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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Tom Green County, TX

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Tom Green County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,054 of 2,210 scored counties
#146 of 158 scored counties in Texas

Listings
147
56 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
66
+6.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$82.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,763 a household
Spending per listing
$561K
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.4
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,602
+0.4% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Tom Green County has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #2,054 of 2,210 scored counties and #146 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 147 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Tom Green County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.4, 35% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Tom Green County spend about $82.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,763 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 147 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $561K per business, 36% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 66 businesses with payroll in Tom Green County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, up 6.5% from 2019. That is one for every 708 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tom Green County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTom Green CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.425.423.3
Spending per listing$561K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment7089751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.5%−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,763$1,983$2,055
Median household income$68,370$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2145

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62 → 66+6.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
536
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
88Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14756 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
94The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,602+0.4% since 2020
Households
46,756
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,590
Median home value
$197,000
Jobs located here
47,889
Daytime population
118,619Residents 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 Tom Green 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
146Tom Green County, TX2114731.4$561K+0.4%#2,054 of 2,210

Other business types in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX?

There are 147 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Tom Green County as of September 2026. 56 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019. Official counts list 88 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $82.4M a year, or $1,763 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 147 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $561K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tom Green County has 31.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $561K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 94, against 147 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 708 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. 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. Tom Green County scores 21 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,054 of 2,210 scored counties.

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