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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bexar County, TX

How Bexar County, TX 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,321 of 2,210 scored counties
#85 of 158 scored counties in Texas

Listings
1,809
920 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
780
−13.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.4B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,879 a household
Spending per listing
$780K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.1
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,160,088
+7.2% 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

Households in Bexar County spend about $1.4B a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,879 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $780K of household spending for each business on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Bexar County has 1,809 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 24.1 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 780 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bexar County in 2023, down 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 963 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 1,243 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bexar County.

Population estimates put the population change in Bexar County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Bexar County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,321 of 2,210 scored counties and #85 of 158 scored counties in Texas.

How Bexar County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Bexar County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBexar CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.125.423.3
Spending per listing$780K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment9639751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.9%−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,879$1,983$2,055
Median household income$72,341$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4545

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
906 → 780−13.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
11,753
Annual payroll, 2023
$253.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,243Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,809920 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,603The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$3.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Bexar 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 Bexar County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,160,088+7.2% since 2020
Households
750,939
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,241 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,667
Median household income
$72,341+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,061
Median home value
$262,200
Jobs located here
956,308
Daytime population
2,121,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Bexar County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX906810.4$2M+15.8%#21 of 2,210
2Waller County, TX872212.0$1.7M+21.9%#55 of 2,210
3Medina County, TX851910.7$1.8M+11.4%#75 of 2,210
4Wilson County, TX832815.4$1.4M+12.2%#102 of 2,210
5Denton County, TX8054215.0$1.6M+16.9%#143 of 2,210
6San Jacinto County, TX7954.6$3.7M+7.1%#149 of 2,210
7Chambers County, TX792715.7$1.4M+22.6%#161 of 2,210
8Bastrop County, TX775514.9$1.3M+21.3%#195 of 2,210
9Wise County, TX774216.7$1.2M+21.5%#197 of 2,210
10Bosque County, TX7656.7$2.7M+3.6%#202 of 2,210
85Bexar County, TX451,80924.1$780K+7.2%#1,321 of 2,210

Other business types in Bexar 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 Bexar County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,809 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Bexar County. 920 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 780 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 13.9% from 2019. Another 1,243 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Bexar County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $1.4B a year, or $1,879 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,809 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $780K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 750,939 households in Bexar County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bexar County has 24.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $780K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Bexar County would have about 1,603, against 1,809 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 963 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Bexar County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Bexar County at 2,160,088 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 750,939 households. The median household income in Bexar County is $72,341 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Bexar County scores 45 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,321 of 2,210 scored counties.

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