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Clothing and shoe stores in Burlington County, NJ

How Burlington County, NJ 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #263 of 2,087 scored counties
#5 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
219
128 chain locations (58%)
Official establishments
107
−20.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$476M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,686 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
71% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
481,439
+4.3% 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 $2,686 per household (31% above the U.S. average), households in Burlington County spend about $476M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 219 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.2M per store, 71% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Burlington County has 219 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 128 are chain locations, or 58%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 107 businesses with payroll in Burlington County classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 20.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,656 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 370 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $742K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Burlington County.

Population estimates put the population change in Burlington County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Burlington County is 74 (upper middle), #263 of 2,087 scored counties and #5 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Burlington County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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 Burlington County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.417.516.2
Spending per listing$2.2M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,6561,0421,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−20.7%−12.9%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,686$2,665$2,055
Median household income$108,111$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score7459

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
135 → 107−20.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,607
Annual payroll, 2023
$31.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
370Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
219128 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
375The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$742K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Burlington 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 Burlington County

Population, 2025 estimate
481,439+4.3% since 2020
Households
177,222
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
799 sq. mi.
People per square mile
585
Median household income
$108,111+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$138,695
Median home value
$354,000
Jobs located here
218,405
Daytime population
443,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across New Jersey

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

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, NJ91316.8$3.6M+3.2%#22 of 2,087
2Sussex County, NJ90325.5$5M+2.9%#25 of 2,087
3Salem County, NJ88104.0$5.6M+2.3%#35 of 2,087
4Hunterdon County, NJ757214.2$2.2M+2.3%#239 of 2,087
5Burlington County, NJ7421912.4$2.2M+4.3%#263 of 2,087
6Somerset County, NJ6819414.8$2.1M+3.5%#435 of 2,087
7Gloucester County, NJ6814613.0$2M+3.3%#439 of 2,087
8Middlesex County, NJ6542913.9$2M+2.6%#524 of 2,087
9Hudson County, NJ6244014.7$1.8M+1.8%#614 of 2,087
10Mercer County, NJ6122715.8$1.7M+3.3%#651 of 2,087

Other business types in Burlington County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Burlington County, NJ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 219 clothing and shoe stores in Burlington County. 128 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 20.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 370 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Burlington County, NJ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $476M a year, or $2,686 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 219 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 177,222 households in Burlington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Burlington County has 12.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.2M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Burlington County would have about 375, against 219 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,656 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Burlington County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Burlington County at 481,439 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,222 households. Median household income in Burlington County is $108,111, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. Burlington County scores 74 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #263 of 2,087 scored counties.

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