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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Salt Lake County, UT
How Salt Lake County, UT 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,282 of 2,210 scored counties
#14 of 18 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 1,002
- 418 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 412
- −9.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $850.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,995 a household
- Spending per listing
- $849K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Salt Lake County comes to about $850.5M a year: $1,995 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $849K per business, 4% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Salt Lake County has 1,002 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 418 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 23.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 412 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Salt Lake County in 2023, down 9.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,035 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 755 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $7.6M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Salt Lake County.
Population estimates show Salt Lake County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Salt Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,282 of 2,210 scored counties and #14 of 18 scored counties in Utah.
How Salt Lake County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.5 | 21.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $849K | $909K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,035 | 1,074 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.6% | −11.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,995 | $1,955 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 456 → 412−9.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,056
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $140.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 755Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,002418 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 966The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 17
- Amount
- $7.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tooele County, UT | 94 | 16 | 6.7 | $3M | +19.2% | #5 of 2,210 |
| 2Box Elder County, UT | 83 | 15 | 7.7 | $2.3M | +12.7% | #93 of 2,210 |
| 3Wasatch County, UT | 80 | 19 | 14.8 | $1.5M | +9.9% | #145 of 2,210 |
| 4Iron County, UT | 70 | 23 | 11.4 | $1.5M | +16.4% | #384 of 2,210 |
| 5Sanpete County, UT | 63 | 11 | 12.4 | $1.3M | +10.3% | #594 of 2,210 |
| 6Millard County, UT | 62 | 5 | 11.5 | $1.4M | +7.7% | #620 of 2,210 |
| 7Davis County, UT | 59 | 222 | 19.2 | $1.1M | +4.8% | #756 of 2,210 |
| 8Duchesne County, UT | 57 | 11 | 16.0 | $1.1M | +6.3% | #826 of 2,210 |
| 9Weber County, UT | 57 | 161 | 17.1 | $1.1M | +5.8% | #828 of 2,210 |
| 10Cache County, UT | 54 | 81 | 18.2 | $980K | +8.5% | #968 of 2,210 |
| 14Salt Lake County, UT | 46 | 1,002 | 23.5 | $849K | +2.9% | #1,282 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Salt Lake 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 laundry46
- Clothing and shoe stores49
- Laundromats74
- Dry cleaners47
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Salt Lake County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,002 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Salt Lake County. 418 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 412 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 9.6% from 2019. Official counts list 755 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $850.5M a year, or $1,995 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,002 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $849K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Salt Lake County has 23.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $849K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 966, against 1,002 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,035 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Salt Lake County scores 46 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,282 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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