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Clothing and shoe stores in the Harrison, AR area

How the Harrison, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #371 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas

Listings
32
10 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,602 a household
Spending per listing
$928K
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,654
+2.4% 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

Households in the Harrison area spend about $29.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,602 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 32 clothing and shoe stores, that is $928K per store, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The Harrison area has 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 17.3 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Harrison area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,686 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Harrison area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Harrison area is 39 (lower middle), #371 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.

How the Harrison area compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Harrison, AR area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureHarrison areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.317.016.2
Spending per listing$928K$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,6861,3431,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,602$1,725$2,055
Median household income$54,384$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3930

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
67
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 in the Harrison 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 Harrison area

Population, 2025 estimate
45,654+2.4% since 2020
Households
18,542
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,411 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$54,384+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,341
Median home value
$185,000
Jobs located here
15,227
Daytime population
43,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Harrison area marked.

Top small-town markets in Arkansas

Small-town markets in Arkansas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Searcy, AR543612.2$1.3M+4.2%#241 of 536
2Malvern, AR491310.6$1.5M+1.1%#280 of 536
3Paragould, AR472513.9$1.2M+3.4%#299 of 536
4Arkadelphia, AR431012.3$1.3M−2.2%#329 of 536
5Russellville, AR415416.5$1M+1.6%#349 of 536
6Harrison, AR393217.3$928K+2.4%#371 of 536
7Mountain Home, AR363015.5$1M+3.1%#392 of 536
8Batesville, AR352416.4$1M+2.2%#402 of 536
9Blytheville, AR292415.5$1.1M−6.7%#448 of 536
10Pine Bluff, AR234717.4$902K−5.6%#484 of 536

Other business types in the Harrison area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Harrison, AR area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 clothing and shoe stores in the Harrison area. 10 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Harrison, AR area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $29.7M a year, or $1,602 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $928K 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 18,542 households in the Harrison area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Harrison, AR area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Harrison area has 17.3 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $928K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Harrison area would have about 23, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,686 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Harrison, AR area growing?

Population estimates put the Harrison area at 45,654 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,542 households. Median household income in the Harrison area is $54,384, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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 Harrison area scores 39 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #371 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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