Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Texas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Gainesville, TX area
How the Gainesville, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #156 of 536 scored small-town markets
#5 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 37
- 9 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,923 a household
- Spending per listing
- $859K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,461
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Gainesville area. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.4, 4% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Gainesville area comes to about $31.8M a year: $1,923 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $859K per business, 2% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Gainesville area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,653 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Gainesville area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Gainesville area is 63 (upper middle), #156 of 536 scored small-town markets and #5 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Gainesville 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 | Gainesville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.4 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $859K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,653 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,923 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $73,932 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 379 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,461+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,528
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 875 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $73,932+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,815
- Median home value
- $240,400
- Jobs located here
- 14,462
- Daytime population
- 37,643Residents 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 Gainesville 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 |
Other business types in the Gainesville 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 laundry63
- Clothing and shoe stores64
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Gainesville, TX area?
There are 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Gainesville area as of September 2026. 9 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gainesville, TX area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $31.8M a year, or $1,923 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $859K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,528 households in the Gainesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gainesville, TX area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Gainesville area has 22.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $859K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Gainesville area would have about 36, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,653 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gainesville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Gainesville area at 44,461 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,528 households. Median household income in the Gainesville area is $73,932, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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 Gainesville area scores 63 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #156 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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