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Clothing and shoe stores in Clark County, WA
How Clark County, WA 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 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #127 of 2,087 scored counties
#2 of 29 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 138
- 66 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- −21.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $389.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,987 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 532,119
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Clark County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #127 of 2,087 scored counties and #2 of 29 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
At $1,987 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Clark County spend about $389.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Clark County has 138 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Clark County was 63 in 2023, down 21.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,111 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Clark County. Population estimates put the population change in Clark County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clark County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Clark County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 10.8 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,111 | 1,857 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −21.2% | −15.8% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,987 | $2,048 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $97,536 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80 → 63−21.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 946
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 272Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13866 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 307The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Clark 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 Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 532,119+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 196,017
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 629 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 823
- Median household income
- $97,536+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $125,385
- Median home value
- $522,900
- Jobs located here
- 180,756
- Daytime population
- 458,006Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Washington, with Clark County marked.
Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mason County, WA | 83 | 5 | 1.9 | $9.4M | +7.8% | #100 of 2,087 |
| 2Clark County, WA | 82 | 138 | 7.0 | $2.8M | +5.3% | #127 of 2,087 |
| 3Kittitas County, WA | 77 | 12 | 6.0 | $3M | +4.2% | #190 of 2,087 |
| 4Stevens County, WA | 72 | 11 | 5.7 | $2.9M | +6.6% | #312 of 2,087 |
| 5Kitsap County, WA | 72 | 93 | 8.6 | $2.4M | +2.7% | #321 of 2,087 |
| 6Island County, WA | 71 | 17 | 4.7 | $4M | −1.5% | #335 of 2,087 |
| 7Pierce County, WA | 71 | 302 | 8.6 | $2.3M | +2.5% | #347 of 2,087 |
| 8Franklin County, WA | 70 | 36 | 12.0 | $1.5M | +5.6% | #388 of 2,087 |
| 9Snohomish County, WA | 69 | 356 | 11.3 | $1.9M | +4.9% | #409 of 2,087 |
| 10Whitman County, WA | 68 | 10 | 5.3 | $3M | +1.5% | #420 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Clark County
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 laundry80
- Clothing and shoe stores82
- Laundromats85
- Dry cleaners74
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Clark County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 138 clothing and shoe stores in Clark County. 66 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 21.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 272 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clark County, WA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $389.5M a year, or $1,987 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 138 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 196,017 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clark County, WA compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Clark County has 7.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.8M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Clark County would have about 307, against 138 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,111 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 21.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Clark County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Clark County at 532,119 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 196,017 households. Median household income in Clark County is $97,536, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Clark County scores 82 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #127 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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