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Clothing and shoe stores in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area
How the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #182 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 710
- 340 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 349
- −7.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $897.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,995 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,308,377
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area spend about $897.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,995 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 710 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.3M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
The Salt Lake City-Murray metro area has 710 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 340 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 349 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area in 2023, down 7.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,290 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 795 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $6.9M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area is 54 (upper middle), #182 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah.
How the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Salt Lake City-Murray metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 15.4 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,290 | 1,244 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.2% | −12.3% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,995 | $1,955 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $98,083 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 349−7.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,720
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $131.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 795Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 710340 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 707The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $6.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Salt Lake City-Murray 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 Salt Lake City-Murray metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,308,377+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 450,170
- Median age
- 34.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 7,793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $98,083+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,953
- Median home value
- $515,400
- Jobs located here
- 794,734
- Daytime population
- 1,412,074Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ogden, UT | 69 | 283 | 13.2 | $1.5M | +5.3% | #66 of 387 |
| 2Logan, UT-ID | 60 | 66 | 13.4 | $1.3M | +8.8% | #132 of 387 |
| 3St. George, UT | 57 | 91 | 13.0 | $1.4M | +17.4% | #158 of 387 |
| 4Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 55 | 346 | 16.7 | $1.2M | +14.5% | #174 of 387 |
| 5Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 54 | 710 | 15.8 | $1.3M | +3.8% | #182 of 387 |
Other business types in the Salt Lake City-Murray 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 laundry52
- Clothing and shoe stores54
- Laundromats76
- Dry cleaners44
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 710 clothing and shoe stores in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area. 340 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 349 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 7.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 795 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $897.9M a year, or $1,995 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 710 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 450,170 households in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Salt Lake City-Murray metro area has 15.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area would have about 707, against 710 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,290 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area at 1,308,377 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 450,170 households. Median household income in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro area is $98,083, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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 Salt Lake City-Murray metro area scores 54 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #182 of 387 scored metro areas.
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