Clothing and laundry · County · Virginia
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Falls Church city, VA
How Falls Church city, VA 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #732 of 2,210 scored counties
#38 of 89 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 21
- 4 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,795 a household
- Spending per listing
- $835K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.5
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,159
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Falls Church city spend about $17.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,795 per household, 36% above the U.S. average. That is about $835K of household spending for each business on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
Falls Church city has 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 19%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.5, 44% 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 Falls Church city was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,091 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Falls Church city grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Falls Church city is 60 (upper middle), #732 of 2,210 scored counties and #38 of 89 scored counties in Virginia.
How Falls Church city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Falls Church city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.5 | 19.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $835K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,091 | 1,045 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.1% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,795 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $143,262 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $493K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Falls Church city, 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 Falls Church city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,159+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,273
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,193
- Median household income
- $143,262+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $204,594
- Median home value
- $1,055,600
- Jobs located here
- 10,691
- Daytime population
- 18,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Falls Church city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, VA | 96 | 17 | 4.8 | $4.5M | +8.8% | #2 of 2,210 |
| 2King George County, VA | 96 | 7 | 6.9 | $3.4M | +10.5% | #3 of 2,210 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 93 | 5 | 4.2 | $4.8M | +11.3% | #8 of 2,210 |
| 4Orange County, VA | 93 | 12 | 8.1 | $2.6M | +10.1% | #10 of 2,210 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 90 | 21 | 6.4 | $3M | +6.6% | #17 of 2,210 |
| 6Clarke County, VA | 90 | 6 | 10.2 | $2.3M | +5.4% | #19 of 2,210 |
| 7Stafford County, VA | 89 | 39 | 7.5 | $3.5M | +8.3% | #22 of 2,210 |
| 8Greene County, VA | 88 | 8 | 10.0 | $2.1M | +6.6% | #34 of 2,210 |
| 9Isle of Wight County, VA | 88 | 18 | 11.4 | $1.8M | +6.7% | #39 of 2,210 |
| 10Fauquier County, VA | 87 | 30 | 11.2 | $2.3M | +4.8% | #48 of 2,210 |
| 38Falls Church city, VA | 60 | 21 | 33.5 | $835K | +3.3% | #732 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Falls Church city
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 laundry60
- Clothing and shoe stores89
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Falls Church city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Falls Church city. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Falls Church city, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $17.5M a year, or $2,795 per household. That is 36% above the U.S. average (an index of 136, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $835K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,273 households in Falls Church city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Falls Church city, VA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Falls Church city has 33.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $835K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Falls Church city would have about 20, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,091 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Falls Church city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Falls Church city at 15,159 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,273 households. The median household income in Falls Church city is $143,262 a year, 77% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Falls Church city scores 60 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #732 of 2,210 scored counties.
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