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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Tennessee

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Cookeville, TN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Cookeville, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #269 of 536 scored small-town markets
#10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
122
28 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
39
−2.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$96.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,648 a household
Spending per listing
$793K
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.8
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
152,477
+7.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 122 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Cookeville area. 28 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.8, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,648 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Cookeville area spend about $96.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $793K of household spending for each business on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Cookeville area in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,505 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 111 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Cookeville area grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Cookeville area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #269 of 536 scored small-town markets and #10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.

How the Cookeville area 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 Cookeville, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureCookeville areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.822.523.3
Spending per listing$793K$818K$880K
Households per official establishment1,5051,0711,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.6%−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,648$1,842$2,055
Median household income$55,380$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5044

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39−2.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
339
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
111Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12228 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
110The 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 the Cookeville 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 Cookeville area

Population, 2025 estimate
152,477+7.6% since 2020
Households
58,693
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,520 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$55,380
Average household income
$75,930
Median home value
$237,000
Jobs located here
55,382
Daytime population
142,620Residents 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 small-town markets in Tennessee for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Cookeville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Winchester, TN79148.0$2.1M+6.4%#34 of 536
2Athens, TN763111.7$1.5M+8.2%#53 of 536
3Newport, TN75106.4$2.4M+5.1%#58 of 536
4Lewisburg, TN722619.1$951K+10.5%#87 of 536
5Crossville, TN71269.2$1.8M+8.0%#88 of 536
6Lawrenceburg, TN622917.1$947K+6.2%#163 of 536
7Fayetteville, TN582315.5$1.1M+4.3%#202 of 536
8Greeneville, TN584515.8$1M+5.0%#206 of 536
9Shelbyville, TN514422.6$775K+9.7%#263 of 536
10Cookeville, TN5012220.8$793K+7.6%#269 of 536

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

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Cookeville, TN area?

The Cookeville area has 122 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019. Another 111 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $96.7M a year, or $1,648 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $793K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,693 households in the Cookeville area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Cookeville area has 20.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $793K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Cookeville area would have about 110, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,505 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Cookeville, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Cookeville area at 152,477 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,693 households. Median household income in the Cookeville area is $55,380, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Cookeville area scores 50 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #269 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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