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Clothing and shoe stores in Knox County, ME
How Knox County, ME 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #865 of 2,087 scored counties
#14 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 29
- 7 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,205 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,117
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 clothing and shoe stores in Knox County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 15.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Knox County comes to about $40.8M a year: $2,205 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per store, 11% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Knox County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Knox County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Knox County is 55 (upper middle), #865 of 2,087 scored counties and #14 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Knox County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Knox County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 12.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.8M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,540 | 1,584 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,205 | $2,189 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $74,096 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 297 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,117+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,484
- Median age
- 49.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 365 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $74,096+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,101
- Median home value
- $324,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,342
- Daytime population
- 41,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maine market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maine for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Maine, with Knox County marked.
Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oxford County, ME | 88 | 8 | 3.3 | $6M | +4.2% | #34 of 2,087 |
| 2Androscoggin County, ME | 87 | 27 | 5.8 | $3.5M | +4.8% | #53 of 2,087 |
| 3Sagadahoc County, ME | 83 | 12 | 7.3 | $3.1M | +3.4% | #108 of 2,087 |
| 4Somerset County, ME | 82 | 10 | 4.3 | $4.4M | +2.3% | #118 of 2,087 |
| 5Waldo County, ME | 80 | 8 | 4.6 | $4.5M | +2.6% | #149 of 2,087 |
| 6Kennebec County, ME | 80 | 45 | 8.3 | $2.5M | +3.5% | #156 of 2,087 |
| 7Penobscot County, ME | 74 | 68 | 10.4 | $2M | +3.8% | #266 of 2,087 |
| 8Lincoln County, ME | 73 | 17 | 10.2 | $2.1M | +3.8% | #292 of 2,087 |
| 9Aroostook County, ME | 72 | 22 | 7.3 | $2.6M | −0.7% | #316 of 2,087 |
| 10Franklin County, ME | 72 | 10 | 7.9 | $2.5M | +4.6% | #319 of 2,087 |
| 14Knox County, ME | 55 | 29 | 15.7 | $1.4M | +1.1% | #865 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Knox 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 laundry51
- Clothing and shoe stores55
- Laundromats30
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Knox County, ME?
Knox County has 29 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Knox County, ME spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $40.8M a year, or $2,205 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 18,484 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, ME compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Knox County has 15.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.4M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Knox County would have about 32, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,540 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 41,117 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,096 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Knox County scores 55 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #865 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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