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Clothing and shoe stores in Aiken County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Aiken County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #836 of 2,087 scored counties
#14 of 40 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 99
- 35 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- +5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $128.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,834 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,515
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Aiken County comes to about $128.2M a year: $1,834 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
There are 99 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Aiken County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.2, 12% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Aiken County was 40 in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,748 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 126 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $600K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Aiken County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aiken County grew 7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Aiken County is 56 (upper middle), #836 of 2,087 scored counties and #14 of 40 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Aiken County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Aiken County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.2 | 17.3 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,748 | 1,093 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.3% | −7.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,834 | $1,838 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $70,609 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 40+5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 437
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 126Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9935 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 101The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $600K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Aiken 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 Aiken County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,515+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 69,916
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,071 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $70,609+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,371
- Median home value
- $218,000
- Jobs located here
- 65,453
- Daytime population
- 171,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Aiken County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dorchester County, SC | 88 | 42 | 6.6 | $2.9M | +10.1% | #43 of 2,087 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 84 | 70 | 7.5 | $2.6M | +18.7% | #93 of 2,087 |
| 3Jasper County, SC | 83 | 7 | 5.3 | $3.3M | +32.2% | #106 of 2,087 |
| 4Lancaster County, SC | 83 | 27 | 6.7 | $2.9M | +18.3% | #111 of 2,087 |
| 5York County, SC | 80 | 116 | 10.2 | $2M | +8.1% | #162 of 2,087 |
| 6Kershaw County, SC | 74 | 27 | 10.0 | $1.8M | +11.6% | #270 of 2,087 |
| 7Laurens County, SC | 70 | 20 | 7.4 | $2.2M | +6.2% | #379 of 2,087 |
| 8Oconee County, SC | 69 | 31 | 9.0 | $2M | +6.3% | #408 of 2,087 |
| 9Edgefield County, SC | 65 | 11 | 11.3 | $1.6M | +16.1% | #535 of 2,087 |
| 10Pickens County, SC | 61 | 58 | 11.1 | $1.6M | +5.7% | #655 of 2,087 |
| 14Aiken County, SC | 56 | 99 | 14.2 | $1.3M | +7.3% | #836 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Aiken 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 laundry57
- Clothing and shoe stores56
- Laundromats71
- Dry cleaners75
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Aiken County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 99 clothing and shoe stores in Aiken County. 35 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 126 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Aiken County, SC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $128.2M a year, or $1,834 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 69,916 households in Aiken County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aiken County, SC compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Aiken County has 14.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.3M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Aiken County would have about 101, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,748 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Aiken County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Aiken County at 181,515 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,916 households. Median household income in Aiken County is $70,609, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.4%, 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. Aiken County scores 56 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #836 of 2,087 scored counties.
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