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Clothing and shoe stores in Pima County, AZ
How Pima County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,089 of 2,087 scored counties
#10 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 516
- 296 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 268
- −17.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $751.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,716 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,074,685
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Pima County spend about $751.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,716 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per store, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Pima County has 516 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 11.8 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 268 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Pima County in 2023, down 17.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,634 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 472 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Pima County.
Population estimates put the population change in Pima County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Pima County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #1,089 of 2,087 scored counties and #10 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Pima County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing and shoe stores 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 | Pima County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 12.4 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,634 | 1,658 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.0% | −12.9% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,716 | $1,818 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $70,315 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 323 → 268−17.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,298
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $87.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 472Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 516296 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 591The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Pima 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 Pima County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,074,685+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 437,827
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 9,189 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $70,315+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,008
- Median home value
- $319,700
- Jobs located here
- 381,409
- Daytime population
- 1,030,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Pima County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 87 | 55 | 3.4 | $5.1M | +25.4% | #50 of 2,087 |
| 2Mohave County, AZ | 67 | 76 | 7.5 | $2.1M | +6.5% | #464 of 2,087 |
| 3Gila County, AZ | 65 | 14 | 5.9 | $2.6M | +0.9% | #514 of 2,087 |
| 4Navajo County, AZ | 62 | 28 | 7.0 | $2.1M | +3.0% | #602 of 2,087 |
| 5Graham County, AZ | 59 | 12 | 9.4 | $1.7M | +4.0% | #713 of 2,087 |
| 6Yuma County, AZ | 57 | 74 | 9.3 | $1.7M | +9.2% | #778 of 2,087 |
| 7Yavapai County, AZ | 57 | 127 | 11.4 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #792 of 2,087 |
| 8Maricopa County, AZ | 57 | 2,384 | 13.8 | $1.4M | +5.5% | #797 of 2,087 |
| 9Apache County, AZ | 49 | 7 | 3.3 | $4.2M | −2.2% | #1,070 of 2,087 |
| 10Pima County, AZ | 49 | 516 | 11.8 | $1.5M | +2.8% | #1,089 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Pima 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 laundry46
- Clothing and shoe stores49
- Laundromats64
- Dry cleaners55
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Pima County, AZ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 516 clothing and shoe stores in Pima County. 296 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 268 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 17.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 472 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pima County, AZ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $751.2M a year, or $1,716 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 516 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 437,827 households in Pima County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pima County, AZ compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Pima County has 11.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Pima County would have about 591, against 516 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,634 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Pima County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Pima County at 1,074,685 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 437,827 households. Median household income in Pima County is $70,315, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.7%, 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. Pima County scores 49 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,089 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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