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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Marion County, TN

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Marion County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #199 of 2,210 scored counties
#7 of 78 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,683 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
3.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
78% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,804
+3.2% 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, Marion County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #199 of 2,210 scored counties and #7 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 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Marion County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 78% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Marion County spend about $20M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,683 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $3.3M per business, 3.8 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Marion County in 2023. That is one for every 3,956 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Marion 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 Marion County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.122.523.3
Spending per listing$3.3M$818K$880K
Households per official establishment3,9561,0711,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,683$1,842$2,055
Median household income$61,824$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7644

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$450K
One-person businesses, 2023
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
63 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Marion 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 Marion County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,804+3.2% since 2020
Households
11,869
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
498 sq. mi.
People per square mile
59
Median household income
$61,824+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,755
Median home value
$195,200
Jobs located here
7,615
Daytime population
24,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Tennessee

Every Tennessee market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion County, TN?

There are 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $20M a year, or $1,683 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,869 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marion County has 5.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $3.3M, 3.8 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Marion County would have about 23, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,956 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Marion County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 29,804 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,869 households. Median household income in Marion County is $61,824, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Marion County scores 76 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #199 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 Marion County

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