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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mercer County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mercer County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,992 of 2,210 scored counties
#63 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 133
- 81 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 77
- −19.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $90.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,950 a household
- Spending per listing
- $682K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.6
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,860
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mercer County is 24 (low), #1,992 of 2,210 scored counties and #63 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Mercer County comes to about $90.7M a year: $1,950 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 133 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $682K per business, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Mercer County has 133 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 61% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 28.6 for every 10,000 households, 23% above 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 Mercer County was 77 in 2023, down 19.8% from 2019. That is one for every 604 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $120K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Mercer County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mercer County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mercer 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 | Mercer County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.6 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $682K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 604 | 1,256 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −19.8% | −17.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,950 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $59,976 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 96 → 77−19.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,064
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13381 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $120K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,860−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 46,524
- Median age
- 45.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 673 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $59,976+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,358
- Median home value
- $164,000
- Jobs located here
- 42,473
- Daytime population
- 106,817Residents 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 Mercer 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 |
| 63Mercer County, PA | 24 | 133 | 28.6 | $682K | −2.4% | #1,992 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Mercer 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 laundry24
- Clothing and shoe stores23
- Laundromats37
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Mercer County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 133 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mercer County. 81 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 19.8% from 2019. Another 42 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Mercer County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $90.7M a year, or $1,950 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 133 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $682K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,524 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Mercer County has 28.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $682K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Mercer County would have about 103, against 133 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 604 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 19.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Mercer County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 107,860 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,524 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $59,976 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.3% 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. Mercer County scores 24 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #1,992 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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