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Clothing and shoe stores in the Carson City, NV metro area
How the Carson City, NV 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #126 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada
- Listings
- 25
- 9 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,714 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,571
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 clothing and shoe stores in the Carson City metro area. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Carson City metro area comes to about $40.6M a year: $1,714 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per store, 28% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Carson City metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,962 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $327K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Carson City metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Carson City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Carson City metro area is 60 (upper middle), #126 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada.
How the Carson City metro area compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Carson City metro area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 18.5 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $973K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,962 | 971 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,714 | $1,796 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,355 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 151
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 259 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $327K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Carson City 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 Carson City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,571−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,692
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 404
- Median household income
- $72,355+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,042
- Median home value
- $453,000
- Jobs located here
- 29,300
- Daytime population
- 60,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nevada market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Nevada for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Nevada, with the Carson City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carson City, NV | 60 | 25 | 10.6 | $1.6M | −0.2% | #126 of 387 |
| 2Reno, NV | 59 | 304 | 13.5 | $1.4M | +5.0% | #138 of 387 |
| 3Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 28 | 1,815 | 21.0 | $845K | +5.8% | #327 of 387 |
Other business types in the Carson City 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 laundry53
- Clothing and shoe stores60
- Laundromats11
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Carson City, NV metro area?
The Carson City metro area has 25 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (36%) 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. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Carson City, NV metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $40.6M a year, or $1,714 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 23,692 households in the Carson City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Carson City, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Carson City metro area has 10.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.6M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Carson City metro area would have about 32, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,962 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is the Carson City, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Carson City metro area at 58,571 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,692 households. The median household income in the Carson City metro area is $72,355 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. The Carson City metro area scores 60 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #126 of 387 scored metro areas.
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