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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cheatham County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cheatham County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #173 of 2,210 scored counties
#5 of 78 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
18
3 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$31.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,937 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
99% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,778
+4.1% 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

Cheatham County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #173 of 2,210 scored counties and #5 of 78 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Cheatham County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 17%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Cheatham County comes to about $31.5M a year: $1,937 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each business on map listings, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cheatham County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cheatham County. Population estimates put the population change in Cheatham County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cheatham County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Cheatham County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureCheatham CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.122.523.3
Spending per listing$1.8M$818K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,0711,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,937$1,842$2,055
Median household income$89,852$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7844

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
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
183 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Cheatham 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 Cheatham County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,778+4.1% since 2020
Households
16,279
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
303 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$89,852+45.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,394
Median home value
$338,700
Jobs located here
9,356
Daytime population
29,633Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Loudon County, TN882510.4$1.9M+15.6%#38 of 2,210
2Fayette County, TN86137.6$2.6M+7.7%#58 of 2,210
3Robertson County, TN843211.3$1.7M+9.9%#86 of 2,210
4Jefferson County, TN78188.3$2.1M+9.3%#170 of 2,210
5Cheatham County, TN781811.1$1.8M+4.1%#173 of 2,210
6Roane County, TN772511.0$1.7M+7.0%#191 of 2,210
7Marion County, TN7665.1$3.3M+3.2%#199 of 2,210
8Hickman County, TN7655.3$3.2M+5.0%#200 of 2,210
9Franklin County, TN74148.0$2.1M+6.4%#258 of 2,210
10Polk County, TN7468.1$2.1M+5.9%#259 of 2,210

Other business types in Cheatham 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 Cheatham County, TN?

There are 18 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Cheatham County as of September 2026. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. 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 Cheatham County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cheatham County, TN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $31.5M a year, or $1,937 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,279 households in Cheatham County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cheatham County has 11.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Cheatham County would have about 36, against 18 on map listings.

How fast is Cheatham County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Cheatham County at 42,778 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,279 households. Median household income in Cheatham County is $89,852, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.1%, 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. Cheatham County scores 78 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #173 of 2,210 scored counties.

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

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