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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grays Harbor County, WA

How Grays Harbor County, WA 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #630 of 2,210 scored counties
#19 of 31 scored counties in Washington

Listings
39
7 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$48.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,596 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.7
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,144
+3.0% 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

Households in Grays Harbor County spend about $48.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,596 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 42% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 39 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Grays Harbor County as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 18%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.7 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Grays Harbor County in 2023. That is one for every 6,126 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grays Harbor County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Grays Harbor County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #630 of 2,210 scored counties and #19 of 31 scored counties in Washington.

How Grays Harbor County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Grays Harbor County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureGrays Harbor CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.715.523.3
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.3M$880K
Households per official establishment6,1261,4731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.1%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,596$2,048$2,055
Median household income$64,414$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score6286

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 5
Employees, 2023
134
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
397 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The 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 Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County

Population, 2025 estimate
78,144+3.0% since 2020
Households
30,628
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,902 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$64,414+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,833
Median home value
$314,000
Jobs located here
21,888
Daytime population
66,472Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Washington

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

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mason County, WA83124.6$3.9M+7.8%#87 of 2,210
2Clark County, WA8020710.6$1.9M+5.3%#135 of 2,210
3Kittitas County, WA752110.5$1.7M+4.2%#237 of 2,210
4Klickitat County, WA7499.1$1.9M+6.6%#262 of 2,210
5Island County, WA71277.5$2.5M−1.5%#331 of 2,210
6Pend Oreille County, WA7158.4$2M+7.1%#338 of 2,210
7Kitsap County, WA7113612.5$1.6M+2.7%#344 of 2,210
8Whitman County, WA70126.4$2.5M+1.5%#362 of 2,210
9Stevens County, WA70189.3$1.8M+6.6%#374 of 2,210
10Pierce County, WA6845513.0$1.6M+2.5%#430 of 2,210
19Grays Harbor County, WA623912.7$1.3M+3.0%#630 of 2,210

Other business types in Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County, WA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 39 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Grays Harbor County. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Grays Harbor County, WA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $48.9M a year, or $1,596 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,628 households in Grays Harbor County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grays Harbor County, WA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Grays Harbor County has 12.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Grays Harbor County would have about 56, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,126 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Grays Harbor County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Grays Harbor County at 78,144 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,628 households. The median household income in Grays Harbor County is $64,414 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. Grays Harbor County scores 62 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #630 of 2,210 scored counties.

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