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Clothing and shoe stores in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #141 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington

Listings
158
75 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
71
−14.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$204M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,890 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.6
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
324,334
+6.5% 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 158 clothing and shoe stores in the Kennewick-Richland metro area. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.6, 10% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,890 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Kennewick-Richland metro area spend about $204M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 158 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.3M per store, 2% above 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Kennewick-Richland metro area was 71 in 2023, down 14.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 134 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Kennewick-Richland metro area.

Population estimates show the Kennewick-Richland metro area grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kennewick-Richland metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #141 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington.

How the Kennewick-Richland metro area 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureKennewick-Richland metro areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.610.816.2
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.9M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,5201,8571,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.5%−15.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,890$2,048$2,055
Median household income$89,010$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5987

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
71−14.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,093
Annual payroll, 2023
$23.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
134Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
15875 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
161The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Kennewick-Richland 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 Kennewick-Richland metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
324,334+6.5% since 2020
Households
107,936
Median age
35.4
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,942 sq. mi.
People per square mile
106
Median household income
$89,010+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,562
Median home value
$397,900
Jobs located here
130,459
Daytime population
304,924Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Washington

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kennewick-Richland metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in Washington ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA81938.6$2.4M+2.7%#15 of 387
2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA801,84511.5$2M+3.3%#18 of 387
3Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA761028.6$2.2M+2.8%#29 of 387
4Longview-Kelso, WA73378.4$2M+3.5%#44 of 387
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA701,22412.1$1.7M+1.0%#60 of 387
5Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA6526611.2$1.6M+3.5%#89 of 387
6Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA636813.0$1.4M+2.4%#108 of 387
7Bellingham, WA6312713.5$1.4M+3.9%#113 of 387
8Kennewick-Richland, WA5915814.6$1.3M+6.5%#141 of 387
Lewiston, ID-WA582810.5$1.6M+1.5%#144 of 387

Other business types in the Kennewick-Richland metro area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area?

There are 158 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Kennewick-Richland metro area as of September 2026. 75 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 14.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 134 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $204M a year, or $1,890 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 158 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 107,936 households in the Kennewick-Richland metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Kennewick-Richland metro area has 14.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.3M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Kennewick-Richland metro area would have about 161, against 158 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kennewick-Richland metro area at 324,334 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,936 households. The median household income in the Kennewick-Richland metro area is $89,010 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. The Kennewick-Richland metro area scores 59 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #141 of 387 scored metro areas.

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