Clothing and laundry · Metro area · West Virginia
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #120 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 60
- 20 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $84M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,691 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 112,468
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area comes to about $84M a year: $1,691 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.4M per business, 59% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.1 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 4,513 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Weirton-Steubenville metro area declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Weirton-Steubenville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #120 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia.
How the Weirton-Steubenville metro area 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 | Weirton-Steubenville metro area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 14.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,513 | 1,804 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.7% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,691 | $1,698 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $58,784 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 191
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6020 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The 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 Weirton-Steubenville 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 Weirton-Steubenville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 112,468−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 49,642
- Median age
- 45.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 580 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 198
- Median household income
- $58,784+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,835
- Median home value
- $131,300
- Jobs located here
- 36,596
- Daytime population
- 102,743Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Weirton-Steubenville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 68 | 4,896 | 20.6 | $1.2M | +3.3% | #65 of 387 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 68 | 197 | 16.7 | $1.1M | +7.1% | #67 of 387 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 62 | 109 | 19.6 | $1M | +6.5% | #118 of 387 |
| 1Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 61 | 60 | 12.1 | $1.4M | −3.6% | #120 of 387 |
| 2Morgantown, WV | 53 | 106 | 18.5 | $992K | +1.3% | #180 of 387 |
| 3Wheeling, WV-OH | 50 | 93 | 16.0 | $1.1M | −3.6% | #202 of 387 |
| 4Beckley, WV | 45 | 66 | 14.7 | $1.1M | −4.3% | #236 of 387 |
| 5Charleston, WV | 45 | 148 | 16.9 | $999K | −4.7% | #237 of 387 |
| 6Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 42 | 274 | 18.0 | $951K | −2.6% | #253 of 387 |
| 7Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 16 | 101 | 26.7 | $625K | −2.3% | #372 of 387 |
Other business types in the Weirton-Steubenville 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 laundry61
- Clothing and shoe stores61
- Laundromats15
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area. 20 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $84M a year, or $1,691 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,642 households in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Weirton-Steubenville metro area has 12.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Weirton-Steubenville metro area would have about 95, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,513 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Weirton-Steubenville metro area at 112,468 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,642 households. The median household income in the Weirton-Steubenville metro area is $58,784 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. The Weirton-Steubenville metro area scores 61 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #120 of 387 scored metro areas.
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