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Clothing and shoe stores in Van Wert County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Van Wert County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #520 of 2,087 scored counties
#29 of 81 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,013
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,796 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Van Wert County spend about $20.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 10 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.1M per store, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Van Wert County has 10 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Van Wert County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,850 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Van Wert County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Van Wert County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #520 of 2,087 scored counties and #29 of 81 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Van Wert County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Van Wert County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 12.9 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,850 | 1,677 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.4% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,796 | $1,954 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $503K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Van Wert 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 Van Wert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,013+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,549
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $67,917+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,591
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,293
- Daytime population
- 25,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Van Wert County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 96 | 11 | 4.5 | $5.3M | +16.5% | #2 of 2,087 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 85 | 77 | 8.4 | $2.9M | +5.7% | #77 of 2,087 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 85 | 17 | 7.8 | $2.5M | +7.4% | #79 of 2,087 |
| 4Madison County, OH | 84 | 8 | 5.1 | $4.1M | +7.1% | #83 of 2,087 |
| 5Lorain County, OH | 83 | 80 | 6.3 | $3.2M | +3.1% | #107 of 2,087 |
| 6Medina County, OH | 82 | 44 | 6.0 | $3.7M | +1.3% | #122 of 2,087 |
| 7Licking County, OH | 82 | 61 | 8.9 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #133 of 2,087 |
| 8Fairfield County, OH | 80 | 56 | 9.3 | $2.3M | +6.5% | #158 of 2,087 |
| 9Knox County, OH | 76 | 17 | 7.2 | $2.7M | +1.9% | #211 of 2,087 |
| 10Clermont County, OH | 76 | 75 | 8.8 | $2.4M | +3.9% | #216 of 2,087 |
| 29Van Wert County, OH | 65 | 10 | 8.7 | $2.1M | +0.3% | #520 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Van Wert 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 laundry69
- Clothing and shoe stores65
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Van Wert County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 clothing and shoe stores in Van Wert County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. 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 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Van Wert County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $20.7M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 11,549 households in Van Wert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Wert County, OH compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Van Wert County has 8.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.1M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Van Wert County would have about 16, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,850 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Van Wert County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Van Wert County at 29,013 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,549 households. Median household income in Van Wert County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Van Wert County scores 65 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #520 of 2,087 scored counties.
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