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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Horry County, SC
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Horry County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,860 of 2,210 scored counties
#32 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 570
- 277 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 384
- −3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $279.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,760 a household
- Spending per listing
- $490K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.9
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
Horry County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,860 of 2,210 scored counties and #32 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Horry County comes to about $279.5M a year: $1,760 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $490K per business, 44% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 570 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Horry County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 35.9 for every 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 384 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Horry County in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 413 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Horry County. Population estimates show Horry County grew 20.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Horry 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.
| Measure | Horry County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.9 | 23.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $490K | $801K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 413 | 936 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.3% | −7.4% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,760 | $1,838 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 397 → 384−3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,367
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $104M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 279Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 570277 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 318The 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 Horry 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 Horry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Horry County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dorchester County, SC | 86 | 63 | 10.0 | $1.9M | +10.1% | #61 of 2,210 |
| 2Jasper County, SC | 84 | 10 | 7.6 | $2.3M | +32.2% | #78 of 2,210 |
| 3Berkeley County, SC | 84 | 101 | 10.8 | $1.8M | +18.7% | #84 of 2,210 |
| 4Lancaster County, SC | 80 | 42 | 10.5 | $1.9M | +18.3% | #136 of 2,210 |
| 5York County, SC | 75 | 170 | 14.9 | $1.4M | +8.1% | #248 of 2,210 |
| 6Kershaw County, SC | 74 | 37 | 13.8 | $1.3M | +11.6% | #279 of 2,210 |
| 7Laurens County, SC | 73 | 24 | 8.9 | $1.8M | +6.2% | #287 of 2,210 |
| 8Oconee County, SC | 72 | 40 | 11.6 | $1.5M | +6.3% | #320 of 2,210 |
| 9Edgefield County, SC | 70 | 13 | 13.3 | $1.3M | +16.1% | #388 of 2,210 |
| 10Saluda County, SC | 69 | 5 | 6.5 | $2.5M | +4.1% | #393 of 2,210 |
| 32Horry County, SC | 30 | 570 | 35.9 | $490K | +20.9% | #1,860 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Horry 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 laundry30
- Clothing and shoe stores30
- Laundromats67
- Dry cleaners63
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Horry County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 570 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Horry County. 277 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 384 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019. Another 279 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Horry County, SC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $279.5M a year, or $1,760 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 570 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $490K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 158,779 households in Horry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Horry County, SC compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Horry County has 35.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $490K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Horry County would have about 318, against 570 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 413 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Horry County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Horry County at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. The median household income in Horry County is $66,880 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Horry County scores 30 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,860 of 2,210 scored counties.
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