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Clothing and shoe stores in Anne Arundel County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Anne Arundel County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,197 of 2,087 scored counties
#16 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 450
- 295 chain locations (66%)
- Official establishments
- 254
- −14.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $561.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.0
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 603,380
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 450 clothing and shoe stores in Anne Arundel County. Of those, 295 are chain locations, or 66%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.0, 23% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $2,497 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Anne Arundel County spend about $561.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2% below 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 254 businesses with payroll in Anne Arundel County classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 14.8% from 2019. That is one for every 885 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 438 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Anne Arundel County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anne Arundel County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Anne Arundel County is 46 (lower middle), #1,197 of 2,087 scored counties and #16 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Anne Arundel County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Anne Arundel County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.0 | 14.8 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 885 | 1,318 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.8% | −16.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,497 | $2,283 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $124,911 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 298 → 254−14.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,761
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $76.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 438Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 450295 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 442The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 603,380+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 224,748
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 415 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,442
- Median household income
- $124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,835
- Median home value
- $467,900
- Jobs located here
- 269,614
- Daytime population
- 605,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Mary’s County, MD | 88 | 32 | 7.5 | $3.2M | +2.4% | #41 of 2,087 |
| 2Calvert County, MD | 87 | 21 | 6.3 | $4.1M | +1.7% | #51 of 2,087 |
| 3Cecil County, MD | 87 | 28 | 6.9 | $3M | +3.2% | #56 of 2,087 |
| 4Carroll County, MD | 82 | 41 | 6.4 | $3.8M | +2.2% | #121 of 2,087 |
| 5Frederick County, MD | 79 | 125 | 11.9 | $2.1M | +11.0% | #175 of 2,087 |
| 6Harford County, MD | 73 | 115 | 11.3 | $2.1M | +2.0% | #295 of 2,087 |
| 7Dorchester County, MD | 70 | 9 | 6.6 | $2.6M | +3.4% | #370 of 2,087 |
| 8Caroline County, MD | 67 | 9 | 7.2 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #457 of 2,087 |
| 9Charles County, MD | 65 | 92 | 15.1 | $1.6M | +5.9% | #534 of 2,087 |
| 10Howard County, MD | 64 | 165 | 13.6 | $2M | +1.9% | #544 of 2,087 |
| 16Anne Arundel County, MD | 46 | 450 | 20.0 | $1.2M | +1.7% | #1,197 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Anne Arundel 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 laundry45
- Clothing and shoe stores46
- Laundromats75
- Dry cleaners51
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Anne Arundel County, MD?
There are 450 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Anne Arundel County as of September 2026. 295 of them (66%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 254 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 14.8% from 2019. Another 438 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Anne Arundel County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $561.3M a year, or $2,497 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 450 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anne Arundel County, MD compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Anne Arundel County has 20.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 442, against 450 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 885 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Anne Arundel County scores 46 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,197 of 2,087 scored counties.
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