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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Summers County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Summers County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,457 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 73% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,532
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Summers County. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,457 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Summers County spend about $6.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Summers County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Summers County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, Summers County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Summers 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.
| Measure | Summers County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 14.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,804 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.7% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,457 | $1,698 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $40,699 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Summers 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 Summers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,532−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,680
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $40,699+6.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,559
- Median home value
- $140,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,800
- Daytime population
- 10,079Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 87 | 41 | 8.0 | $2.4M | +13.7% | #47 of 2,210 |
| 2Jefferson County, WV | 83 | 29 | 12.7 | $1.7M | +9.2% | #100 of 2,210 |
| 3Putnam County, WV | 77 | 19 | 8.2 | $2.4M | −1.0% | #181 of 2,210 |
| 4Hampshire County, WV | 73 | 6 | 6.9 | $2.5M | +4.4% | #281 of 2,210 |
| 5Mineral County, WV | 63 | 7 | 6.3 | $2.7M | −0.4% | #576 of 2,210 |
| 6Marion County, WV | 63 | 27 | 11.6 | $1.5M | −1.2% | #587 of 2,210 |
| 7Preston County, WV | 61 | 6 | 4.7 | $3.6M | −0.6% | #647 of 2,210 |
| 8Hancock County, WV | 58 | 13 | 10.1 | $1.7M | −4.5% | #772 of 2,210 |
| 9Marshall County, WV | 55 | 8 | 6.4 | $2.6M | −4.4% | #894 of 2,210 |
| 10Fayette County, WV | 53 | 15 | 9.4 | $1.7M | −5.6% | #985 of 2,210 |
| Summers County, WV | Not scored | 3 | 6.4 | $2.3M | −3.3% |
Other business types in Summers County
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 laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Summers County, WV?
Summers County has 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Summers County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Summers County, WV spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $6.8M a year, or $1,457 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,680 households in Summers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Summers County, WV compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Summers County has 6.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.3M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Summers County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Summers County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Summers County at 11,532 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,680 households. Median household income in Summers County is $40,699, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.6%, 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. Summers County has no market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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