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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Gaines County, TX
How Gaines 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #547 of 2,210 scored counties
#31 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,908 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,956
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Gaines County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 17.3 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in Gaines County spend about $13.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,908 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per business, 25% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Gaines County in 2023. That is one for every 1,732 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Gaines County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Gaines County is 65 (upper middle), #547 of 2,210 scored counties and #31 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Gaines 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.
| Measure | Gaines County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.3 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,732 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,908 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $74,132 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Gaines 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 Gaines County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,956+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,929
- Median age
- 28.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,502 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $74,132+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,123
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,333
- Daytime population
- 21,202Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 68 | 10.4 | $2M | +15.8% | #21 of 2,210 |
| 2Waller County, TX | 87 | 22 | 12.0 | $1.7M | +21.9% | #55 of 2,210 |
| 3Medina County, TX | 85 | 19 | 10.7 | $1.8M | +11.4% | #75 of 2,210 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 83 | 28 | 15.4 | $1.4M | +12.2% | #102 of 2,210 |
| 5Denton County, TX | 80 | 542 | 15.0 | $1.6M | +16.9% | #143 of 2,210 |
| 6San Jacinto County, TX | 79 | 5 | 4.6 | $3.7M | +7.1% | #149 of 2,210 |
| 7Chambers County, TX | 79 | 27 | 15.7 | $1.4M | +22.6% | #161 of 2,210 |
| 8Bastrop County, TX | 77 | 55 | 14.9 | $1.3M | +21.3% | #195 of 2,210 |
| 9Wise County, TX | 77 | 42 | 16.7 | $1.2M | +21.5% | #197 of 2,210 |
| 10Bosque County, TX | 76 | 5 | 6.7 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #202 of 2,210 |
| 31Gaines County, TX | 65 | 12 | 17.3 | $1.1M | +10.4% | #547 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Gaines County
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 laundry65
- Clothing and shoe stores66
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Gaines County, TX?
There are 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Gaines County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gaines County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $13.2M a year, or $1,908 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,929 households in Gaines County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gaines County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Gaines County has 17.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Gaines County would have about 15, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,732 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Gaines County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gaines County at 23,956 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,929 households. Median household income in Gaines County is $74,132, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. Gaines County scores 65 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #547 of 2,210 scored counties.
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