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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Tennessee

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

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Martin, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #401 of 536 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
28
4 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,578 a household
Spending per listing
$754K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.9
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,261
+1.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Martin area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 20.9 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Martin area comes to about $21.1M a year: $1,578 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $754K of household spending for each business on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Martin area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,487 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Martin area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Martin area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #401 of 536 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.

How the Martin 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 Martin, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMartin areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.922.523.3
Spending per listing$754K$818K$880K
Households per official establishment1,4871,0711,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,578$1,842$2,055
Median household income$51,880$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3644

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
284 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Martin 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 Martin area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,261+1.1% since 2020
Households
13,384
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
580 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$51,880+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,337
Median home value
$151,200
Jobs located here
11,085
Daytime population
30,829Residents 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 small-town markets in Tennessee for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Martin 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
14Martin, TN362820.9$754K+1.1%#401 of 536

Other business types in the Martin area

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

Questions

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

There are 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Martin area as of September 2026. 4 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $21.1M a year, or $1,578 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $754K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,384 households in the Martin area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Martin area has 20.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $754K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Martin area would have about 24, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,487 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Martin, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Martin area at 33,261 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,384 households. Median household income in the Martin area is $51,880, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. 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 Martin area scores 36 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #401 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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

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