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Clothing and shoe stores in the Zanesville, OH area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Zanesville, OH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #199 of 536 scored small-town markets
#23 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
40
21 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$60.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,773 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.6
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,014
+0.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 clothing and shoe stores in the Zanesville area. 21 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 11.6 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Zanesville area comes to about $60.9M a year: $1,773 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per store, 20% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Zanesville area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $8,000 has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Zanesville area.

Population estimates show the Zanesville area grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Zanesville area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #199 of 536 scored small-town markets and #23 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Zanesville area 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Zanesville, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureZanesville areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.612.916.2
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,9091,6771,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.4%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,773$1,954$2,055
Median household income$60,780$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5861

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18
Employees, 2023
260
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
44Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4021 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$8,000

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Zanesville 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 Zanesville area

Population, 2025 estimate
87,014+0.7% since 2020
Households
34,357
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
665 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$60,780+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,210
Median home value
$182,200
Jobs located here
34,629
Daytime population
84,765Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Ohio

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Zanesville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mount Vernon, OH82177.2$2.7M+1.9%#20 of 536
2Sidney, OH79136.9$2.8M−0.2%#31 of 536
3Urbana, OH76106.4$2.9M+0.2%#46 of 536
4Ashland, OH76146.8$2.6M+0.1%#49 of 536
5Marion, OH75156.1$2.9M−0.4%#56 of 536
6Coshocton, OH75106.8$2.5M+1.6%#58 of 536
7Norwalk, OH72177.2$2.5M−0.4%#80 of 536
8Wilmington, OH72148.4$2.2M+0.6%#81 of 536
9Van Wert, OH72108.7$2.1M+0.3%#83 of 536
10Bellefontaine, OH72189.2$2M+0.4%#84 of 536
23Zanesville, OH584011.6$1.5M+0.7%#199 of 536

Other business types in the Zanesville area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Zanesville, OH area?

There are 40 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Zanesville area as of September 2026. 21 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Zanesville, OH area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $60.9M a year, or $1,773 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 34,357 households in the Zanesville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Zanesville, OH area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Zanesville area has 11.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Zanesville area would have about 48, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Zanesville, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Zanesville area at 87,014 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,357 households. The median household income in the Zanesville area is $60,780 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Zanesville area scores 58 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #199 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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