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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Kittitas County, WA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #237 of 2,210 scored counties
#3 of 31 scored counties in Washington

Listings
21
3 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,792 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
94% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
55% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,803
+4.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Kittitas County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 10.5 per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Households in Kittitas County spend about $35.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,792 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 94% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Kittitas County in 2023. That is one for every 3,332 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $416K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Kittitas County.

Population estimates put the population change in Kittitas County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Kittitas County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #237 of 2,210 scored counties and #3 of 31 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Kittitas 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 Kittitas County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureKittitas CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.515.523.3
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.3M$880K
Households per official establishment3,3321,4731,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.1%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,792$2,048$2,055
Median household income$73,804$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score7586

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$586K
One-person businesses, 2023
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$416K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
48,803+4.2% since 2020
Households
19,993
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,297 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$73,804+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,663
Median home value
$497,400
Jobs located here
18,312
Daytime population
44,464Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Washington, with Kittitas 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

Other business types in Kittitas County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Kittitas County, WA?

There are 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Kittitas County as of September 2026. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $35.8M a year, or $1,792 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,993 households in Kittitas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kittitas County has 10.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.7M, 94% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Kittitas County would have about 41, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,332 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Kittitas County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Kittitas County at 48,803 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,993 households. Median household income in Kittitas County is $73,804, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. Kittitas County scores 75 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #237 of 2,210 scored counties.

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