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Clothing and shoe stores in the Green Bay, WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Green Bay, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #75 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 183
- 84 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 77
- −15.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $271.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,994 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 336,756
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Green Bay metro area comes to about $271.4M a year: $1,994 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 183 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.5M per store, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
The Green Bay metro area has 183 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 84 are chain locations, or 46%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 13.4 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Green Bay metro area was 77 in 2023, down 15.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,768 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 176 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Green Bay metro area.
Population estimates show the Green Bay metro area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Green Bay metro area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #75 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Green Bay metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Green Bay metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 12.7 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,768 | 1,839 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.7% | −16.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,994 | $2,003 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $79,267 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77−15.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,047
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 176Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18384 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 214The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Green Bay 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 Green Bay metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 336,756+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 136,101
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,870 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 177
- Median household income
- $79,267+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,173
- Median home value
- $257,300
- Jobs located here
- 173,676
- Daytime population
- 339,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Green Bay metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison, WI | 80 | 360 | 11.9 | $1.8M | +4.1% | #21 of 387 |
| 2Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 76 | 82 | 10.2 | $2M | +0.4% | #31 of 387 |
| 3Sheboygan, WI | 75 | 39 | 7.8 | $2.5M | 0.0% | #33 of 387 |
| 4Fond du Lac, WI | 75 | 36 | 8.3 | $2.3M | +0.5% | #34 of 387 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 2,062 | 14.0 | $1.7M | +2.6% | #50 of 387 |
| 5Wausau, WI | 70 | 74 | 12.8 | $1.5M | +1.0% | #61 of 387 |
| 6Green Bay, WI | 68 | 183 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +2.5% | #75 of 387 |
| 7Janesville-Beloit, WI | 65 | 88 | 13.1 | $1.5M | +1.7% | #93 of 387 |
| 8Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 63 | 899 | 13.7 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #107 of 387 |
| 9Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 63 | 99 | 13.6 | $1.4M | +1.4% | #109 of 387 |
Other business types in the Green Bay 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 laundry70
- Clothing and shoe stores68
- Laundromats56
- Dry cleaners80
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Green Bay, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 183 clothing and shoe stores in the Green Bay metro area. 84 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 15.7% from 2019. Another 176 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Green Bay, WI metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $271.4M a year, or $1,994 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 183 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 136,101 households in the Green Bay metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Green Bay, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Green Bay metro area has 13.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Green Bay metro area would have about 214, against 183 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,768 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Green Bay, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Green Bay metro area at 336,756 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 136,101 households. Median household income in the Green Bay metro area is $79,267, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.0%, 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 Green Bay metro area scores 68 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #75 of 387 scored metro areas.
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