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Clothing and shoe stores in the Lebanon, MO area

How the Lebanon, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #406 of 536 scored small-town markets
#12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri

Listings
30
12 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,646 a household
Spending per listing
$799K
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.6
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,943
+2.5% 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

The Lebanon area scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #406 of 536 scored small-town markets and #12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $1,646 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Lebanon area spend about $24M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 30 clothing and shoe stores, that is $799K per store, 37% below 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 30 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Lebanon area as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 40%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.6, 27% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Lebanon area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,456 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Lebanon area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Lebanon 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Lebanon, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureLebanon areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.615.216.2
Spending per listing$799K$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,4561,4821,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,646$1,939$2,055
Median household income$53,282$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3548

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
42
Annual payroll, 2023
$814K
One-person businesses, 2023
24Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3012 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 the Lebanon 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 Lebanon area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,943+2.5% since 2020
Households
14,558
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
765 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$53,282+12.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,159
Median home value
$168,400
Jobs located here
14,884
Daytime population
36,882Residents 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 small-town markets in Missouri for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Lebanon area marked.

Top small-town markets in Missouri

Small-town markets in Missouri ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warrensburg, MO672612.3$1.5M+4.9%#122 of 536
2Fort Leonard Wood, MO641810.7$1.7M+0.8%#147 of 536
3Marshall, MO6167.5$2.3M−0.3%#168 of 536
4Rolla, MO611810.4$1.7M+1.6%#171 of 536
5Farmington, MO533514.1$1.2M+2.1%#246 of 536
6Hannibal, MO511711.1$1.6M+0.4%#259 of 536
7Mexico, MO501010.8$1.6M−1.0%#270 of 536
8Sedalia, MO502514.7$1.2M+2.9%#275 of 536
9Moberly, MO491314.1$1.2M+0.2%#285 of 536
10Sikeston, MO433919.7$882K−0.3%#335 of 536
12Lebanon, MO353020.6$799K+2.5%#406 of 536

Other business types in the Lebanon area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Lebanon, MO area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 clothing and shoe stores in the Lebanon area. 12 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lebanon, MO area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $24M a year, or $1,646 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $799K 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 14,558 households in the Lebanon area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Lebanon area has 20.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $799K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Lebanon area would have about 19, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,456 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lebanon, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Lebanon area at 36,943 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,558 households. Median household income in the Lebanon area is $53,282, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Lebanon area scores 35 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #406 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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