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Clothing and shoe stores in the Sevierville, TN area
How the Sevierville, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #483 of 536 scored small-town markets
#15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 217
- 105 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 143
- −9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $69.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,724 a household
- Spending per listing
- $321K
- 75% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.8
- 3.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,342
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Sevierville area scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #483 of 536 scored small-town markets and #15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Sevierville area comes to about $69.6M a year: $1,724 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 217 clothing and shoe stores, that is $321K per store, 75% 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 Sevierville area has 217 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 53.8 for every 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 143 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Sevierville area in 2023, down 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 282 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Sevierville area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sevierville area grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Sevierville 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 | Sevierville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.8 | 17.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $321K | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 282 | 1,241 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.5% | −7.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,724 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $62,581 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 143−9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,975
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 73Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Sevierville 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 Sevierville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,342+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 40,344
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 593 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $62,581+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,623
- Median home value
- $299,000
- Jobs located here
- 50,989
- Daytime population
- 105,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Sevierville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winchester, TN | 77 | 10 | 5.7 | $3M | +6.4% | #39 of 536 |
| 2Athens, TN | 76 | 20 | 7.6 | $2.2M | +8.2% | #53 of 536 |
| 3Newport, TN | 74 | 7 | 4.5 | $3.4M | +5.1% | #64 of 536 |
| 4Crossville, TN | 72 | 18 | 6.4 | $2.6M | +8.0% | #79 of 536 |
| 5Lewisburg, TN | 71 | 20 | 14.7 | $1.2M | +10.5% | #96 of 536 |
| 6Lawrenceburg, TN | 61 | 22 | 12.9 | $1.2M | +6.2% | #176 of 536 |
| 7Greeneville, TN | 60 | 30 | 10.6 | $1.5M | +5.0% | #181 of 536 |
| 8Fayetteville, TN | 57 | 17 | 11.4 | $1.5M | +4.3% | #211 of 536 |
| 9Cookeville, TN | 51 | 94 | 16.0 | $1M | +7.6% | #269 of 536 |
| 10Shelbyville, TN | 48 | 34 | 17.4 | $1M | +9.7% | #296 of 536 |
| 15Sevierville, TN | 24 | 217 | 53.8 | $321K | +2.5% | #483 of 536 |
Other business types in the Sevierville 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 stores24
- Laundromats35
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Sevierville, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 217 clothing and shoe stores in the Sevierville area. 105 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 143 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 9.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 73 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sevierville, TN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $69.6M a year, or $1,724 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 217 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $321K 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 40,344 households in the Sevierville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sevierville, TN area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Sevierville area has 53.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $321K, 75% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Sevierville area would have about 55, against 217 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 282 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sevierville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Sevierville area at 101,342 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,344 households. Median household income in the Sevierville area is $62,581, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Sevierville area scores 24 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #483 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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