Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Texas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fredericksburg, TX area
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fredericksburg, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #384 of 536 scored small-town markets
#22 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 74
- 8 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +36.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $23.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,022 a household
- Spending per listing
- $315K
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.3
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,527
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 74 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Fredericksburg area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 64.3 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Fredericksburg area comes to about $23.3M a year: $2,022 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $315K of household spending for each business on map listings, 64% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Fredericksburg area in 2023, up 36.4% from 2019. That is one for every 384 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $615K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Fredericksburg area.
Population estimates show the Fredericksburg area grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Fredericksburg area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #384 of 536 scored small-town markets and #22 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Fredericksburg area 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.
| Measure | Fredericksburg area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.3 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $315K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 384 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +36.4% | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,022 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $76,162 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30+36.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 267
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 748 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $615K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,527+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,513
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,058 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $76,162+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,131
- Median home value
- $460,700
- Jobs located here
- 11,821
- Daytime population
- 27,066Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Fredericksburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, TX | 75 | 26 | 14.3 | $1.2M | +5.4% | #68 of 536 |
| 2Bonham, TX | 72 | 24 | 18.8 | $990K | +9.2% | #86 of 536 |
| 3Granbury, TX | 68 | 55 | 21.5 | $933K | +13.6% | #114 of 536 |
| 4Athens, TX | 64 | 61 | 18.2 | $964K | +7.5% | #147 of 536 |
| 5Gainesville, TX | 63 | 37 | 22.4 | $859K | +6.5% | #156 of 536 |
| 6Corsicana, TX | 61 | 35 | 18.4 | $942K | +8.2% | #174 of 536 |
| 7Mineral Wells, TX | 59 | 29 | 25.8 | $673K | +8.2% | #198 of 536 |
| 8Andrews, TX | 55 | 17 | 24.8 | $772K | +1.6% | #233 of 536 |
| 9Huntsville, TX | 52 | 50 | 19.2 | $827K | +9.5% | #253 of 536 |
| 10El Campo, TX | 50 | 37 | 23.3 | $782K | +1.2% | #270 of 536 |
| 22Fredericksburg, TX | 38 | 74 | 64.3 | $315K | +6.6% | #384 of 536 |
Other business types in the Fredericksburg 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 laundry38
- Clothing and shoe stores38
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Fredericksburg, TX area?
The Fredericksburg area has 74 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, up 36.4% from 2019. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fredericksburg, TX area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.3M a year, or $2,022 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $315K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,513 households in the Fredericksburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fredericksburg, TX area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Fredericksburg area has 64.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $315K, 64% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Fredericksburg area would have about 27, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 384 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count rose 36.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fredericksburg, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Fredericksburg area at 28,527 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,513 households. Median household income in the Fredericksburg area is $76,162, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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 Fredericksburg area scores 38 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #384 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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