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Clothing and shoe stores in Phillips County, AR

How Phillips County, AR 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 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,035 of 2,087 scored counties
#49 of 51 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
8
3 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,431 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,255
−13.0% 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

For clothing and shoe stores, Phillips County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #2,035 of 2,087 scored counties and #49 of 51 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 clothing and shoe stores in Phillips County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.3, 18% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,431 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Phillips County spend about $8.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 15% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Phillips County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Phillips County declined 13.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Phillips County 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 Phillips County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasurePhillips CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.317.016.2
Spending per listing$1.1M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3431,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−13.0%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,431$1,725$2,055
Median household income$40,134$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score1430

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
83 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Phillips 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 Phillips County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,255−13.0% since 2020
Households
6,023
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
690 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$40,134+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$54,873
Median home value
$78,200
Jobs located here
4,448
Daytime population
14,386Residents 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 counties in Arkansas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Phillips County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lonoke County, AR662910.2$1.8M+3.5%#497 of 2,087
2Saline County, AR665611.2$1.7M+7.6%#502 of 2,087
3Crawford County, AR592510.7$1.6M+4.1%#721 of 2,087
4Benton County, AR5918416.4$1.3M+16.0%#731 of 2,087
5Franklin County, AR5857.1$2.2M+3.5%#735 of 2,087
6Madison County, AR56710.8$1.5M+11.2%#821 of 2,087
7Grant County, AR541014.3$1.2M+4.1%#906 of 2,087
8Logan County, AR531011.7$1.4M+2.5%#937 of 2,087
9Miller County, AR501710.4$1.5M−0.5%#1,046 of 2,087
10Yell County, AR4956.0$2.6M−1.3%#1,071 of 2,087
49Phillips County, AR14813.3$1.1M−13.0%#2,035 of 2,087

Other business types in Phillips County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Phillips County, AR?

There are 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Phillips County as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Phillips County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Phillips County, AR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $8.6M a year, or $1,431 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 6,023 households in Phillips County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Phillips County has 13.3 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Phillips County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Phillips County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Phillips County at 14,255 people in 2025, down 13.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,023 households. The median household income in Phillips County is $40,134 a year, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Phillips County scores 14 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #2,035 of 2,087 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in Phillips County

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