Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Texas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area
How the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #146 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 136
- 36 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- −10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $102.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,860 a household
- Spending per listing
- $756K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 153,613
- +12.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,860 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Sherman-Denison metro area spend about $102.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 136 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $756K per business, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Sherman-Denison metro area has 136 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.6, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Sherman-Denison metro area was 35 in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,579 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 97 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $328K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Sherman-Denison metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sherman-Denison metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +12.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sherman-Denison metro area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #146 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Sherman-Denison metro 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 | Sherman-Denison metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $756K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,579 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.3% | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,860 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,182 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35−10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 498
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 97Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13636 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 117The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $328K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Sherman-Denison metro 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 Sherman-Denison metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 153,613+12.8% since 2020
- Households
- 55,248
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 933 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 154
- Median household income
- $72,182+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,000
- Median home value
- $248,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,982
- Daytime population
- 126,889Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Sherman-Denison metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 68 | 2,244 | 22.7 | $993K | +14.0% | #74 of 387 |
| 2Sherman-Denison, TX | 58 | 136 | 24.6 | $756K | +12.8% | #146 of 387 |
| 3San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 53 | 2,185 | 22.6 | $854K | +9.5% | #187 of 387 |
| 4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 53 | 7,423 | 25.7 | $828K | +10.6% | #190 of 387 |
| 5Killeen-Temple, TX | 52 | 343 | 19.3 | $917K | +7.2% | #191 of 387 |
| 6Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 52 | 6,960 | 26.1 | $786K | +10.3% | #198 of 387 |
| 7Midland, TX | 45 | 205 | 29.4 | $735K | +9.8% | #243 of 387 |
| 8College Station-Bryan, TX | 40 | 233 | 22.0 | $807K | +6.9% | #271 of 387 |
| 9Odessa, TX | 40 | 168 | 26.0 | $710K | +5.0% | #272 of 387 |
| 10Waco, TX | 36 | 282 | 25.4 | $709K | +4.2% | #290 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sherman-Denison metro 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 laundry58
- Clothing and shoe stores56
- Laundromats52
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 136 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Sherman-Denison metro area. 36 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 97 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $102.8M a year, or $1,860 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 136 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $756K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,248 households in the Sherman-Denison metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Sherman-Denison metro area has 24.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $756K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Sherman-Denison metro area would have about 117, against 136 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,579 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sherman-Denison metro area at 153,613 people in 2025, up 12.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,248 households. The median household income in the Sherman-Denison metro area is $72,182 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.7% 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. The Sherman-Denison metro area scores 58 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #146 of 387 scored metro areas.
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