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Clothing and shoe stores in Grand Traverse County, MI
How Grand Traverse County, MI 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,727 of 2,087 scored counties
#64 of 68 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 110
- 47 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- −12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $81.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,033 a household
- Spending per listing
- $744K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.3
- 69% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,729
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Grand Traverse County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,727 of 2,087 scored counties and #64 of 68 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Grand Traverse County spend about $81.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,033 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $744K per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Grand Traverse County has 110 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 27.3 for every 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 63 businesses with payroll in Grand Traverse County classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 639 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $344K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Grand Traverse County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand Traverse County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grand Traverse County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Grand Traverse County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.3 | 14.1 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $744K | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 639 | 1,511 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.5% | −13.3% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,033 | $1,975 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $81,647 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 72 → 63−12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 508
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11047 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $344K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,729+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 40,287
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 464 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $81,647+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,300
- Median home value
- $339,400
- Jobs located here
- 46,591
- Daytime population
- 102,841Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Grand Traverse County marked.
Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clinton County, MI | 86 | 10 | 3.2 | $6.8M | +1.6% | #60 of 2,087 |
| 2Barry County, MI | 84 | 9 | 3.7 | $5.4M | +2.2% | #82 of 2,087 |
| 3Lapeer County, MI | 82 | 15 | 4.3 | $4.6M | +1.0% | #117 of 2,087 |
| 4Monroe County, MI | 79 | 37 | 5.9 | $3.4M | +0.7% | #168 of 2,087 |
| 5Newaygo County, MI | 77 | 9 | 4.6 | $3.9M | +3.1% | #189 of 2,087 |
| 6Montcalm County, MI | 77 | 18 | 7.3 | $2.4M | +4.1% | #199 of 2,087 |
| 7Cass County, MI | 73 | 11 | 5.2 | $3.7M | +0.2% | #272 of 2,087 |
| 8Allegan County, MI | 73 | 46 | 10.1 | $2M | +2.1% | #298 of 2,087 |
| 9Hillsdale County, MI | 71 | 11 | 6.2 | $2.9M | 0.0% | #340 of 2,087 |
| 10Shiawassee County, MI | 70 | 20 | 7.1 | $2.6M | −0.4% | #372 of 2,087 |
| 64Grand Traverse County, MI | 30 | 110 | 27.3 | $744K | +1.4% | #1,727 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Grand Traverse 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 laundry30
- Clothing and shoe stores30
- Laundromats57
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Grand Traverse County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 110 clothing and shoe stores in Grand Traverse County. 47 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. Another 52 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grand Traverse County, MI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $81.9M a year, or $2,033 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $744K 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 40,287 households in Grand Traverse County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Traverse County, MI compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Grand Traverse County has 27.3 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $744K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Grand Traverse County would have about 64, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 639 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Grand Traverse County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Grand Traverse County at 96,729 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,287 households. Median household income in Grand Traverse County is $81,647, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, 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. Grand Traverse County scores 30 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,727 of 2,087 scored counties.
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