Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Tennessee
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Sevierville, TN area
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Sevierville, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #483 of 536 scored small-town markets
#15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 285
- 116 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 148
- −10.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $69.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,724 a household
- Spending per listing
- $244K
- 72% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.6
- 3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,342
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Sevierville area scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #483 of 536 scored small-town markets and #15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 285 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Sevierville area. Of those, 116 are chain locations, or 41%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 70.6 for every 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,724 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Sevierville area spend about $69.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 285 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $244K per business, 72% 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 Sevierville area was 148 in 2023, down 10.8% from 2019. That is one for every 273 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Sevierville area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sevierville area grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Sevierville 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.
| Measure | Sevierville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.6 | 22.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $244K | $818K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 273 | 1,071 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.8% | −8.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,724 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $62,581 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 148−10.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,012
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $48.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 80Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 285116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Sevierville 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 Sevierville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,342+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 40,344
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 593 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $62,581+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,623
- Median home value
- $299,000
- Jobs located here
- 50,989
- Daytime population
- 105,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Sevierville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winchester, TN | 79 | 14 | 8.0 | $2.1M | +6.4% | #34 of 536 |
| 2Athens, TN | 76 | 31 | 11.7 | $1.5M | +8.2% | #53 of 536 |
| 3Newport, TN | 75 | 10 | 6.4 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #58 of 536 |
| 4Lewisburg, TN | 72 | 26 | 19.1 | $951K | +10.5% | #87 of 536 |
| 5Crossville, TN | 71 | 26 | 9.2 | $1.8M | +8.0% | #88 of 536 |
| 6Lawrenceburg, TN | 62 | 29 | 17.1 | $947K | +6.2% | #163 of 536 |
| 7Fayetteville, TN | 58 | 23 | 15.5 | $1.1M | +4.3% | #202 of 536 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 58 | 45 | 15.8 | $1M | +5.0% | #206 of 536 |
| 9Shelbyville, TN | 51 | 44 | 22.6 | $775K | +9.7% | #263 of 536 |
| 10Cookeville, TN | 50 | 122 | 20.8 | $793K | +7.6% | #269 of 536 |
| 15Sevierville, TN | 24 | 285 | 70.6 | $244K | +2.5% | #483 of 536 |
Other business types in the Sevierville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry24
- Clothing and shoe stores24
- Laundromats35
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Sevierville, TN area?
There are 285 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Sevierville area as of September 2026. 116 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 148 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 10.8% from 2019. Official counts list 80 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sevierville, TN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $69.6M a year, or $1,724 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 285 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $244K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,344 households in the Sevierville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sevierville, TN area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Sevierville area has 70.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $244K, 72% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Sevierville area would have about 79, against 285 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 273 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sevierville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Sevierville area at 101,342 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,344 households. Median household income in the Sevierville area is $62,581, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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 Sevierville area scores 24 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #483 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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