Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Wyoming
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Rock Springs, WY area
How the Rock Springs, WY 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #343 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 41
- 20 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,728 a household
- Spending per listing
- $738K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.4
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,267
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Rock Springs area. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 49%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.4, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,728 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Rock Springs area spend about $30.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $738K per business, 16% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Rock Springs area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,917 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rock Springs area declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Rock Springs area scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #343 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.
How the Rock Springs area compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Rock Springs area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.4 | 23.7 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $738K | $734K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,917 | 1,205 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,728 | $1,738 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,267−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,502
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 10,427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $75,034+0.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,925
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,166
- Daytime population
- 41,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wyoming market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wyoming for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with the Rock Springs area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gillette, WY | 62 | 40 | 22.2 | $830K | +2.1% | #164 of 536 |
| 2Evanston, WY-UT | 56 | 15 | 17.4 | $993K | +2.0% | #225 of 536 |
| 3Laramie, WY | 54 | 29 | 17.0 | $951K | +3.9% | #238 of 536 |
| 4Cody, WY | 47 | 31 | 23.3 | $731K | +5.1% | #298 of 536 |
| 5Riverton, WY | 43 | 31 | 20.6 | $772K | +0.7% | #329 of 536 |
| 6Rock Springs, WY | 42 | 41 | 23.4 | $738K | −2.2% | #343 of 536 |
| 7Jackson, WY-ID | 40 | 66 | 45.5 | $503K | +4.2% | #368 of 536 |
| 8Sheridan, WY | 37 | 94 | 67.9 | $245K | +7.2% | #399 of 536 |
Other business types in the Rock Springs 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 laundry42
- Clothing and shoe stores48
- Laundromats22
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Rock Springs, WY area?
The Rock Springs area has 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Rock Springs, WY area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $30.2M a year, or $1,728 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $738K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,502 households in the Rock Springs area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rock Springs, WY area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Rock Springs area has 23.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $738K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Rock Springs area would have about 34, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,917 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Rock Springs, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Rock Springs area at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. Median household income in the Rock Springs area is $75,034, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.3%, 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. 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 Rock Springs area scores 42 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #343 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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