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Clothing and shoe stores in Pulaski County, MO

How Pulaski 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #819 of 2,087 scored counties
#21 of 71 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
18
10 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,763 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,442
+0.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 clothing and shoe stores in Pulaski County. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Pulaski County comes to about $29.7M a year: $1,763 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per store, 30% above 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Pulaski County in 2023. That is one for every 2,809 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Pulaski County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Pulaski County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #819 of 2,087 scored counties and #21 of 71 scored counties in Missouri.

How Pulaski 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 Pulaski County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasurePulaski CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.715.216.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,8091,4821,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,763$1,939$2,055
Median household income$64,466$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5648

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
43
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1810 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski County

Population, 2025 estimate
54,442+0.8% since 2020
Households
16,851
Median age
30.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
547 sq. mi.
People per square mile
98
Median household income
$64,466+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,072
Median home value
$189,800
Jobs located here
9,976
Daytime population
49,673Residents 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 Pulaski 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
21Pulaski County, MO561810.7$1.7M+0.8%#819 of 2,087

Other business types in Pulaski County

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

Questions

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

Pulaski County has 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (56%) 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 also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $29.7M a year, or $1,763 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 16,851 households in Pulaski County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pulaski County has 10.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Pulaski County would have about 23, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,809 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Pulaski County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Pulaski County at 54,442 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,851 households. The median household income in Pulaski County is $64,466 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Pulaski County scores 56 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #819 of 2,087 scored counties.

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