Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Missouri
Clothing and shoe stores in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area
How the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #266 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 146
- 65 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- −13.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $140.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,765 a household
- Spending per listing
- $961K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,796
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 146 clothing and shoe stores in the Joplin metro area. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 18.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Joplin metro area comes to about $140.4M a year: $1,765 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 146 clothing and shoe stores, that is $961K per store, 24% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Joplin metro area was 55 in 2023, down 13.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,446 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 129 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Joplin metro area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Joplin metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #266 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Joplin metro area 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.
| Measure | Joplin metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 15.2 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $961K | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,446 | 1,482 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.1% | −14.8% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,765 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,901 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55−13.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 677
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 129Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14665 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 111The 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 the Joplin metro area, 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 the Joplin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,796+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 79,505
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $61,901
- Average household income
- $80,895
- Median home value
- $165,500
- Jobs located here
- 85,555
- Daytime population
- 203,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Joplin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson City, MO | 69 | 75 | 12.8 | $1.5M | +2.2% | #67 of 387 |
| 2Kansas City, MO-KS | 66 | 1,300 | 14.5 | $1.5M | +3.4% | #86 of 387 |
| 3St. Louis, MO-IL | 58 | 1,695 | 14.6 | $1.4M | −0.2% | #149 of 387 |
| 4Columbia, MO | 57 | 123 | 14.2 | $1.4M | +3.9% | #159 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 53 | 301 | 15.1 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #189 of 387 |
| 6St. Joseph, MO-KS | 44 | 69 | 14.7 | $1.2M | −2.0% | #236 of 387 |
| 7Joplin, MO-KS | 41 | 146 | 18.4 | $961K | +3.9% | #266 of 387 |
| 8Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 27 | 90 | 23.5 | $781K | +1.7% | #332 of 387 |
Other business types in the Joplin metro area
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 laundry42
- Clothing and shoe stores41
- Laundromats33
- Dry cleaners71
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area?
The Joplin metro area has 146 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 65 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 13.1% from 2019. Another 129 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $140.4M a year, or $1,765 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 146 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $961K 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 79,505 households in the Joplin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Joplin metro area has 18.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $961K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Joplin metro area would have about 111, against 146 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,446 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Joplin, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Joplin metro area at 208,796 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,505 households. The median household income in the Joplin metro area is $61,901 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Joplin metro area scores 41 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas.
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