Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Oregon
Clothing and shoe stores in the Bend, OR metro area
How the Bend, OR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #175 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 170
- 58 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 74
- −25.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $201.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,924 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 266,376
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 170 clothing and shoe stores in the Bend metro area. Of those, 58 are chain locations, or 34%, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $1,924 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Bend metro area spend about $201.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 7% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Bend metro area was 74 in 2023, down 25.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,413 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 182 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $35K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Bend metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bend metro area grew 7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Bend metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #175 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Bend metro area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Bend metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 13.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,413 | 1,600 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −25.5% | −15.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,924 | $1,858 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $89,788 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 74−25.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 776
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 182Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17058 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 158The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $35K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Bend 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 Bend metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 266,376+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 104,529
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 7,778 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $89,788
- Average household income
- $121,236
- Median home value
- $602,600
- Jobs located here
- 104,129
- Daytime population
- 248,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Bend metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corvallis, OR | 76 | 32 | 8.3 | $2.2M | +4.4% | #30 of 387 |
| 2Albany, OR | 71 | 36 | 7.1 | $2.3M | +3.0% | #51 of 387 |
| 3Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 70 | 1,224 | 12.1 | $1.7M | +1.0% | #60 of 387 |
| 4Grants Pass, OR | 60 | 31 | 8.4 | $1.9M | −0.4% | #124 of 387 |
| 5Bend, OR | 55 | 170 | 16.3 | $1.2M | +7.0% | #175 of 387 |
| 6Eugene-Springfield, OR | 54 | 166 | 10.3 | $1.6M | −0.7% | #177 of 387 |
| 7Salem, OR | 40 | 234 | 14.6 | $1.2M | +2.7% | #268 of 387 |
| 8Medford, OR | 35 | 121 | 13.1 | $1.3M | −0.9% | #291 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bend metro area
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 laundry55
- Clothing and shoe stores55
- Laundromats74
- Dry cleaners79
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Bend, OR metro area?
The Bend metro area has 170 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 58 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 25.5% from 2019. Official counts list 182 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bend, OR metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $201.2M a year, or $1,924 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 170 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 104,529 households in the Bend metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bend, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Bend metro area has 16.3 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Bend metro area would have about 158, against 170 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,413 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 25.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bend, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bend metro area at 266,376 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,529 households. The median household income in the Bend metro area is $89,788 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Bend metro area scores 55 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #175 of 387 scored metro areas.
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