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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Brown County, SD

How Brown County, SD 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,874 of 2,210 scored counties
#16 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
46
20 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
16
−27.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$31.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,908 a household
Spending per listing
$675K
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.2
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,561
−1.7% since 2020

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What this means

Brown County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,874 of 2,210 scored counties and #16 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Brown County. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.2, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Brown County comes to about $31.1M a year: $1,908 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $675K per business, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Brown County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, down 27.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,018 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $307K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Brown County. Population estimates show Brown County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Brown County 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 Brown County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.222.023.3
Spending per listing$675K$888K$880K
Households per official establishment1,0181,0441,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−27.3%−6.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,908$1,951$2,055
Median household income$70,898$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score2946

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22 → 16−27.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
109
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4620 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,561−1.7% since 2020
Households
16,285
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,713 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,772
Median home value
$221,100
Jobs located here
19,972
Daytime population
38,336Residents 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 counties in South Dakota for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Brown County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, SD8756.8$3.2M+3.3%#42 of 2,210
2Lincoln County, SD873612.9$1.7M+17.5%#54 of 2,210
3Meade County, SD761613.4$1.5M+2.7%#218 of 2,210
4Lake County, SD60714.8$1.3M−0.2%#712 of 2,210
5Roberts County, SD54513.8$1.3M−0.1%#937 of 2,210
6Brookings County, SD543626.1$728K+9.6%#982 of 2,210
7Beadle County, SD521418.6$978K+2.4%#1,065 of 2,210
8Minnehaha County, SD4323527.7$724K+7.6%#1,393 of 2,210
9Yankton County, SD432727.8$677K+1.5%#1,399 of 2,210
10Hughes County, SD432331.7$630K−0.9%#1,401 of 2,210
16Brown County, SD294628.2$675K−1.7%#1,874 of 2,210

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Brown County, SD?

There are 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. 20 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 27.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Brown County, SD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $31.1M a year, or $1,908 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $675K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Brown County has 28.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $675K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Brown County would have about 35, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,018 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 27.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Brown County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County scores 29 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,874 of 2,210 scored counties.

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