Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Virginia
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Roanoke, VA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Roanoke, VA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #267 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 256
- 102 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 130
- −16.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $239.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $936K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 316,547
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,821 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Roanoke metro area spend about $239.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $936K of household spending for each business on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 256 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Roanoke metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.5, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 130 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Roanoke metro area in 2023, down 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,012 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 231 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.4M has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Roanoke metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Roanoke metro area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Roanoke metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #267 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Roanoke metro 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 | Roanoke metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 19.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $936K | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,012 | 1,045 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.3% | −14.1% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,821 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,761 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 130−16.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,434
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 231Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 256102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 272The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Roanoke 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 Roanoke metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 316,547+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 131,510
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $68,761+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,709
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 158,052
- Daytime population
- 332,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas 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 Roanoke metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 73 | 68 | 13.0 | $1.4M | +3.2% | #41 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 68 | 4,896 | 20.6 | $1.2M | +3.3% | #65 of 387 |
| 2Richmond, VA | 68 | 1,065 | 20.0 | $1M | +5.5% | #73 of 387 |
| 3Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 65 | 105 | 14.9 | $1.2M | −0.1% | #91 of 387 |
| 4Charlottesville, VA | 63 | 190 | 21.0 | $1M | +3.1% | #107 of 387 |
| 5Winchester, VA-WV | 62 | 109 | 19.6 | $1M | +6.5% | #118 of 387 |
| 6Harrisonburg, VA | 58 | 85 | 17.0 | $1.1M | +3.5% | #136 of 387 |
| 7Lynchburg, VA | 57 | 182 | 17.6 | $1M | +2.9% | #152 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 48 | 244 | 18.6 | $903K | +2.3% | #219 of 387 |
| 8Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 44 | 1,529 | 21.6 | $920K | +0.9% | #247 of 387 |
| 9Roanoke, VA | 40 | 256 | 19.5 | $936K | +0.4% | #267 of 387 |
Other business types in the Roanoke 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 laundry40
- Clothing and shoe stores39
- Laundromats43
- Dry cleaners54
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Roanoke, VA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 256 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Roanoke metro area. 102 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 130 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 16.3% from 2019. Official counts list 231 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Roanoke, VA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $239.5M a year, or $1,821 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 256 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $936K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 131,510 households in the Roanoke metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Roanoke, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Roanoke metro area has 19.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $936K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Roanoke metro area would have about 272, against 256 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,012 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Roanoke, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Roanoke metro area at 316,547 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 131,510 households. The median household income in the Roanoke metro area is $68,761 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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 Roanoke metro area scores 40 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #267 of 387 scored metro areas.
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