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Clothing and shoe stores in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #169 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 568
- 204 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 276
- −6.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $711.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,853 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,014,101
- +9.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 568 clothing and shoe stores in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.8, 9% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $1,853 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area spend about $711.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.3M per store, in line with 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 276 businesses with payroll in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 6.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,391 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 680 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area grew 9.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area is 56 (upper middle), #169 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area 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 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 17.3 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,391 | 1,093 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.2% | −7.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,853 | $1,838 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,240 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 276−6.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,570
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 680Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 568204 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 560The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $2.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,014,101+9.0% since 2020
- Households
- 383,842
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,710 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 355
- Median household income
- $71,240+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,317
- Median home value
- $264,600
- Jobs located here
- 442,869
- Daytime population
- 979,975Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 59 | 1,734 | 16.1 | $1.3M | +10.1% | #142 of 387 |
| 1Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 56 | 568 | 14.8 | $1.3M | +9.0% | #169 of 387 |
| 2Spartanburg, SC | 55 | 214 | 14.9 | $1.2M | +14.3% | #176 of 387 |
| 3Columbia, SC | 46 | 534 | 15.7 | $1.2M | +6.0% | #230 of 387 |
| 4Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 42 | 738 | 22.0 | $927K | +10.7% | #258 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 39 | 424 | 18.3 | $1M | +4.7% | #274 of 387 |
| 5Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 38 | 241 | 25.2 | $810K | +12.0% | #283 of 387 |
| 6Sumter, SC | 27 | 62 | 15.1 | $1.1M | −0.3% | #329 of 387 |
| 7Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 25 | 457 | 28.8 | $612K | +20.9% | #343 of 387 |
| 8Florence, SC | 13 | 181 | 23.1 | $726K | +0.9% | #377 of 387 |
Other business types in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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 laundry59
- Clothing and shoe stores56
- Laundromats75
- Dry cleaners51
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area?
There are 568 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area as of September 2026. 204 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 276 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 6.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 680 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $711.2M a year, or $1,853 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 568 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 383,842 households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area has 14.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area would have about 560, against 568 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,391 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area at 1,014,101 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 383,842 households. The median household income in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area is $71,240 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.8% 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. The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area scores 56 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #169 of 387 scored metro areas.
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