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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montgomery County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montgomery County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #641 of 2,210 scored counties
#36 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 539
- 270 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 225
- +0.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $551.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,226 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.8
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 781,194
- +24.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Montgomery County comes to about $551.1M a year: $2,226 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 539 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1M per business, 16% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Montgomery County has 539 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 21.8 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 225 businesses with payroll in Montgomery County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, up 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,100 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 655 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Montgomery County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County grew 24.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Montgomery County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #641 of 2,210 scored counties and #36 of 158 scored counties in Texas.
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.8 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,100 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.9% | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +24.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,226 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $97,701 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 223 → 225+0.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,638
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $83M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 655Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 539270 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 626The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 781,194+24.9% since 2020
- Households
- 247,541
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,042 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 657
- Median household income
- $97,701+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $135,795
- Median home value
- $346,200
- Jobs located here
- 236,728
- Daytime population
- 606,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Montgomery County marked.
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 |
| 36Montgomery County, TX | 62 | 539 | 21.8 | $1M | +24.9% | #641 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Montgomery 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 laundry62
- Clothing and shoe stores65
- Laundromats83
- Dry cleaners58
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Montgomery County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 539 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Montgomery County. 270 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 225 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. Official counts list 655 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Montgomery County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $551.1M a year, or $2,226 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 539 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 247,541 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Montgomery County has 21.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 626, against 539 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,100 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Montgomery County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 781,194 people in 2025, up 24.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 247,541 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $97,701 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% 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. Montgomery County scores 62 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #641 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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