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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Frederick County, VA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 96 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #2 of 2,210 scored counties
#1 of 89 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
17
8 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$76.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,165 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
5.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.8
79% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,955
+8.8% 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, Frederick County has a Groundwork market score of 96 (very high): #2 of 2,210 scored counties and #1 of 89 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Households in Frederick County spend about $76.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,165 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 17 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $4.5M per business, 5.1 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 17 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Frederick County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Frederick County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 11,795 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $199K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Frederick County. Population estimates put the population change in Frederick County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Frederick County 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Frederick County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFrederick CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.819.423.3
Spending per listing$4.5M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment11,7951,0451,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.1%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.8%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,165$2,176$2,055
Median household income$97,606$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score9668

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$245K
One-person businesses, 2023
71Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
178 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
87The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$199K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
99,955+8.8% since 2020
Households
35,385
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
413 sq. mi.
People per square mile
230
Median household income
$97,606+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$122,937
Median home value
$386,000
Jobs located here
32,890
Daytime population
83,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Frederick County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frederick County, VA96174.8$4.5M+8.8%#2 of 2,210
2King George County, VA9676.9$3.4M+10.5%#3 of 2,210
3Caroline County, VA9354.2$4.8M+11.3%#8 of 2,210
4Orange County, VA93128.1$2.6M+10.1%#10 of 2,210
5Rockingham County, VA90216.4$3M+6.6%#17 of 2,210
6Clarke County, VA90610.2$2.3M+5.4%#19 of 2,210
7Stafford County, VA89397.5$3.5M+8.3%#22 of 2,210
8Greene County, VA88810.0$2.1M+6.6%#34 of 2,210
9Isle of Wight County, VA881811.4$1.8M+6.7%#39 of 2,210
10Fauquier County, VA873011.2$2.3M+4.8%#48 of 2,210

Other business types in Frederick 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 Frederick County, VA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Frederick County. 8 of them (47%) 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. Another 71 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Frederick County, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $76.6M a year, or $2,165 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,385 households in Frederick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Frederick County, VA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Frederick County has 4.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $4.5M, 5.1 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Frederick County would have about 87, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,795 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Frederick County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Frederick County at 99,955 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,385 households. The median household income in Frederick County is $97,606 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.1% 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. Frederick County scores 96 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (very high), #2 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Frederick County

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