Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Virginia
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Martinsville, VA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Martinsville, VA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #325 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia
- Listings
- 42
- 17 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $41.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,558 a household
- Spending per listing
- $992K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,091
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,558 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Martinsville area spend about $41.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $992K of household spending for each business on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Martinsville area has 42 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 15.7 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Martinsville area in 2023. That is one for every 2,432 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Martinsville area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Martinsville area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #325 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia.
How the Martinsville area 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 | Martinsville area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 19.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $992K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,432 | 1,045 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.1% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,558 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $49,860 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 117
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 39Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The 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 the Martinsville 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 Martinsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,091−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 26,754
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $49,860+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,928
- Median home value
- $130,800
- Jobs located here
- 25,447
- Daytime population
- 62,583Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Virginia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Martinsville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake of the Woods, VA | 98 | 12 | 8.1 | $2.6M | +10.1% | #1 of 536 |
| 2Martinsville, VA | 43 | 42 | 15.7 | $992K | −1.9% | #325 of 536 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 28 | 81 | 20.0 | $795K | −3.8% | #454 of 536 |
| 3Danville, VA | 26 | 89 | 20.2 | $779K | −1.7% | #466 of 536 |
Other business types in the Martinsville 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 laundry43
- Clothing and shoe stores40
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Martinsville, VA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Martinsville area. 17 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 39 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Martinsville, VA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $41.7M a year, or $1,558 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $992K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,754 households in the Martinsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Martinsville, VA area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Martinsville area has 15.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $992K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Martinsville area would have about 47, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,432 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Martinsville, VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Martinsville area at 63,091 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,754 households. The median household income in the Martinsville area is $49,860 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Martinsville area scores 43 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #325 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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