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Clothing and shoe stores in the Tulsa, OK metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Tulsa, OK metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #184 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
628
297 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
263
−16.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$747.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,838 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.5
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,069,273
+5.1% 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

Households in the Tulsa metro area spend about $747.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,838 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per store, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The Tulsa metro area has 628 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 15.5 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 263 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Tulsa metro area in 2023, down 16.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,545 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 606 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $538K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Tulsa metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Tulsa metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Tulsa metro area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #184 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.

How the Tulsa metro area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Tulsa, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureTulsa metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.515.816.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,5451,4471,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−16.3%−13.9%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,838$1,773$2,055
Median household income$69,359$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score5441

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
263−16.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,284
Annual payroll, 2023
$64.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
606Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
628297 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
588The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$538K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,069,273+5.1% since 2020
Households
406,447
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
6,270 sq. mi.
People per square mile
165
Median household income
$69,359+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,898
Median home value
$221,700
Jobs located here
463,622
Daytime population
1,045,426Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Tulsa metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tulsa, OK5462815.5$1.2M+5.1%#184 of 387
2Oklahoma City, OK4891115.9$1.2M+5.8%#215 of 387
Fort Smith, AR-OK2716317.9$933K+3.1%#331 of 387
3Lawton, OK219319.8$844K+0.7%#356 of 387
4Enid, OK154820.1$863K−1.5%#373 of 387

Other business types in the Tulsa metro 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 Tulsa, OK metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 628 clothing and shoe stores in the Tulsa metro area. 297 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 263 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 16.3% from 2019. Another 606 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Tulsa, OK metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $747.2M a year, or $1,838 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 628 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 406,447 households in the Tulsa metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tulsa, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Tulsa metro area has 15.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Tulsa metro area would have about 588, against 628 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,545 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Tulsa, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Tulsa metro area at 1,069,273 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 406,447 households. Median household income in the Tulsa metro area is $69,359, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. The Tulsa metro area scores 54 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #184 of 387 scored metro areas.

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