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Clothing and shoe stores in Baltimore County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Baltimore County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,121 of 2,087 scored counties
#15 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 479
- 266 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 285
- −12.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $710.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,134 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 847,650
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 479 clothing and shoe stores in Baltimore County. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 14.4 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Households in Baltimore County spend about $710.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,134 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 479 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.5M per store, 17% 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 285 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Baltimore County in 2023, down 12.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,168 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 781 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Baltimore County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Baltimore County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing and shoe stores, Baltimore County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,121 of 2,087 scored counties and #15 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Baltimore 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 | Baltimore County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 14.8 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,168 | 1,318 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.3% | −16.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,134 | $2,283 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $91,768 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 325 → 285−12.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,508
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $91.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 781Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 479266 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 559The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Baltimore 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 Baltimore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 847,650−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 332,801
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,422
- Median household income
- $91,768+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,863
- Median home value
- $349,300
- Jobs located here
- 385,518
- Daytime population
- 833,745Residents 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 |
| 15Baltimore County, MD | 48 | 479 | 14.4 | $1.5M | −0.7% | #1,121 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Baltimore 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 laundry43
- Clothing and shoe stores48
- Laundromats64
- Dry cleaners34
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Baltimore County, MD?
Baltimore County has 479 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 266 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 285 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 12.3% from 2019. Official counts list 781 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Baltimore County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $710.3M a year, or $2,134 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 479 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 332,801 households in Baltimore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore County, MD compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Baltimore County has 14.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Baltimore County would have about 559, against 479 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,168 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore County at 847,650 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 332,801 households. The median household income in Baltimore County is $91,768 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.4% 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. Baltimore County scores 48 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,121 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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