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Clothing and shoe stores in Fayette County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Fayette County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 84 out of 100: High
Ranked #86 of 2,087 scored counties
#2 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,980 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,071
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Fayette County is 84 (high), #86 of 2,087 scored counties and #2 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Fayette County comes to about $34.1M a year: $1,980 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Fayette County has 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 60% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Fayette County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,868 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show Fayette County grew 7.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fayette County 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 | Fayette County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 17.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,868 | 1,241 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,980 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $88,456 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 84 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $452K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 95Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,071+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 17,210
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $88,456+45.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,294
- Median home value
- $340,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,545
- Daytime population
- 31,789Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Loudon County, TN | 88 | 17 | 7.1 | $2.8M | +15.6% | #45 of 2,087 |
| 2Fayette County, TN | 84 | 11 | 6.4 | $3.1M | +7.7% | #86 of 2,087 |
| 3Robertson County, TN | 81 | 26 | 9.2 | $2.1M | +9.9% | #147 of 2,087 |
| 4Cheatham County, TN | 77 | 13 | 8.0 | $2.4M | +4.1% | #198 of 2,087 |
| 5Anderson County, TN | 76 | 23 | 7.0 | $2.6M | +6.1% | #213 of 2,087 |
| 6Roane County, TN | 76 | 18 | 7.9 | $2.3M | +7.0% | #219 of 2,087 |
| 7Jefferson County, TN | 75 | 14 | 6.4 | $2.7M | +9.3% | #235 of 2,087 |
| 8Blount County, TN | 75 | 48 | 8.6 | $2.2M | +6.0% | #240 of 2,087 |
| 9Sumner County, TN | 74 | 84 | 10.7 | $1.9M | +9.2% | #269 of 2,087 |
| 10Marion County, TN | 73 | 6 | 5.1 | $3.3M | +3.2% | #275 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Fayette 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 laundry86
- Clothing and shoe stores84
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Fayette County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 clothing and shoe stores in Fayette County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 95 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fayette County, TN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $34.1M a year, or $1,980 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 17,210 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, TN compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Fayette County has 6.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $3.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Fayette County would have about 27, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,868 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 45,071 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,210 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $88,456, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.7%, 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. Fayette County scores 84 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #86 of 2,087 scored counties.
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