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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · South Dakota

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Aberdeen, SD area

How the Aberdeen, SD area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #390 of 536 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota

Listings
47
20 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,920 a household
Spending per listing
$732K
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.2
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,583
−1.5% 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

At $1,920 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Aberdeen area spend about $34.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 47 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $732K per business, 17% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 47 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Aberdeen area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 26.2 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Aberdeen area in 2023. That is one for every 995 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $307K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Aberdeen area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Aberdeen area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Aberdeen area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #390 of 536 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.

How the Aberdeen area compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Aberdeen, SD area compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureAberdeen areaSouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.222.023.3
Spending per listing$732K$888K$880K
Households per official establishment9951,0441,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,920$1,951$2,055
Median household income$71,488$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score3746

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
112
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
33Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4720 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$307K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Aberdeen area, 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 the Aberdeen area

Population, 2025 estimate
41,583−1.5% since 2020
Households
17,915
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,839 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$71,488+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,287
Median home value
$215,100
Jobs located here
21,165
Daytime population
41,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Dakota for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with the Aberdeen area marked.

Top small-town markets in South Dakota

Small-town markets in South Dakota ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Huron, SD611418.6$978K+2.4%#173 of 536
2Brookings, SD603626.1$728K+9.6%#187 of 536
3Vermillion, SD541018.0$990K+0.2%#237 of 536
4Yankton, SD502727.8$677K+1.5%#273 of 536
5Pierre, SD502731.6$630K−0.5%#275 of 536
6Spearfish, SD424033.2$569K+14.0%#346 of 536
7Mitchell, SD412825.5$725K+0.6%#354 of 536
8Watertown, SD403830.3$605K+4.3%#367 of 536
9Aberdeen, SD374726.2$732K−1.5%#390 of 536

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Aberdeen, SD area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 47 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Aberdeen area. 20 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Aberdeen, SD area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $34.4M a year, or $1,920 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $732K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,915 households in the Aberdeen area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Aberdeen, SD area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Aberdeen area has 26.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $732K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Aberdeen area would have about 39, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 995 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Aberdeen, SD area growing?

Population estimates put the Aberdeen area at 41,583 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,915 households. The median household income in the Aberdeen area is $71,488 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Aberdeen area scores 37 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #390 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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