Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Colorado
Clothing and shoe stores in the Montrose, CO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Montrose, CO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #143 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 21
- 6 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,666 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,591
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Montrose area comes to about $30.1M a year: $1,666 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per store, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
The Montrose area has 21 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.6, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Montrose area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 3,614 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Montrose area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Montrose area is 65 (upper middle), #143 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.
How the Montrose area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Montrose area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 14.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,614 | 1,317 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −9.4% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,666 | $2,010 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,120 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Montrose 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 Montrose area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,591+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,069
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,241 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $72,120
- Average household income
- $89,726
- Median home value
- $388,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,713
- Daytime population
- 41,442Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cañon City, CO | 65 | 16 | 8.9 | $1.8M | +2.4% | #139 of 536 |
| 2Montrose, CO | 65 | 21 | 11.6 | $1.4M | +4.1% | #143 of 536 |
| 3Fort Morgan, CO | 53 | 13 | 11.7 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #244 of 536 |
| 4Alamosa, CO | 52 | 10 | 8.7 | $1.7M | +2.1% | #248 of 536 |
| 5Durango, CO | 46 | 45 | 18.5 | $1M | +2.2% | #309 of 536 |
| 6Steamboat Springs, CO | 43 | 32 | 19.2 | $1M | +0.9% | #331 of 536 |
| 7Breckenridge, CO | 31 | 76 | 48.8 | $444K | +1.1% | #439 of 536 |
| 8Rifle, CO | 30 | 136 | 41.7 | $471K | +1.2% | #446 of 536 |
| 9Edwards, CO | 24 | 93 | 42.2 | $505K | −2.4% | #482 of 536 |
| 10Sterling, CO | 18 | 13 | 15.8 | $948K | −2.7% | #513 of 536 |
Other business types in the Montrose area
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 laundry65
- Clothing and shoe stores65
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Montrose, CO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 clothing and shoe stores in the Montrose area. 6 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Montrose, CO area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $30.1M a year, or $1,666 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 18,069 households in the Montrose area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Montrose, CO area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Montrose area has 11.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.4M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Montrose area would have about 24, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,614 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is the Montrose, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Montrose area at 44,591 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,069 households. Median household income in the Montrose area is $72,120, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Montrose area scores 65 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #143 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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