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Clothing and shoe stores in Broome County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Broome County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #887 of 2,087 scored counties
#43 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 104
- 60 chain locations (58%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- −22.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $166.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,033 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 195,736
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,033 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Broome County spend about $166.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 104 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.6M per store, 26% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Broome County has 104 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 58% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 48 businesses with payroll in Broome County classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 22.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,708 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 77 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $412K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Broome County.
Population estimates show Broome County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing and shoe stores, Broome County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #887 of 2,087 scored counties and #43 of 60 scored counties in New York.
How Broome County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Broome County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 19.3 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,708 | 1,039 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −22.6% | −16.7% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,033 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $62,616 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62 → 48−22.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 658
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 77Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10460 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 131The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $412K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Broome 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 Broome County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 195,736−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 82,005
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 706 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $62,616+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,128
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 82,220
- Daytime population
- 201,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Putnam County, NY | 88 | 23 | 6.5 | $4.5M | +1.4% | #39 of 2,087 |
| 2Sullivan County, NY | 88 | 20 | 6.4 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #40 of 2,087 |
| 3Schenectady County, NY | 84 | 50 | 7.5 | $3M | +3.0% | #87 of 2,087 |
| 4Wayne County, NY | 83 | 17 | 4.4 | $4.7M | +0.1% | #102 of 2,087 |
| 5Oswego County, NY | 82 | 14 | 3.0 | $7M | +1.0% | #114 of 2,087 |
| 6Rensselaer County, NY | 82 | 37 | 5.5 | $4.2M | −0.2% | #120 of 2,087 |
| 7Schoharie County, NY | 81 | 5 | 3.9 | $5.4M | +1.4% | #136 of 2,087 |
| 8Madison County, NY | 81 | 13 | 5.0 | $4.4M | −1.2% | #137 of 2,087 |
| 9Montgomery County, NY | 81 | 12 | 6.1 | $3.3M | +1.1% | #141 of 2,087 |
| 10Greene County, NY | 80 | 11 | 5.9 | $3.8M | −1.1% | #151 of 2,087 |
| 43Broome County, NY | 54 | 104 | 12.7 | $1.6M | −1.2% | #887 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Broome 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 laundry49
- Clothing and shoe stores54
- Laundromats44
- Dry cleaners44
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Broome County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 104 clothing and shoe stores in Broome County. 60 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 22.6% from 2019. Official counts list 77 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Broome County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $166.7M a year, or $2,033 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 82,005 households in Broome County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Broome County, NY compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Broome County has 12.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.6M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Broome County would have about 131, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,708 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 22.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Broome County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Broome County at 195,736 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 82,005 households. Median household income in Broome County is $62,616, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Broome County scores 54 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #887 of 2,087 scored counties.
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