Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Washington
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Walla Walla, WA metro area
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Walla Walla, WA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #129 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 36
- 11 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,733 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.4
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,361
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Walla Walla metro area. 11 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.4, 34% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in the Walla Walla metro area spend about $40.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,733 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per business, 28% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Walla Walla metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,345 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Walla Walla metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Walla Walla metro area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #129 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington.
How the Walla Walla metro area 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.
| Measure | Walla Walla metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.4 | 15.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.3M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,345 | 1,473 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −16.1% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,733 | $2,048 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $74,202 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3611 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 Walla Walla 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 Walla Walla metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,361−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 23,447
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $74,202+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,236
- Median home value
- $408,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,913
- Daytime population
- 66,232Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Walla Walla metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 82 | 136 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +2.7% | #13 of 387 |
| 2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 78 | 2,710 | 16.8 | $1.3M | +3.3% | #23 of 387 |
| 3Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 76 | 147 | 12.4 | $1.6M | +2.8% | #28 of 387 |
| 4Longview-Kelso, WA | 73 | 57 | 13.0 | $1.3M | +3.5% | #42 of 387 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 70 | 1,724 | 17.1 | $1.2M | +1.0% | #56 of 387 |
| 5Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 67 | 358 | 15.1 | $1.2M | +3.5% | #76 of 387 |
| 6Bellingham, WA | 63 | 177 | 18.8 | $974K | +3.9% | #109 of 387 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 62 | 38 | 14.2 | $1.2M | +1.5% | #112 of 387 |
| 7Kennewick-Richland, WA | 62 | 205 | 19.0 | $995K | +6.5% | #119 of 387 |
| 8Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 60 | 99 | 18.9 | $995K | +2.4% | #127 of 387 |
| 9Walla Walla, WA | 59 | 36 | 15.4 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #129 of 387 |
Other business types in the Walla Walla 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 laundry59
- Clothing and shoe stores51
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Walla Walla, WA metro area?
There are 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Walla Walla metro area as of September 2026. 11 of them (31%) 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. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Walla Walla, WA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $40.6M a year, or $1,733 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,447 households in the Walla Walla metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Walla Walla, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Walla Walla metro area has 15.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Walla Walla metro area would have about 46, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,345 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Walla Walla, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Walla Walla metro area at 62,361 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,447 households. Median household income in the Walla Walla metro area is $74,202, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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 Walla Walla metro area scores 59 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #129 of 387 scored metro areas.
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