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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mecklenburg County, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mecklenburg County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,080 of 2,210 scored counties
#56 of 89 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
16
6 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,675 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
61% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,747
+1.5% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Mecklenburg County comes to about $22.7M a year: $1,675 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 61% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Mecklenburg County has 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 11.8 for every 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Mecklenburg County in 2023. That is one for every 1,357 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mecklenburg County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Mecklenburg County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,080 of 2,210 scored counties and #56 of 89 scored counties in Virginia.

How Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMecklenburg CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.819.423.3
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment1,3571,0451,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.1%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,675$2,176$2,055
Median household income$57,045$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score5168

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$318K
One-person businesses, 2023
24Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
166 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The 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 Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,747+1.5% since 2020
Households
13,569
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
625 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$57,045+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,783
Median home value
$192,600
Jobs located here
10,820
Daytime population
28,099Residents 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 Mecklenburg 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
56Mecklenburg County, VA511611.8$1.4M+1.5%#1,080 of 2,210

Other business types in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Mecklenburg County. 6 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $22.7M a year, or $1,675 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,569 households in Mecklenburg County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mecklenburg County has 11.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 61% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Mecklenburg County would have about 26, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,357 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Mecklenburg County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Mecklenburg County at 30,747 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,569 households. The median household income in Mecklenburg County is $57,045 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Mecklenburg County scores 51 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #1,080 of 2,210 scored counties.

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