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Clothing and shoe stores in Kendall County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Kendall County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #692 of 2,087 scored counties
#45 of 148 scored counties in Texas

Listings
42
1 chain location (2%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,392 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.7
46% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,289
+19.6% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Kendall County comes to about $42.4M a year: $2,392 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

There are 42 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Kendall County as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.7, 46% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Kendall County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,774 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Kendall County grew 19.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Kendall County is 60 (upper middle), #692 of 2,087 scored counties and #45 of 148 scored counties in Texas.

How Kendall 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 Kendall County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKendall CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.717.616.2
Spending per listing$1M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,7741,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+19.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,392$1,983$2,055
Median household income$114,962$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6046

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 10
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
39Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
421 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
53,289+19.6% since 2020
Households
17,741
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
663 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$114,962+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$160,855
Median home value
$512,700
Jobs located here
19,504
Daytime population
47,486Residents 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 Kendall 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
45Kendall County, TX604223.7$1M+19.6%#692 of 2,087

Other business types in Kendall County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 42 clothing and shoe stores in Kendall County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 39 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $42.4M a year, or $2,392 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 17,741 households in Kendall County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kendall County has 23.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Kendall County would have about 33, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,774 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Kendall County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Kendall County at 53,289 people in 2025, up 19.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,741 households. Median household income in Kendall County is $114,962, 42% above 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. Kendall County scores 60 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #692 of 2,087 scored counties.

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