Clothing and laundry · County · Pennsylvania
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Erie County, PA
How Erie 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,305 of 2,210 scored counties
#55 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 224
- 92 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 85
- −18.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $224.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,028 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 265,832
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Erie County spend about $224.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,028 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 224 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1M per business, 14% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Erie County has 224 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 92 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.3, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Erie County was 85 in 2023, down 18.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,301 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 108 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Erie County declined 1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Erie County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,305 of 2,210 scored counties and #55 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Erie 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 | Erie County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,301 | 1,256 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −18.3% | −17.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,028 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $63,354 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 104 → 85−18.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,087
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 108Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22492 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 255The 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 Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 265,832−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 110,587
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 337
- Median household income
- $63,354+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,573
- Median home value
- $177,000
- Jobs located here
- 120,819
- Daytime population
- 270,477Residents 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 Erie 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 |
| 55Erie County, PA | 45 | 224 | 20.3 | $1M | −1.8% | #1,305 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Erie 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 laundry45
- Clothing and shoe stores50
- Laundromats36
- Dry cleaners69
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Erie County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 224 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Erie County. 92 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 18.3% from 2019. Another 108 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Erie County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $224.3M a year, or $2,028 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 224 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 110,587 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Erie County has 20.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Erie County would have about 255, against 224 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,301 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 265,832 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 110,587 households. The median household income in Erie County is $63,354 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. Erie County scores 45 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,305 of 2,210 scored counties.
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