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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Decatur County, TN

How Decatur County, TN 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,894 of 2,210 scored counties
#71 of 78 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,530 a household
Spending per listing
$699K
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.9
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,820
+3.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Decatur County is 28 (lower middle), #1,894 of 2,210 scored counties and #71 of 78 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Decatur County comes to about $7M a year: $1,530 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $699K per business, 21% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Decatur County as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 21.9 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Decatur County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Decatur County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Decatur 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 Decatur County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureDecatur CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.922.523.3
Spending per listing$699K$818K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,0711,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,530$1,842$2,055
Median household income$45,375$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score2844

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
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,820+3.4% since 2020
Households
4,568
Median age
46.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
334 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$45,375+8.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,847
Median home value
$139,600
Jobs located here
3,527
Daytime population
10,690Residents 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 Decatur 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
71Decatur County, TN281021.9$699K+3.4%#1,894 of 2,210

Other business types in Decatur 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 Decatur County, TN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Decatur County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. 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 Decatur County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $7M a year, or $1,530 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $699K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,568 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Decatur County has 21.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $699K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Decatur County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Decatur County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Decatur County at 11,820 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,568 households. The median household income in Decatur County is $45,375 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 8.0% 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. Decatur County scores 28 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,894 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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