Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Tennessee
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Union City, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Union City, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #503 of 536 scored small-town markets
#16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 33
- 11 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,580 a household
- Spending per listing
- $600K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.3
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,067
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Union City area has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #503 of 536 scored small-town markets and #16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $1,580 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Union City area spend about $19.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $600K per business, 32% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Union City area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 26.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Union City area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,392 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Union City area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Union City 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 | Union City area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.3 | 22.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $600K | $818K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,392 | 1,071 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,580 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $54,613 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $678K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3311 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 the Union City 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 Union City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,067−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,527
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $54,613+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,466
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,524
- Daytime population
- 30,043Residents 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 Union City 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 |
| 16Union City, TN | 21 | 33 | 26.3 | $600K | −2.3% | #503 of 536 |
Other business types in the Union City 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 laundry21
- Clothing and shoe stores19
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Union City, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Union City area. 11 of them (33%) 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. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Union City, TN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $19.8M a year, or $1,580 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $600K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,527 households in the Union City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Union City, TN area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Union City area has 26.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $600K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Union City area would have about 23, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,392 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Union City, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Union City area at 30,067 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,527 households. The median household income in the Union City area is $54,613 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. 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 Union City area scores 21 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #503 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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