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Clothing and shoe stores in Ste. Genevieve County, MO

How Ste. Genevieve 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #649 of 2,087 scored counties
#17 of 71 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,896 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.2
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,689
+1.1% 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

At $1,896 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Ste. Genevieve County spend about $13.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 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.

Ste. Genevieve County has 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 11.2 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Ste. Genevieve County in 2023. That is one for every 2,379 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Ste. Genevieve County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Ste. Genevieve County is 61 (upper middle), #649 of 2,087 scored counties and #17 of 71 scored counties in Missouri.

How Ste. Genevieve 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 Ste. Genevieve County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSte. Genevieve CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.215.216.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,3791,4821,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,896$1,939$2,055
Median household income$66,339$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6148

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$208K
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Ste. Genevieve 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 Ste. Genevieve County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,689+1.1% since 2020
Households
7,137
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
499 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$66,339+10.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,259
Median home value
$222,200
Jobs located here
6,268
Daytime population
16,178Residents 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 Ste. Genevieve 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
17Ste. Genevieve County, MO61811.2$1.7M+1.1%#649 of 2,087

Other business types in Ste. Genevieve County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Ste. Genevieve County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 clothing and shoe stores in Ste. Genevieve County. None of them 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. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $13.5M a year, or $1,896 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 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 7,137 households in Ste. Genevieve County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ste. Genevieve County has 11.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 31% 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, Ste. Genevieve County would have about 11, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,379 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Ste. Genevieve County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Ste. Genevieve County at 18,689 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,137 households. Median household income in Ste. Genevieve County is $66,339, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.3%, 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. Ste. Genevieve County scores 61 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #649 of 2,087 scored counties.

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