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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bamberg County, SC

How Bamberg County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,462 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
12,796
−3.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business in Bamberg County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Bamberg County comes to about $6.8M a year: $1,462 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per business.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bamberg County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Bamberg County declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, Bamberg County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bamberg County compares

The same measures for South Carolina 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Bamberg County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureBamberg CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.223.023.3
Spending per listing$6.8M$801K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a9361,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,462$1,838$2,055
Median household income$44,370$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Bamberg 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 Bamberg County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,796−3.5% since 2020
Households
4,644
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
393 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$44,370+41.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$57,606
Median home value
$97,800
Jobs located here
3,526
Daytime population
10,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Bamberg County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dorchester County, SC866310.0$1.9M+10.1%#61 of 2,210
2Jasper County, SC84107.6$2.3M+32.2%#78 of 2,210
3Berkeley County, SC8410110.8$1.8M+18.7%#84 of 2,210
4Lancaster County, SC804210.5$1.9M+18.3%#136 of 2,210
5York County, SC7517014.9$1.4M+8.1%#248 of 2,210
6Kershaw County, SC743713.8$1.3M+11.6%#279 of 2,210
7Laurens County, SC73248.9$1.8M+6.2%#287 of 2,210
8Oconee County, SC724011.6$1.5M+6.3%#320 of 2,210
9Edgefield County, SC701313.3$1.3M+16.1%#388 of 2,210
10Saluda County, SC6956.5$2.5M+4.1%#393 of 2,210
Bamberg County, SCNot scored12.2$6.8M−3.5%

Other business types in Bamberg County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Bamberg County, SC?

There is 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings in Bamberg County as of September 2026. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bamberg County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bamberg County, SC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $6.8M a year, or $1,462 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,644 households in Bamberg County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bamberg County, SC compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Bamberg County has 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bamberg County would have about 8, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Bamberg County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Bamberg County at 12,796 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,644 households. Median household income in Bamberg County is $44,370, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.2%, 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. Bamberg County has no market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Bamberg County

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