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Clothing and shoe stores in Bexar County, TX

The clothing and shoe stores in Bexar County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,063 of 2,087 scored counties
#68 of 148 scored counties in Texas

Listings
1,196
675 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
596
−15.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.4B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,879 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.9
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,160,088
+7.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,196 clothing and shoe stores in Bexar County. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 15.9 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,879 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Bexar County spend about $1.4B a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.2M per store, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Bexar County was 596 in 2023, down 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,260 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 1,244 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Bexar County.

Population estimates put the population change in Bexar County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Bexar County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,063 of 2,087 scored counties and #68 of 148 scored counties in Texas.

How Bexar County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Bexar County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBexar CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.917.616.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,2601,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−15.6%−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,879$1,983$2,055
Median household income$72,341$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5046

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
706 → 596−15.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
10,431
Annual payroll, 2023
$220.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,244Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,196675 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$2.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Bexar 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 Bexar County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,160,088+7.2% since 2020
Households
750,939
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,241 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,667
Median household income
$72,341+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,061
Median home value
$262,200
Jobs located here
956,308
Daytime population
2,121,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Bexar County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX93406.1$3.4M+15.8%#13 of 2,087
2Waller County, TX92126.5$3.1M+21.9%#15 of 2,087
3Medina County, TX84147.9$2.4M+11.4%#96 of 2,087
4Denton County, TX843589.9$2.4M+16.9%#97 of 2,087
5Wise County, TX843011.9$1.7M+21.5%#99 of 2,087
6Bastrop County, TX81359.5$2.1M+21.3%#145 of 2,087
7Ellis County, TX808011.1$1.9M+24.0%#163 of 2,087
8Caldwell County, TX79137.8$2.3M+20.0%#173 of 2,087
9Chambers County, TX791911.0$2M+22.6%#176 of 2,087
10Wilson County, TX792413.2$1.6M+12.2%#178 of 2,087
68Bexar County, TX501,19615.9$1.2M+7.2%#1,063 of 2,087

Other business types in Bexar County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Bexar County, TX?

Bexar County has 1,196 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 675 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 596 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 15.6% from 2019. Official counts list 1,244 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bexar County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $1.4B a year, or $1,879 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,196 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per store. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 750,939 households in Bexar County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bexar County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Bexar County has 15.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Bexar County would have about 1,110, against 1,196 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,260 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Bexar County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Bexar County at 2,160,088 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 750,939 households. The median household income in Bexar County is $72,341 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Bexar County scores 50 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #1,063 of 2,087 scored counties.

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