Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Utah
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. George, UT metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. George, UT metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #177 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 143
- 54 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- −22.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,801 a household
- Spending per listing
- $879K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,670
- +17.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the St. George metro area comes to about $125.7M a year: $1,801 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $879K of household spending for each business on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $880K.
The St. George metro area has 143 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 54 are chain locations, or 38%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 20.5 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the St. George metro area in 2023, down 22.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,163 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 157 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $204K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the St. George metro area.
Population estimates show the St. George metro area grew 17.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. George metro area is 54 (upper middle), #177 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah.
How the St. George metro area 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 | St. George metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 21.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $879K | $909K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,163 | 1,074 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −22.1% | −11.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,801 | $1,955 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $80,632 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60−22.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 861
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 157Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14354 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $204K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the St. George 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 St. George metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,670+17.4% since 2020
- Households
- 69,786
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $80,632+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,780
- Median home value
- $510,700
- Jobs located here
- 87,513
- Daytime population
- 200,923Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Utah, with the St. George metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ogden, UT | 71 | 386 | 18.1 | $1.1M | +5.3% | #54 of 387 |
| 2Logan, UT-ID | 67 | 85 | 17.2 | $1M | +8.8% | #79 of 387 |
| 3Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 58 | 467 | 22.6 | $892K | +14.5% | #145 of 387 |
| 4St. George, UT | 54 | 143 | 20.5 | $879K | +17.4% | #177 of 387 |
| 5Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 52 | 1,018 | 22.6 | $882K | +3.8% | #194 of 387 |
Other business types in the St. George 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 laundry54
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats56
- Dry cleaners68
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the St. George, UT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 143 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the St. George metro area. 54 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 22.1% from 2019. Another 157 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the St. George, UT metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $125.7M a year, or $1,801 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 143 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $879K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,786 households in the St. George metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. George, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The St. George metro area has 20.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $879K, in line with the U.S. figure of $880K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,163 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 22.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the St. George, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. George metro area at 213,670 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,786 households. The median household income in the St. George metro area is $80,632 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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 St. George metro area scores 54 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #177 of 387 scored metro areas.
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