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Clothing and shoe stores in St. Mary’s County, MD
How St. Mary’s County, MD 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 88 out of 100: High
Ranked #41 of 2,087 scored counties
#1 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 32
- 15 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $103.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,430 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,692
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, St. Mary’s County has a Groundwork market score of 88 (high): #41 of 2,087 scored counties and #1 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
Households in St. Mary’s County spend about $103.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,430 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Spread across 32 clothing and shoe stores, that is $3.2M per store, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
There are 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in St. Mary’s County as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 47%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in St. Mary’s County in 2023. That is one for every 7,073 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in St. Mary’s County. Population estimates show St. Mary’s County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Mary’s 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 | St. Mary’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 14.8 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,073 | 1,318 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −16.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,430 | $2,283 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $119,446 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 88 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 151
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 103Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 81The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in St. Mary’s 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 St. Mary’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,692+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 42,436
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 321
- Median household income
- $119,446+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,976
- Median home value
- $407,600
- Jobs located here
- 35,732
- Daytime population
- 104,060Residents 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 |
Other business types in St. Mary’s 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 laundry85
- Clothing and shoe stores88
- Laundromats79
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in St. Mary’s County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 clothing and shoe stores in St. Mary’s County. 15 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 103 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Mary’s County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $103.1M a year, or $2,430 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 42,436 households in St. Mary’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
St. Mary’s County has 7.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $3.2M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, St. Mary’s County would have about 81, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,073 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Mary’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary’s County at 116,692 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,436 households. Median household income in St. Mary’s County is $119,446, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. St. Mary’s County scores 88 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #41 of 2,087 scored counties.
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