Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Tennessee
Clothing and shoe stores in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #161 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 170
- 79 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 80
- −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $218.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 349,001
- +8.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Clarksville metro area comes to about $218.9M a year: $1,753 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 170 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.3M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
The Clarksville metro area has 170 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 16% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Clarksville metro area was 80 in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,561 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 220 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Clarksville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Clarksville metro area grew 8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Clarksville metro area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #161 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Clarksville 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.
| Measure | Clarksville metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 17.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,561 | 1,241 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | −7.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,753 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,967 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80−1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 919
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 220Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17079 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 172The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Clarksville 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 Clarksville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 349,001+8.5% since 2020
- Households
- 124,867
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,158 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $68,967+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,173
- Median home value
- $253,300
- Jobs located here
- 93,447
- Daytime population
- 310,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Clarksville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cleveland, TN | 63 | 62 | 12.4 | $1.4M | +6.1% | #111 of 387 |
| 2Knoxville, TN | 62 | 505 | 13.4 | $1.4M | +6.9% | #119 of 387 |
| 3Morristown, TN | 60 | 60 | 12.5 | $1.3M | +7.9% | #131 of 387 |
| 4Clarksville, TN-KY | 57 | 170 | 13.6 | $1.3M | +8.5% | #161 of 387 |
| 5Chattanooga, TN-GA | 52 | 362 | 15.6 | $1.2M | +5.3% | #197 of 387 |
| 6Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 48 | 1,599 | 19.3 | $1.1M | +8.7% | #218 of 387 |
| 7Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 43 | 187 | 14.3 | $1.2M | +2.3% | #242 of 387 |
| 8Johnson City, TN | 42 | 125 | 14.0 | $1.2M | +4.3% | #252 of 387 |
| 9Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 23 | 1,034 | 19.8 | $925K | −0.3% | #347 of 387 |
| 10Jackson, TN | 16 | 180 | 24.8 | $675K | +2.2% | #371 of 387 |
Other business types in the Clarksville 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 laundry56
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats45
- Dry cleaners59
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 170 clothing and shoe stores in the Clarksville metro area. 79 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. Official counts list 220 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $218.9M a year, or $1,753 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 170 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 124,867 households in the Clarksville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Clarksville metro area has 13.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 16% 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 U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Clarksville metro area would have about 172, against 170 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,561 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Clarksville metro area at 349,001 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,867 households. Median household income in the Clarksville metro area is $68,967, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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 Clarksville metro area scores 57 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #161 of 387 scored metro areas.
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