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Clothing and shoe stores in Barry County, MO

How Barry County, MO 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #415 of 2,087 scored counties
#11 of 71 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,775 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,200
+4.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Barry County spend about $23.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,775 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per store, 33% above 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 14 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Barry County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 14%, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Barry County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 4,445 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Barry County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Barry County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #415 of 2,087 scored counties and #11 of 71 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Barry County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Barry County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureBarry CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.515.216.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment4,4451,4821,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,775$1,939$2,055
Median household income$58,346$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$322K
One-person businesses, 2023
28Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Barry 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 Barry County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,200+4.8% since 2020
Households
13,336
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
778 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$58,346+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,612
Median home value
$187,800
Jobs located here
14,929
Daytime population
37,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Barry County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, MO9085.8$3.5M+9.2%#27 of 2,087
2Lincoln County, MO88208.8$2.3M+11.4%#48 of 2,087
3Cass County, MO87327.4$2.8M+7.1%#57 of 2,087
4Jefferson County, MO81677.6$2.6M+2.7%#143 of 2,087
5Clay County, MO79929.0$2.3M+4.3%#172 of 2,087
6Christian County, MO783911.1$1.8M+8.3%#187 of 2,087
7Lafayette County, MO74118.7$2.3M+1.4%#262 of 2,087
8Franklin County, MO71419.5$2M+3.1%#353 of 2,087
9St. Charles County, MO7119312.0$2M+4.9%#354 of 2,087
10Lawrence County, MO7096.2$2.8M+3.7%#368 of 2,087
11Barry County, MO691410.5$1.7M+4.8%#415 of 2,087

Other business types in Barry County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Barry County, MO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 clothing and shoe stores in Barry County. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Barry County, MO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $23.7M a year, or $1,775 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 13,336 households in Barry County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Barry County, MO compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Barry County has 10.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Barry County would have about 19, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,445 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Barry County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Barry County at 36,200 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,336 households. Median household income in Barry County is $58,346, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.4%, 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. Barry County scores 69 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #415 of 2,087 scored counties.

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