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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Butler County, PA
How Butler County, PA 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #353 of 2,210 scored counties
#21 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 143
- 60 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- −15.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $193.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,398 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.7
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 200,169
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 143 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Butler County. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 17.7 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in Butler County spend about $193.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,398 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per business, 54% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 45 businesses with payroll in Butler County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 15.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,796 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 114 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Butler County.
Population estimates show Butler County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Butler County is 71 (upper middle), #353 of 2,210 scored counties and #21 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Butler 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 | Butler County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.7 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,796 | 1,256 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.1% | −17.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,398 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $89,843 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 53 → 45−15.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 640
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 114Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14360 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 220The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 200,169+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 80,824
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 790 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 250
- Median household income
- $89,843+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,941
- Median home value
- $294,200
- Jobs located here
- 88,999
- Daytime population
- 196,520Residents 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 Butler 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 |
| 21Butler County, PA | 71 | 143 | 17.7 | $1.4M | +3.2% | #353 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Butler 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 laundry71
- Clothing and shoe stores75
- Laundromats70
- Dry cleaners78
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Butler County, PA?
Butler County has 143 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 60 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 15.1% from 2019. Another 114 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Butler County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $193.8M a year, or $2,398 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 143 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 80,824 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Butler County has 17.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Butler County would have about 220, against 143 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,796 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 200,169 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 80,824 households. Median household income in Butler County is $89,843, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Butler County scores 71 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #353 of 2,210 scored counties.
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