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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lauderdale County, TN

How Lauderdale 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 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,010 of 2,210 scored counties
#73 of 78 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
16
4 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$14.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,553 a household
Spending per listing
$905K
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.2
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,617
−2.0% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Lauderdale County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,010 of 2,210 scored counties and #73 of 78 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Lauderdale County spend about $14.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,553 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $905K per business, 3% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Lauderdale County as of September 2026. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.2, 26% 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 Lauderdale County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lauderdale County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLauderdale CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.222.523.3
Spending per listing$905K$818K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,0711,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,553$1,842$2,055
Median household income$49,879$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score2344

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
25Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
164 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,617−2.0% since 2020
Households
9,325
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$49,879+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,819
Median home value
$143,200
Jobs located here
6,626
Daytime population
21,291Residents 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 Lauderdale 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
73Lauderdale County, TN231617.2$905K−2.0%#2,010 of 2,210

Other business types in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, TN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lauderdale County. 4 of them (25%) 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 Lauderdale County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $14.5M a year, or $1,553 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $905K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,325 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lauderdale County has 17.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $905K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 17, against 16 on map listings.

How fast is Lauderdale County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 24,617 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,325 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $49,879 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Lauderdale County scores 23 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,010 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 Lauderdale County

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