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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Val Verde County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,849 of 2,210 scored counties
#123 of 158 scored counties in Texas

Listings
43
16 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,677 a household
Spending per listing
$656K
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.6
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
47,835
+0.5% 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, Val Verde County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,849 of 2,210 scored counties and #123 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Val Verde County comes to about $28.2M a year: $1,677 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $656K per business, 26% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Val Verde County has 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.6, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Val Verde County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,401 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Val Verde County. Population estimates show Val Verde County grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Val Verde 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 Val Verde County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureVal Verde CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.625.423.3
Spending per listing$656K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment1,4019751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,677$1,983$2,055
Median household income$66,100$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3045

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 12
Employees, 2023
338
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
56Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4316 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$400K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Val Verde 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 Val Verde County

Population, 2025 estimate
47,835+0.5% since 2020
Households
16,810
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,145 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$66,100+43.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,305
Median home value
$164,600
Jobs located here
15,742
Daytime population
44,595Residents 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 Val Verde 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
123Val Verde County, TX304325.6$656K+0.5%#1,849 of 2,210

Other business types in Val Verde 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 Val Verde County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Val Verde County. 16 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 56 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $28.2M a year, or $1,677 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $656K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,810 households in Val Verde County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Val Verde County has 25.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $656K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Val Verde County would have about 32, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,401 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Val Verde County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Val Verde County at 47,835 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,810 households. The median household income in Val Verde County is $66,100 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.2% 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. Val Verde County scores 30 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,849 of 2,210 scored counties.

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