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Clothing and shoe stores in Kossuth County, IA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,424 of 2,087 scored counties
#47 of 66 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,828 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,322
−3.2% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Kossuth County comes to about $12M a year: $1,828 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.5M per store, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Kossuth County has 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Kossuth County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,309 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Kossuth County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing and shoe stores, Kossuth County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,424 of 2,087 scored counties and #47 of 66 scored counties in Iowa.

How Kossuth County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Kossuth County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureKossuth CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.215.616.2
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,3091,4991,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.2%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,828$1,967$2,055
Median household income$67,697$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$121K
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Kossuth 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 Kossuth County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,322−3.2% since 2020
Households
6,543
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
973 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$67,697+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,441
Median home value
$148,300
Jobs located here
6,674
Daytime population
14,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA91146.8$3.2M+9.0%#23 of 2,087
2Benton County, IA7787.8$2.6M+1.8%#194 of 2,087
3Bremer County, IA7577.2$2.8M+1.1%#233 of 2,087
4Jasper County, IA75117.3$2.6M+0.9%#236 of 2,087
5Buchanan County, IA7356.1$3.1M+1.3%#276 of 2,087
6Boone County, IA71109.1$2.2M+0.4%#350 of 2,087
7Marshall County, IA70117.1$2.6M−0.5%#371 of 2,087
8Jones County, IA7078.5$2.2M+2.9%#378 of 2,087
9Cedar County, IA6856.6$3M−0.7%#421 of 2,087
10Jackson County, IA6756.1$3.1M−0.8%#449 of 2,087
47Kossuth County, IA39812.2$1.5M−3.2%#1,424 of 2,087

Other business types in Kossuth County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Kossuth County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 clothing and shoe stores in Kossuth County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. 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. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Kossuth County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $12M a year, or $1,828 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 6,543 households in Kossuth County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kossuth County has 12.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Kossuth County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,309 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Kossuth County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Kossuth County at 14,322 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,543 households. Median household income in Kossuth County is $67,697, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. Kossuth County scores 39 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,424 of 2,087 scored counties.

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