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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Putnam County, WV

How Putnam County, WV 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 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #181 of 2,210 scored counties
#3 of 32 scored counties in West Virginia

Listings
19
4 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,965 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
2.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
65% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,885
−1.0% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Putnam County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #181 of 2,210 scored counties and #3 of 32 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Households in Putnam County spend about $45.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,965 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Putnam County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Putnam County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 5,813 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Putnam County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Putnam County compares

The same measures for West 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 Putnam County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasurePutnam CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.214.923.3
Spending per listing$2.4M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment5,8131,8041,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.7%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,965$1,698$2,055
Median household income$79,527$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score7759

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$251K
One-person businesses, 2023
35Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
194 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
52The 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 Putnam 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 Putnam County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,885−1.0% since 2020
Households
23,251
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
346 sq. mi.
People per square mile
165
Median household income
$79,527+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,714
Median home value
$223,300
Jobs located here
22,705
Daytime population
55,529Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Putnam County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, WV87418.0$2.4M+13.7%#47 of 2,210
2Jefferson County, WV832912.7$1.7M+9.2%#100 of 2,210
3Putnam County, WV77198.2$2.4M−1.0%#181 of 2,210
4Hampshire County, WV7366.9$2.5M+4.4%#281 of 2,210
5Mineral County, WV6376.3$2.7M−0.4%#576 of 2,210
6Marion County, WV632711.6$1.5M−1.2%#587 of 2,210
7Preston County, WV6164.7$3.6M−0.6%#647 of 2,210
8Hancock County, WV581310.1$1.7M−4.5%#772 of 2,210
9Marshall County, WV5586.4$2.6M−4.4%#894 of 2,210
10Fayette County, WV53159.4$1.7M−5.6%#985 of 2,210

Other business types in Putnam 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 Putnam County, WV?

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Putnam County. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Putnam County, WV spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $45.7M a year, or $1,965 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,251 households in Putnam County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Putnam County has 8.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.4M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Putnam County would have about 52, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,813 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Putnam County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Putnam County at 56,885 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,251 households. The median household income in Putnam County is $79,527 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Putnam County scores 77 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #181 of 2,210 scored counties.

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