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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Sweetwater County, WY
How Sweetwater County, WY 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,631 of 2,210 scored counties
#10 of 14 scored counties 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
At $1,728 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Sweetwater County spend about $30.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $738K of household spending for each business on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Sweetwater County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.4, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Sweetwater County was 6 in 2023. 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.
Population estimates put the population change in Sweetwater County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Sweetwater County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,631 of 2,210 scored counties and #10 of 14 scored counties in Wyoming.
How Sweetwater County 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 | Sweetwater County | 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 | 37 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 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 Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County
- 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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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, WY | 72 | 12 | 14.4 | $1.3M | +7.8% | #327 of 2,210 |
| 2Campbell County, WY | 53 | 40 | 22.2 | $830K | +2.1% | #1,030 of 2,210 |
| 3Goshen County, WY | 50 | 5 | 9.6 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #1,120 of 2,210 |
| 4Uinta County, WY | 48 | 12 | 15.6 | $1.1M | +1.3% | #1,193 of 2,210 |
| 5Carbon County, WY | 47 | 7 | 11.4 | $1.5M | −3.4% | #1,227 of 2,210 |
| 6Albany County, WY | 47 | 29 | 17.0 | $951K | +3.9% | #1,241 of 2,210 |
| 7Converse County, WY | 42 | 10 | 17.3 | $1M | +0.6% | #1,408 of 2,210 |
| 8Laramie County, WY | 41 | 80 | 18.5 | $947K | +2.2% | #1,455 of 2,210 |
| 9Park County, WY | 41 | 31 | 23.3 | $731K | +5.1% | #1,476 of 2,210 |
| 10Sweetwater County, WY | 37 | 41 | 23.4 | $738K | −2.2% | #1,631 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Sweetwater 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 laundry37
- Clothing and shoe stores41
- Laundromats9
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Sweetwater County, WY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Sweetwater County. 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 Sweetwater County, WY 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 Sweetwater County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sweetwater County, WY compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Sweetwater County 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 U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Sweetwater County 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 Sweetwater County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Sweetwater County at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. The median household income in Sweetwater County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 0.3% 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. Sweetwater County scores 37 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,631 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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