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Clothing and shoe stores in Sullivan County, NH

How Sullivan County, NH 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 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #49 of 2,087 scored counties
#1 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,238 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
4.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
78% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,961
+2.1% 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

Sullivan County scores 87 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #49 of 2,087 scored counties and #1 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.

Households in Sullivan County spend about $37.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,238 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 clothing and shoe stores, that is $6.2M per store, 4.9 times 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 6 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Sullivan County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 78% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Sullivan County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 5,539 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show Sullivan County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sullivan County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Sullivan County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureSullivan CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.616.216.2
Spending per listing$6.2M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment5,5391,1211,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.7%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,238$2,540$2,055
Median household income$80,858$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score8761

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,961+2.1% since 2020
Households
16,618
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
538 sq. mi.
People per square mile
81
Median household income
$80,858+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,975
Median home value
$268,700
Jobs located here
13,461
Daytime population
36,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across New Hampshire

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The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Sullivan County marked.

Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sullivan County, NH8763.6$6.2M+2.1%#49 of 2,087
2Strafford County, NH87397.5$3.2M+3.0%#54 of 2,087
3Merrimack County, NH80498.0$3.1M+2.6%#155 of 2,087
4Coos County, NH7285.7$3.4M+0.4%#310 of 2,087
5Cheshire County, NH674013.1$1.7M+2.3%#473 of 2,087
6Grafton County, NH565915.9$1.5M+2.2%#823 of 2,087
7Hillsborough County, NH5429217.3$1.5M+2.5%#893 of 2,087
8Rockingham County, NH5027821.8$1.3M+3.0%#1,057 of 2,087
9Belknap County, NH445520.9$1.1M+2.1%#1,267 of 2,087
10Carroll County, NH377433.9$691K+5.0%#1,524 of 2,087

Other business types in Sullivan County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Sullivan County, NH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 clothing and shoe stores in Sullivan County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. 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. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sullivan County, NH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $37.2M a year, or $2,238 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 16,618 households in Sullivan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sullivan County has 3.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 78% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $6.2M, 4.9 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Sullivan County would have about 29, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,539 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Sullivan County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Sullivan County at 43,961 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,618 households. Median household income in Sullivan County is $80,858, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Sullivan County scores 87 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #49 of 2,087 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in Sullivan County

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