Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Kentucky
Clothing and shoe stores in the Richmond-Berea, KY area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Richmond-Berea, KY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #117 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 56
- 11 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $83.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,691 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,806
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 clothing and shoe stores in the Richmond-Berea area. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 20%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.3, 30% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $1,691 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Richmond-Berea area spend about $83.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 18% 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 16 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Richmond-Berea area in 2023. That is one for every 3,098 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 91 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $713K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Richmond-Berea area.
Population estimates show the Richmond-Berea area grew 7.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Richmond-Berea area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #117 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Richmond-Berea area 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 | Richmond-Berea area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 15.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,098 | 1,552 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,691 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,368 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 253
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 91Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5611 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $713K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Richmond-Berea 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 Richmond-Berea area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,806+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 49,560
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,008 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $60,368
- Average household income
- $78,113
- Median home value
- $201,500
- Jobs located here
- 41,726
- Daytime population
- 114,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Richmond-Berea area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frankfort, KY | 69 | 34 | 10.5 | $1.7M | +3.1% | #107 of 536 |
| 2Richmond-Berea, KY | 68 | 56 | 11.3 | $1.5M | +7.0% | #117 of 536 |
| 3Franklin, KY | 58 | 12 | 15.0 | $1.1M | +5.9% | #206 of 536 |
| 4Henderson, KY | 56 | 21 | 9.0 | $1.8M | −0.9% | #218 of 536 |
| 5Mayfield, KY | 52 | 21 | 14.9 | $1.1M | +1.4% | #255 of 536 |
| 6Danville, KY | 50 | 27 | 12.4 | $1.3M | +3.6% | #273 of 536 |
| 7Campbellsville, KY | 49 | 17 | 11.6 | $1.4M | +3.4% | #282 of 536 |
| 8Somerset, KY | 39 | 41 | 15.6 | $1M | +3.5% | #369 of 536 |
| 9Madisonville, KY | 38 | 32 | 17.4 | $919K | −0.5% | #376 of 536 |
| 10Corbin, KY | 37 | 82 | 14.5 | $1M | +0.1% | #384 of 536 |
Other business types in the Richmond-Berea 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 laundry66
- Clothing and shoe stores68
- Laundromats81
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Richmond-Berea, KY area?
There are 56 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Richmond-Berea area as of September 2026. 11 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 91 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Richmond-Berea, KY area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $83.8M a year, or $1,691 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 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 49,560 households in the Richmond-Berea area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Richmond-Berea, KY area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Richmond-Berea area has 11.3 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 30% 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 national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Richmond-Berea area would have about 66, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,098 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is the Richmond-Berea, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Richmond-Berea area at 131,806 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,560 households. The median household income in the Richmond-Berea area is $60,368 a year, 25% 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 Richmond-Berea area scores 68 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #117 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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