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Clothing and shoe stores in Breathitt County, KY
How Breathitt County, KY 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 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,068 of 2,087 scored counties
#75 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 8
- 7 chain locations (88%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,406 a household
- Spending per listing
- $960K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,558
- −8.3% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Breathitt County has a Groundwork market score of 10 (low): #2,068 of 2,087 scored counties and #75 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Breathitt County comes to about $7.7M a year: $1,406 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That works out to $960K per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Breathitt County has 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 88%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.6, 10% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Breathitt County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Breathitt County from 2020 to 2025 at −8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Breathitt County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Breathitt County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 15.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $960K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,552 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,406 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $34,808 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 42 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 87 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Breathitt 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 Breathitt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,558−8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,464
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $34,808+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $51,653
- Median home value
- $70,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,764
- Daytime population
- 12,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 93 | 13 | 5.6 | $4.4M | +4.9% | #11 of 2,087 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 87 | 16 | 7.1 | $2.8M | +8.2% | #58 of 2,087 |
| 3Jessamine County, KY | 85 | 10 | 5.0 | $3.8M | +7.8% | #70 of 2,087 |
| 4Bullitt County, KY | 85 | 18 | 5.7 | $3.4M | +5.0% | #74 of 2,087 |
| 5Anderson County, KY | 79 | 5 | 5.2 | $3.5M | +5.5% | #167 of 2,087 |
| 6Meade County, KY | 75 | 6 | 5.5 | $3.4M | +2.2% | #228 of 2,087 |
| 7Kenton County, KY | 74 | 59 | 8.8 | $2.3M | +3.9% | #259 of 2,087 |
| 8Allen County, KY | 69 | 5 | 6.2 | $2.6M | +9.5% | #396 of 2,087 |
| 9Clark County, KY | 67 | 13 | 8.6 | $2M | +2.3% | #467 of 2,087 |
| 10Mercer County, KY | 66 | 8 | 8.7 | $2M | +4.8% | #491 of 2,087 |
| 75Breathitt County, KY | 10 | 8 | 14.6 | $960K | −8.3% | #2,068 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Breathitt County
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 laundry12
- Clothing and shoe stores10
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Breathitt County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 clothing and shoe stores in Breathitt County. 7 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Breathitt County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Breathitt County, KY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $7.7M a year, or $1,406 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $960K 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 5,464 households in Breathitt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Breathitt County, KY compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Breathitt County has 14.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $960K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Breathitt County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Breathitt County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Breathitt County at 12,558 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,464 households. Median household income in Breathitt County is $34,808, 57% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Breathitt County scores 10 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #2,068 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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