Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Wisconsin
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Shawano, WI area
How the Shawano, WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #50 of 536 scored small-town markets
#7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 19
- 4 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $33.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,802 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,759
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Shawano area is 76 (high), #50 of 536 scored small-town markets and #7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Shawano area. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in the Shawano area spend about $33.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,802 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per business, twice 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 the Shawano area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $113K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Shawano area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Shawano area grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Shawano area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Shawano area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 18.1 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,553 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.7% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,802 | $2,003 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,189 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 72 |
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
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $113K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Shawano 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 Shawano area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,759+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 18,651
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,251 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $66,189+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,172
- Median home value
- $189,600
- Jobs located here
- 14,184
- Daytime population
- 36,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Shawano area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platteville, WI | 83 | 19 | 9.5 | $1.9M | +0.9% | #14 of 536 |
| 2Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 83 | 43 | 14.5 | $1.3M | +2.2% | #18 of 536 |
| 3Menomonie, WI | 81 | 18 | 10.3 | $1.9M | +1.7% | #26 of 536 |
| 4Manitowoc, WI | 81 | 35 | 9.9 | $1.9M | +0.4% | #27 of 536 |
| 5Beaver Dam, WI | 79 | 43 | 12.0 | $1.6M | −0.3% | #36 of 536 |
| 6Sparta, WI | 78 | 22 | 12.0 | $1.5M | +0.6% | #40 of 536 |
| 7Shawano, WI | 76 | 19 | 10.2 | $1.8M | +1.4% | #50 of 536 |
| 8Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI | 75 | 40 | 12.4 | $1.5M | −0.2% | #66 of 536 |
| 9Marinette, WI-MI | 73 | 28 | 9.5 | $1.8M | +0.3% | #76 of 536 |
| 10Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI | 54 | 98 | 22.7 | $912K | +0.8% | #239 of 536 |
Other business types in the Shawano 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 laundry76
- Clothing and shoe stores73
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Shawano, WI area?
There are 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Shawano area as of September 2026. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. 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 the Shawano area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Shawano, WI area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $33.6M a year, or $1,802 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,651 households in the Shawano area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Shawano, WI area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Shawano area has 10.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Shawano area would have about 38, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is the Shawano, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Shawano area at 45,759 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,651 households. Median household income in the Shawano area is $66,189, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Shawano area scores 76 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #50 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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