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Clothing and shoe stores in Cowlitz County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Cowlitz County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #465 of 2,087 scored counties
#14 of 29 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 37
- 9 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,719 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 61% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,885
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Cowlitz County comes to about $75.5M a year: $1,719 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 61% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Cowlitz County has 37 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 8.4 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Cowlitz County in 2023. That is one for every 3,380 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 46 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cowlitz County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Cowlitz County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #465 of 2,087 scored counties and #14 of 29 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cowlitz 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 | Cowlitz County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 10.8 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.9M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,380 | 1,857 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.8% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,719 | $2,048 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $76,531 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 158
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 46Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 379 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 Cowlitz 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 Cowlitz County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,885+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 43,943
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,141 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $76,531+40.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,669
- Median home value
- $397,500
- Jobs located here
- 40,531
- Daytime population
- 95,784Residents 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 Cowlitz 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 |
| 14Cowlitz County, WA | 67 | 37 | 8.4 | $2M | +3.5% | #465 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Cowlitz 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 laundry66
- Clothing and shoe stores67
- Laundromats55
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Cowlitz County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 clothing and shoe stores in Cowlitz County. 9 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 46 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cowlitz County, WA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $75.5M a year, or $1,719 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 43,943 households in Cowlitz County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cowlitz County, WA compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Cowlitz County has 8.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2M, 61% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Cowlitz County would have about 59, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,380 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Cowlitz County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Cowlitz County at 114,885 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,943 households. Median household income in Cowlitz County is $76,531, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.4%, 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. Cowlitz County scores 67 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #465 of 2,087 scored counties.
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