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Clothing and shoe stores in Dallas County, TX

How Dallas County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,480 of 2,087 scored counties
#92 of 148 scored counties in Texas

Listings
2,039
834 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
913
−9.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.9B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,966 a household
Spending per listing
$947K
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.7
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,661,397
+1.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,039 clothing and shoe stores in Dallas County. 834 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 20.7 for every 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,966 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Dallas County spend about $1.9B a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 2,039 clothing and shoe stores, that is $947K per store, 25% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 913 businesses with payroll in Dallas County classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 9.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,076 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 3,053 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $11.8M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Dallas County.

Population estimates put the population change in Dallas County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Dallas County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,480 of 2,087 scored counties and #92 of 148 scored counties in Texas.

How Dallas 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 Dallas County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureDallas CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.717.616.2
Spending per listing$947K$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,0761,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−9.2%−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,966$1,983$2,055
Median household income$76,547$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3846

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,006 → 913−9.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
13,719
Annual payroll, 2023
$378.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
3,053Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2,039834 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,521The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
20
Amount
$11.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,661,397+1.9% since 2020
Households
982,737
Median age
35.4
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
873 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3,002
Median household income
$76,547+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,403
Median home value
$303,000
Jobs located here
1,894,804
Daytime population
3,279,819Residents 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 Dallas 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
92Dallas County, TX382,03920.7$947K+1.9%#1,480 of 2,087

Other business types in Dallas County

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

Questions

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

There are 2,039 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Dallas County as of September 2026. 834 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 913 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 9.2% from 2019. Official counts list 3,053 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $1.9B a year, or $1,966 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,039 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $947K 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 982,737 households in Dallas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dallas County has 20.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $947K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Dallas County would have about 1,521, against 2,039 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,076 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Dallas County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Dallas County at 2,661,397 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 982,737 households. The median household income in Dallas County is $76,547 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Dallas County scores 38 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,480 of 2,087 scored counties.

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