3.0% | #193 of 2,210 |
| 38Adams County, PA | 63 | 80 | 19.6 | $1.2M | +3.6% | #605 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Adams 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 laundry63
- Clothing and shoe stores62
- Laundromats62
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Adams County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 80 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Adams County. 36 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 26.2% from 2019. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Adams County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $92.2M a year, or $2,257 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,841 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Adams County has 19.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Adams County would have about 105, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,317 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 26.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Adams County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 107,594 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,841 households. The median household income in Adams County is $84,092 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Adams County scores 63 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #605 of 2,210 scored counties.
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