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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Shelby County, TX

How Shelby 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,808 of 2,210 scored counties
#119 of 158 scored counties in Texas

Listings
26
5 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,609 a household
Spending per listing
$579K
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.8
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,286
+1.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Shelby County is 32 (lower middle), #1,808 of 2,210 scored counties and #119 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Shelby County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 19%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.8, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Shelby County comes to about $15.1M a year: $1,609 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $579K per business, 34% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Shelby County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,342 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Shelby 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Shelby County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureShelby CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.825.423.3
Spending per listing$579K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment2,3429751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,609$1,983$2,055
Median household income$49,776$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3245

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$439K
One-person businesses, 2023
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
265 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,286+1.0% since 2020
Households
9,366
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
796 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$49,776+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,187
Median home value
$101,500
Jobs located here
8,915
Daytime population
24,049Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Shelby County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX906810.4$2M+15.8%#21 of 2,210
2Waller County, TX872212.0$1.7M+21.9%#55 of 2,210
3Medina County, TX851910.7$1.8M+11.4%#75 of 2,210
4Wilson County, TX832815.4$1.4M+12.2%#102 of 2,210
5Denton County, TX8054215.0$1.6M+16.9%#143 of 2,210
6San Jacinto County, TX7954.6$3.7M+7.1%#149 of 2,210
7Chambers County, TX792715.7$1.4M+22.6%#161 of 2,210
8Bastrop County, TX775514.9$1.3M+21.3%#195 of 2,210
9Wise County, TX774216.7$1.2M+21.5%#197 of 2,210
10Bosque County, TX7656.7$2.7M+3.6%#202 of 2,210
119Shelby County, TX322627.8$579K+1.0%#1,808 of 2,210

Other business types in Shelby County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Shelby County, TX?

There are 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. 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 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Shelby County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $15.1M a year, or $1,609 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $579K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,366 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Shelby County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Shelby County has 27.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $579K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Shelby County would have about 17, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,342 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Shelby County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 24,286 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,366 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $49,776, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Shelby County scores 32 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,808 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Shelby County

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