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Clothing and shoe stores in Yavapai County, AZ

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Yavapai County, AZ, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #792 of 2,087 scored counties
#7 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
127
39 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
45
−11.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$187M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,682 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
252,552
+6.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 127 clothing and shoe stores in Yavapai County. 39 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Households in Yavapai County spend about $187M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,682 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Yavapai County in 2023, down 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,470 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 119 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Yavapai County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Yavapai County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Yavapai County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #792 of 2,087 scored counties and #7 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.

How Yavapai 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Yavapai County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureYavapai CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.412.416.2
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,4701,6581,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.8%−12.9%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,682$1,818$2,055
Median household income$69,613$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score5766

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
51 → 45−11.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
429
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
119Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12739 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
147The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$3.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County

Population, 2025 estimate
252,552+6.5% since 2020
Households
111,157
Median age
52.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
8,123 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$69,613+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,313
Median home value
$425,200
Jobs located here
67,568
Daytime population
218,945Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Yavapai County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ87553.4$5.1M+25.4%#50 of 2,087
2Mohave County, AZ67767.5$2.1M+6.5%#464 of 2,087
3Gila County, AZ65145.9$2.6M+0.9%#514 of 2,087
4Navajo County, AZ62287.0$2.1M+3.0%#602 of 2,087
5Graham County, AZ59129.4$1.7M+4.0%#713 of 2,087
6Yuma County, AZ57749.3$1.7M+9.2%#778 of 2,087
7Yavapai County, AZ5712711.4$1.5M+6.5%#792 of 2,087
8Maricopa County, AZ572,38413.8$1.4M+5.5%#797 of 2,087
9Apache County, AZ4973.3$4.2M−2.2%#1,070 of 2,087
10Pima County, AZ4951611.8$1.5M+2.8%#1,089 of 2,087

Other business types in Yavapai County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Yavapai County, AZ?

Yavapai County has 127 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 39 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 11.8% from 2019. Official counts list 119 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Yavapai County, AZ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $187M a year, or $1,682 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 127 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,157 households in Yavapai County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Yavapai County, AZ compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Yavapai County has 11.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Yavapai County would have about 147, against 127 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,470 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Yavapai County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Yavapai County at 252,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,157 households. The median household income in Yavapai County is $69,613 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. Yavapai County scores 57 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #792 of 2,087 scored counties.

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