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Clothing and shoe stores in Beaver County, PA

How Beaver County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #344 of 2,087 scored counties
#26 of 61 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
61
26 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
24
−22.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$153.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,118 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
98% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.4
48% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
166,032
−1.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 clothing and shoe stores in Beaver County. Of those, 26 are chain locations, or 43%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 48% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Beaver County comes to about $153.1M a year: $2,118 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 61 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.5M per store, 98% 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 24 businesses with payroll in Beaver County classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 22.6% from 2019. That is one for every 3,011 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 78 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Beaver County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Beaver County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Beaver County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #344 of 2,087 scored counties and #26 of 61 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Beaver County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Beaver County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureBeaver CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.413.716.2
Spending per listing$2.5M$1.7M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,0111,5661,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−22.6%−18.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,118$2,270$2,055
Median household income$71,089$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score7172

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
31 → 24−22.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
338
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
78Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6126 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
121The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$15K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Beaver 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 Beaver County

Population, 2025 estimate
166,032−1.1% since 2020
Households
72,257
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
383
Median household income
$71,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,466
Median home value
$190,900
Jobs located here
50,483
Daytime population
141,776Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Beaver County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA94114.5$5M+7.2%#5 of 2,087
2Lebanon County, PA88254.4$5M+2.2%#37 of 2,087
3Perry County, PA8563.3$6.6M+2.1%#68 of 2,087
4Carbon County, PA85124.4$4.6M+1.7%#69 of 2,087
5Schuylkill County, PA83325.5$3.7M+1.5%#103 of 2,087
6Wayne County, PA82104.8$4.2M+1.1%#119 of 2,087
7Northampton County, PA821149.3$2.6M+3.7%#130 of 2,087
8Franklin County, PA81528.2$2.6M+3.0%#142 of 2,087
9Susquehanna County, PA8085.2$4.1M−0.3%#150 of 2,087
10Chester County, PA8024411.9$2.5M+4.2%#157 of 2,087
26Beaver County, PA71618.4$2.5M−1.1%#344 of 2,087

Other business types in Beaver County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Beaver County, PA?

There are 61 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Beaver County as of September 2026. 26 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 22.6% from 2019. Another 78 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Beaver County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $153.1M a year, or $2,118 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 72,257 households in Beaver County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Beaver County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Beaver County has 8.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.5M, 98% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Beaver County would have about 121, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,011 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 Beaver County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Beaver County at 166,032 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 72,257 households. The median household income in Beaver County is $71,089 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. 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. Beaver County scores 71 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #344 of 2,087 scored counties.

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