Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Tennessee
Clothing and shoe stores in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #347 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 1,034
- 459 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 488
- −13.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $956.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,829 a household
- Spending per listing
- $925K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,341,412
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Memphis metro area is 23 (low), #347 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Memphis metro area comes to about $956.2M a year: $1,829 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 1,034 clothing and shoe stores, that is $925K per store, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
The Memphis metro area has 1,034 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 459 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.8, 22% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 488 businesses with payroll in the Memphis metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 13.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,071 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $905K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Memphis metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Memphis metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Memphis 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 | Memphis metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 17.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $925K | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,071 | 1,241 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.4% | −7.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,829 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,401 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 488−13.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,216
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $128.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,007Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,034459 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 753The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $905K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Memphis 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 Memphis metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,341,412−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 522,879
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $66,401
- Average household income
- $95,119
- Median home value
- $245,900
- Jobs located here
- 640,441
- Daytime population
- 1,368,538Residents 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 Memphis 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 Memphis 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 laundry24
- Clothing and shoe stores23
- Laundromats47
- Dry cleaners29
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,034 clothing and shoe stores in the Memphis metro area. 459 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 488 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 13.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 2,007 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $956.2M a year, or $1,829 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,034 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $925K 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 522,879 households in the Memphis metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Memphis metro area has 19.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $925K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Memphis metro area would have about 753, against 1,034 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,071 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Memphis metro area at 1,341,412 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 522,879 households. Median household income in the Memphis metro area is $66,401, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Memphis metro area scores 23 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #347 of 387 scored metro areas.
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