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Clothing and shoe stores in Silver Bow County, MT
How Silver Bow County, MT 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,728 of 2,087 scored counties
#13 of 17 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 33
- 9 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,531 a household
- Spending per listing
- $715K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.4
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Silver Bow County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,728 of 2,087 scored counties and #13 of 17 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 clothing and shoe stores in Silver Bow County. 9 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.4, 32% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $1,531 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Silver Bow County spend about $23.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $715K per store, 44% 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 Silver Bow County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,927 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Silver Bow County. Population estimates show Silver Bow County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Silver Bow County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Silver Bow County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.4 | 14.5 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $715K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,927 | 1,504 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,531 | $1,721 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $675K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 339 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
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 67 | 18 | 9.6 | $1.7M | +9.4% | #474 of 2,087 |
| 2Lincoln County, MT | 66 | 5 | 5.5 | $2.6M | +13.1% | #479 of 2,087 |
| 3Lewis and Clark County, MT | 66 | 34 | 10.9 | $1.6M | +5.8% | #504 of 2,087 |
| 4Lake County, MT | 60 | 12 | 9.5 | $1.7M | +6.9% | #679 of 2,087 |
| 5Gallatin County, MT | 44 | 105 | 20.5 | $965K | +7.7% | #1,279 of 2,087 |
| 6Yellowstone County, MT | 43 | 107 | 15.3 | $1.2M | +4.5% | #1,295 of 2,087 |
| 7Park County, MT | 42 | 20 | 23.9 | $725K | +5.7% | #1,348 of 2,087 |
| 8Flathead County, MT | 41 | 80 | 18.1 | $964K | +10.1% | #1,377 of 2,087 |
| 9Fergus County, MT | 40 | 6 | 11.3 | $1.4M | +3.1% | #1,392 of 2,087 |
| 10Cascade County, MT | 39 | 44 | 12.4 | $1.3M | +0.7% | #1,426 of 2,087 |
| 13Silver Bow County, MT | 30 | 33 | 21.4 | $715K | +2.6% | #1,728 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Silver Bow County
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 laundry27
- Clothing and shoe stores30
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Silver Bow County, MT?
Silver Bow County has 33 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 8 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 Silver Bow County, MT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.6M a year, or $1,531 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $715K 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 15,419 households in Silver Bow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Silver Bow County, MT compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Silver Bow County has 21.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $715K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Silver Bow County would have about 19, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,927 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Silver Bow County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Silver Bow County at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. The median household income in Silver Bow County is $61,754 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. Silver Bow County scores 30 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,728 of 2,087 scored counties.
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