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Clothing and shoe stores in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area

How the Chattanooga, TN-GA 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #197 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
362
161 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
168
−12.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$433.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,873 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
594,530
+5.3% 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 Chattanooga metro area spend about $433.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,873 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 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.

There are 362 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Chattanooga metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 161 are chain locations, or 44%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 15.6 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 168 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Chattanooga metro area in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,377 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 347 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Chattanooga metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Chattanooga metro area grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Chattanooga metro area is 52 (upper middle), #197 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Chattanooga metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureChattanooga metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.617.016.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,3771,2411,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.5%−7.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,873$1,842$2,055
Median household income$72,161$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5238

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
168−12.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,098
Annual payroll, 2023
$37.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
347Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
362161 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
341The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$3.1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
594,530+5.3% since 2020
Households
231,335
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,089 sq. mi.
People per square mile
276
Median household income
$72,161+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,295
Median home value
$272,400
Jobs located here
258,793
Daytime population
593,840Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Chattanooga metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cleveland, TN636212.4$1.4M+6.1%#111 of 387
2Knoxville, TN6250513.4$1.4M+6.9%#119 of 387
3Morristown, TN606012.5$1.3M+7.9%#131 of 387
4Clarksville, TN-KY5717013.6$1.3M+8.5%#161 of 387
5Chattanooga, TN-GA5236215.6$1.2M+5.3%#197 of 387
6Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN481,59919.3$1.1M+8.7%#218 of 387
7Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA4318714.3$1.2M+2.3%#242 of 387
8Johnson City, TN4212514.0$1.2M+4.3%#252 of 387
9Memphis, TN-MS-AR231,03419.8$925K−0.3%#347 of 387
10Jackson, TN1618024.8$675K+2.2%#371 of 387

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Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 362 clothing and shoe stores in the Chattanooga metro area. 161 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 168 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 12.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 347 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $433.3M a year, or $1,873 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 362 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 231,335 households in the Chattanooga metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Chattanooga metro area has 15.6 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 Chattanooga metro area would have about 341, against 362 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,377 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Chattanooga metro area at 594,530 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 231,335 households. Median household income in the Chattanooga metro area is $72,161, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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 Chattanooga metro area scores 52 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #197 of 387 scored metro areas.

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