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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Howard County, TX
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Howard County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,096 of 2,210 scored counties
#152 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 40
- 10 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,832 a household
- Spending per listing
- $558K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.8
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Howard County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #2,096 of 2,210 scored counties and #152 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,832 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Howard County spend about $22.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $558K per business, 37% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Howard County has 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 25%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 32.8 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Howard County in 2023. That is one for every 938 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Howard County declined 12.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.8 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $558K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 938 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,832 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents 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 |
| 152Howard County, TX | 19 | 40 | 32.8 | $558K | −12.4% | #2,096 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Howard 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 laundry19
- Clothing and shoe stores23
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Howard County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Howard County. 10 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $22.3M a year, or $1,832 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $558K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Howard County has 32.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $558K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Howard County would have about 25, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 938 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Howard County scores 19 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,096 of 2,210 scored counties.
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