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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wichita County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wichita County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,950 of 2,210 scored counties
#134 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 141
- 60 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- −15.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $85.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,739 a household
- Spending per listing
- $604K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.8
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,555
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Wichita County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,950 of 2,210 scored counties and #134 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Wichita County comes to about $85.2M a year: $1,739 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $604K per business, 31% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 141 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Wichita County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.8, 24% 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 Wichita County was 44 in 2023, down 15.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,114 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $660K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Wichita County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wichita County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wichita 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 | Wichita County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.8 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $604K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,114 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.4% | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,739 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $63,524 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 44−15.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 514
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 96Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 97The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $660K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Wichita 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 Wichita County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,5550.0% since 2020
- Households
- 49,017
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $63,524+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,175
- Median home value
- $153,700
- Jobs located here
- 50,556
- Daytime population
- 130,005Residents 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 Wichita 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 |
| 134Wichita County, TX | 26 | 141 | 28.8 | $604K | 0.0% | #1,950 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Wichita 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 laundry26
- Clothing and shoe stores26
- Laundromats33
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Wichita County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 141 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wichita County. 60 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 15.4% from 2019. Another 96 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Wichita County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $85.2M a year, or $1,739 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 141 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $604K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,017 households in Wichita County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wichita County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Wichita County has 28.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $604K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Wichita County would have about 97, against 141 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,114 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Wichita County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wichita County at 129,555 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,017 households. The median household income in Wichita County is $63,524 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Wichita County scores 26 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,950 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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