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Clothing and shoe stores in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #355 of 387 scored metro areas
#19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 284
- 107 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 118
- −19.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $221.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,602 a household
- Spending per listing
- $781K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #355 of 387 scored metro areas and #19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area comes to about $221.8M a year: $1,602 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $781K of household spending for each store on map listings, 39% 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 284 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 107 are chain locations, or 38%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 20.5 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 118 businesses with payroll in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 19.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,173 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area 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.
| Measure | Brownsville-Harlingen metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 17.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $781K | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,173 | 1,233 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −19.7% | −10.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,602 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $52,601 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 118−19.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,873
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 349Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 284107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 175The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $10K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Brownsville-Harlingen 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 138,433
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 478
- Median household income
- $52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,931
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 146,355
- Daytime population
- 405,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 71 | 1,562 | 15.8 | $1.4M | +14.0% | #58 of 387 |
| 2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 60 | 1,459 | 15.1 | $1.3M | +9.5% | #135 of 387 |
| 3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 59 | 4,558 | 17.1 | $1.2M | +10.3% | #143 of 387 |
| 4Killeen-Temple, TX | 58 | 232 | 13.1 | $1.4M | +7.2% | #152 of 387 |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 58 | 5,089 | 17.6 | $1.2M | +10.6% | #154 of 387 |
| 6Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 102 | 18.5 | $1M | +12.8% | #170 of 387 |
| 7Midland, TX | 45 | 154 | 22.1 | $979K | +9.8% | #235 of 387 |
| 8Odessa, TX | 42 | 119 | 18.4 | $1M | +5.0% | #256 of 387 |
| 9College Station-Bryan, TX | 41 | 164 | 15.5 | $1.1M | +6.9% | #263 of 387 |
| 10Corpus Christi, TX | 39 | 278 | 16.5 | $1.1M | +1.1% | #272 of 387 |
| 19Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 22 | 284 | 20.5 | $781K | +3.0% | #355 of 387 |
Other business types in the Brownsville-Harlingen 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 laundry21
- Clothing and shoe stores22
- Laundromats15
- Dry cleaners36
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 284 clothing and shoe stores in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. 107 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 19.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 349 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $221.8M a year, or $1,602 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 284 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $781K 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 138,433 households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 20.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $781K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area would have about 175, against 284 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,173 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 19.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. Median household income in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is $52,601, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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. The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 22 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #355 of 387 scored metro areas.
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