Market rankings · Indiana
Clothing and shoe stores in Indiana
Markets across Indiana ranked by the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, with competitor counts and household spending for each.
- Listings
- 3,534
- 1,658 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 1,647
- −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.3B
- On clothing, shoes and related services
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 20% below the U.S.
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Rank among states
- #13 of 51
- Market score 63 · Upper middle
A site report maps the clothing and shoe stores on map listings around any address in Indiana by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3,534 clothing and shoe stores in Indiana. Of those, 1,658 are chain locations, or 47%, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 13.0 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $1,935 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Indiana spend about $5.3B a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 3,534 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.5M per store, 17% 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 1,647 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Indiana in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,649 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count fell 12.2% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 35 SBA-backed loans worth $15.3M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Indiana.
Among the 50 states and DC, Indiana ranks #13 for clothing and shoe stores, with a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle). Of the 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Indiana, the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area scores highest (73). Of the 25 scored small-town markets in or partly in Indiana, the Crawfordsville area scores highest (80).
Every market in Indiana for clothing and shoe stores
Download the ranking (CSV)Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Indiana, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.
Metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 73 | 1,159 | 13.8 | $1.5M | +5.4% | #47 of 387 |
| 2Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 68 | 77 | 10.6 | $1.8M | +0.9% | #70 of 387 |
| 3Bloomington, IN | 66 | 81 | 11.9 | $1.6M | +2.0% | #84 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 65 | 1,301 | 14.3 | $1.4M | +2.7% | #94 of 387 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 56 | 119 | 13.1 | $1.4M | +2.1% | #166 of 387 |
| 5Fort Wayne, IN | 56 | 266 | 14.6 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #168 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 52 | 6,084 | 16.7 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #193 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 52 | 849 | 15.2 | $1.3M | +2.9% | #196 of 387 |
| 6Evansville, IN | 47 | 166 | 14.6 | $1.3M | +1.6% | #221 of 387 |
| 7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 46 | 184 | 14.3 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #228 of 387 |
| 8Terre Haute, IN | 42 | 95 | 14.1 | $1.2M | +0.3% | #251 of 387 |
| 9Muncie, IN | 38 | 70 | 15.1 | $1.1M | +1.2% | #277 of 387 |
| 10Columbus, IN | 32 | 84 | 25.2 | $805K | +4.3% | #308 of 387 |
| 11Kokomo, IN | 26 | 63 | 17.7 | $1M | +0.4% | #334 of 387 |
| 12Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 18 | 92 | 21.1 | $894K | −0.9% | #364 of 387 |
Small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crawfordsville, IN | 80 | 11 | 7.1 | $2.6M | +2.7% | #26 of 536 |
| 2Greencastle, IN | 80 | 15 | 10.6 | $1.8M | +3.2% | #29 of 536 |
| 3Kendallville, IN | 76 | 12 | 6.6 | $2.8M | +1.0% | #48 of 536 |
| 4Auburn, IN | 75 | 20 | 11.7 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #63 of 536 |
| 5Greensburg, IN | 72 | 8 | 7.5 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #78 of 536 |
| 6Monticello, IN | 72 | 11 | 10.7 | $1.7M | +2.0% | #88 of 536 |
| 7Washington, IN | 72 | 15 | 12.7 | $1.5M | +2.5% | #90 of 536 |
| 8Huntington, IN | 70 | 16 | 10.4 | $1.7M | +1.6% | #99 of 536 |
| 9Warsaw, IN | 70 | 37 | 11.6 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #100 of 536 |
| 10Connersville, IN | 66 | 7 | 7.4 | $2.3M | +0.7% | #126 of 536 |
| 11New Castle, IN | 64 | 18 | 9.7 | $1.8M | +0.5% | #146 of 536 |
| 12Plymouth, IN | 64 | 22 | 12.4 | $1.5M | +1.2% | #148 of 536 |
| 13Bedford, IN | 63 | 20 | 10.5 | $1.7M | +1.2% | #154 of 536 |
| 14Decatur, IN | 63 | 16 | 12.9 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #161 of 536 |
| 15Frankfort, IN | 62 | 14 | 11.2 | $1.6M | +0.4% | #162 of 536 |
| 16Logansport, IN | 62 | 16 | 10.6 | $1.6M | +0.1% | #163 of 536 |
| 17Marion, IN | 59 | 28 | 10.5 | $1.6M | 0.0% | #189 of 536 |
| 18Peru, IN | 58 | 9 | 6.8 | $2.6M | −3.9% | #196 of 536 |
| 19Seymour, IN | 57 | 29 | 16.0 | $1.2M | +1.9% | #216 of 536 |
| 20Wabash, IN | 55 | 14 | 11.0 | $1.6M | −0.7% | #226 of 536 |
| 21Richmond, IN | 49 | 33 | 12.2 | $1.4M | −0.5% | #281 of 536 |
| 22Jasper, IN | 47 | 32 | 18.2 | $1.1M | +0.9% | #301 of 536 |
| 23Madison, IN | 44 | 22 | 17.2 | $1M | +0.6% | #324 of 536 |
| 24Vincennes, IN | 39 | 24 | 15.8 | $1.1M | −1.7% | #364 of 536 |
| 25Angola, IN | 38 | 30 | 21.3 | $892K | +1.0% | #379 of 536 |
Counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 92 | 26 | 7.8 | $2.8M | +13.5% | #16 of 2,087 |
| 2Morgan County, IN | 87 | 19 | 6.7 | $3M | +4.4% | #55 of 2,087 |
| 3Boone County, IN | 86 | 35 | 12.2 | $2.1M | +13.5% | #67 of 2,087 |
| 4Floyd County, IN | 84 | 22 | 6.9 | $3M | +2.0% | #88 of 2,087 |
| 5Warrick County, IN | 84 | 19 | 7.6 | $2.9M | +4.4% | #91 of 2,087 |
| 6Madison County, IN | 80 | 30 | 5.6 | $3.2M | +3.8% | #153 of 2,087 |
| 7Porter County, IN | 79 | 50 | 7.3 | $2.9M | +1.6% | #169 of 2,087 |
| 8Jasper County, IN | 78 | 7 | 5.5 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #179 of 2,087 |
| 9Dearborn County, IN | 77 | 17 | 8.4 | $2.4M | +1.7% | #200 of 2,087 |
| 10Wells County, IN | 75 | 6 | 5.2 | $3.5M | +2.6% | #227 of 2,087 |
| 11Montgomery County, IN | 74 | 11 | 7.1 | $2.6M | +2.7% | #254 of 2,087 |
| 12Posey County, IN | 73 | 7 | 6.6 | $3M | −0.8% | #278 of 2,087 |
| 13Harrison County, IN | 73 | 10 | 6.5 | $2.9M | +1.9% | #280 of 2,087 |
| 14Shelby County, IN | 73 | 16 | 8.7 | $2.2M | +1.8% | #290 of 2,087 |
| 15Hamilton County, IN | 73 | 181 | 13.2 | $2M | +10.9% | #299 of 2,087 |
| 16Putnam County, IN | 73 | 15 | 10.6 | $1.8M | +3.2% | #304 of 2,087 |
| 17Hendricks County, IN | 73 | 86 | 12.8 | $1.8M | +10.2% | #306 of 2,087 |
| 18Whitley County, IN | 72 | 11 | 7.8 | $2.5M | +2.1% | #318 of 2,087 |
| 19Carroll County, IN | 69 | 5 | 6.2 | $2.9M | +1.6% | #392 of 2,087 |
| 20Noble County, IN | 68 | 12 | 6.6 | $2.8M | +1.0% | #423 of 2,087 |
| 21Clay County, IN | 67 | 7 | 6.6 | $2.8M | −0.1% | #452 of 2,087 |
| 22Decatur County, IN | 66 | 8 | 7.5 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #480 of 2,087 |
| 23DeKalb County, IN | 66 | 20 | 11.7 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #505 of 2,087 |
| 24White County, IN | 64 | 11 | 10.7 | $1.7M | +2.0% | #548 of 2,087 |
| 25Greene County, IN | 63 | 8 | 6.1 | $2.8M | +1.2% | #563 of 2,087 |
Show all 92 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Daviess County, IN | 63 | 15 | 12.7 | $1.5M | +2.5% | #591 of 2,087 |
| 27Randolph County, IN | 62 | 5 | 4.8 | $3.5M | +0.1% | #594 of 2,087 |
| 28Huntington County, IN | 62 | 16 | 10.4 | $1.7M | +1.6% | #615 of 2,087 |
| 29Kosciusko County, IN | 62 | 37 | 11.6 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #618 of 2,087 |
| 30Ripley County, IN | 60 | 12 | 10.4 | $1.8M | +1.6% | #676 of 2,087 |
| 31Elkhart County, IN | 59 | 77 | 10.6 | $1.8M | +0.9% | #708 of 2,087 |
| 32Fayette County, IN | 58 | 7 | 7.4 | $2.3M | +0.7% | #734 of 2,087 |
| 33Henry County, IN | 58 | 18 | 9.7 | $1.8M | +0.5% | #740 of 2,087 |
| 34Clark County, IN | 57 | 77 | 15.0 | $1.3M | +7.5% | #803 of 2,087 |
| 35Lawrence County, IN | 56 | 20 | 10.5 | $1.7M | +1.2% | #816 of 2,087 |
| 36Marshall County, IN | 56 | 22 | 12.4 | $1.5M | +1.2% | #824 of 2,087 |
| 37Cass County, IN | 55 | 16 | 10.6 | $1.6M | +0.1% | #857 of 2,087 |
| 38Miami County, IN | 53 | 9 | 6.8 | $2.6M | −3.9% | #914 of 2,087 |
| 39Adams County, IN | 53 | 16 | 12.9 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #939 of 2,087 |
| 40LaGrange County, IN | 53 | 21 | 16.3 | $1.2M | +1.9% | #953 of 2,087 |
| 41Grant County, IN | 52 | 28 | 10.5 | $1.6M | 0.0% | #970 of 2,087 |
| 42Fountain County, IN | 52 | 8 | 11.5 | $1.5M | +3.2% | #975 of 2,087 |
| 43Lake County, IN | 52 | 265 | 13.6 | $1.4M | +1.1% | #979 of 2,087 |
| 44Monroe County, IN | 52 | 79 | 13.3 | $1.4M | +1.9% | #980 of 2,087 |
| 45Clinton County, IN | 50 | 14 | 11.2 | $1.6M | +0.4% | #1,041 of 2,087 |
| 46Orange County, IN | 50 | 10 | 12.5 | $1.4M | −0.1% | #1,048 of 2,087 |
| 47Johnson County, IN | 50 | 115 | 18.4 | $1.2M | +7.4% | #1,065 of 2,087 |
| 48Wabash County, IN | 49 | 14 | 11.0 | $1.6M | −0.7% | #1,081 of 2,087 |
| 49Gibson County, IN | 49 | 16 | 11.9 | $1.6M | +0.1% | #1,084 of 2,087 |
| 50Allen County, IN | 49 | 249 | 15.9 | $1.2M | +4.2% | #1,103 of 2,087 |
| 51Jackson County, IN | 48 | 29 | 16.0 | $1.2M | +1.9% | #1,137 of 2,087 |
| 52Washington County, IN | 47 | 13 | 11.6 | $1.5M | +0.5% | #1,150 of 2,087 |
| 53Fulton County, IN | 46 | 9 | 11.2 | $1.6M | −1.9% | #1,180 of 2,087 |
| 54Jay County, IN | 44 | 7 | 9.0 | $1.9M | −1.8% | #1,240 of 2,087 |
| 55Tippecanoe County, IN | 44 | 111 | 14.6 | $1.2M | +2.2% | #1,257 of 2,087 |
| 56Marion County, IN | 44 | 636 | 15.9 | $1.2M | +1.6% | #1,264 of 2,087 |
| 57Wayne County, IN | 43 | 33 | 12.2 | $1.4M | −0.5% | #1,287 of 2,087 |
| 58Dubois County, IN | 39 | 32 | 18.2 | $1.1M | +0.9% | #1,439 of 2,087 |
| 59St. Joseph County, IN | 37 | 173 | 16.1 | $1.2M | +0.1% | #1,497 of 2,087 |
| 60Delaware County, IN | 37 | 70 | 15.1 | $1.1M | +1.2% | #1,499 of 2,087 |
| 61Jefferson County, IN | 37 | 22 | 17.2 | $1M | +0.6% | #1,507 of 2,087 |
| 62Perry County, IN | 36 | 15 | 19.3 | $894K | +1.2% | #1,549 of 2,087 |
| 63Bartholomew County, IN | 36 | 84 | 25.2 | $805K | +4.3% | #1,553 of 2,087 |
| 64Brown County, IN | 35 | 13 | 19.2 | $1M | +1.9% | #1,572 of 2,087 |
| 65Knox County, IN | 32 | 24 | 15.8 | $1.1M | −1.7% | #1,646 of 2,087 |
| 66Howard County, IN | 31 | 63 | 17.7 | $1M | +0.4% | #1,675 of 2,087 |
| 67Vanderburgh County, IN | 31 | 140 | 17.9 | $1M | +0.9% | #1,676 of 2,087 |
| 68Steuben County, IN | 30 | 30 | 21.3 | $892K | +1.0% | #1,719 of 2,087 |
| 69LaPorte County, IN | 25 | 92 | 21.1 | $894K | −0.9% | #1,844 of 2,087 |
| 70Vigo County, IN | 24 | 86 | 20.3 | $840K | +0.4% | #1,866 of 2,087 |
| Jennings County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | $19.5M | +0.1% | |
| Scott County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 4.1 | $4.2M | +2.8% | |
| Starke County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 3.3 | $5.1M | +0.1% | |
| Franklin County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 2.2 | $9.2M | +2.2% | |
| Owen County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 2.3 | $7.6M | +2.6% | |
| Sullivan County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | $13.5M | +0.1% | |
| Spencer County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 5.0 | $3.8M | +1.2% | |
| Rush County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 5.9 | $2.9M | 0.0% | |
| Parke County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 4.9 | $3.7M | +3.0% | |
| Vermillion County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 1.5 | $11.3M | +0.6% | |
| Tipton County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 3.2 | $6M | −0.4% | |
| Newton County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 7.0 | $2.5M | +2.9% | |
| Pulaski County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 2.0 | $8.9M | −0.4% | |
| Pike County, IN | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.0% | |
| Blackford County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 1.9 | $8.7M | −3.1% | |
| Crawford County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 2.2 | $7.4M | −0.2% | |
| Switzerland County, IN | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +3.1% | |
| Martin County, IN | Not scored | 5 | 12.8 | $1.4M | +0.5% | |
| Benton County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 5.8 | $3.2M | +2.0% | |
| Warren County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 3.0 | $6.6M | +0.6% | |
| Union County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 13.6 | $1.4M | −3.1% | |
| Ohio County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 3.8 | $4.7M | +1.2% |
Markets with fewer than 5 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Indiana?
There are 3,534 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Indiana as of September 2026. 1,658 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 1,647 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 3,926 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Indiana spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $5.3B a year, or $1,935 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3,534 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 2,716,009 households in Indiana and national spending patterns by income.
How does Indiana compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Indiana has 13.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Indiana would have about 4,137, against 3,534 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,649 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
Which market in Indiana has the highest market score for clothing and shoe stores?
Among 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Indiana, the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area scores highest, at 73 (upper middle). Among 25 scored small-town markets in or partly in Indiana, the Crawfordsville area scores highest, at 80 (high). Among 70 scored counties in Indiana, Hancock County scores highest, at 92 (very high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.
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. Indiana scores 63 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #13 of the 50 states and DC.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Indiana. It maps the clothing and shoe stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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