Industry · NAICS 448

Clothing and accessories stores

The United States has 122,162 employer establishments in clothing and accessories stores (3.6 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,505,822 people at an average annual pay of $25,830, plus 320,792 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
122,162
320,792 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
3.6
Paid employees
1,505,822
Average annual pay
$25,830

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Clothing and accessories stores by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Sunbury, PA108,107813,5130.70.20×28$17,67962
2Pottsville, PA143,8921211,9910.80.23×57$48,42187
3Anderson Creek, NC141,7721211,8140.80.23×72$17,069119
4Lebanon, PA144,7061410,33610.27×124$20,452107
5Salem, OH100,0601010,00610.28×53$18,32151
6Springfield, OH135,342149,66710.29×176$16,70566
7Lexington Park, MD209,995248,7501.10.32×354$25,975161
8Greeley, CO360,971438,3951.20.33×465$21,602287
9Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607138,2011.20.34×121$18,57054
10Monroe, MI155,563198,1881.20.34×139$21,22398
11Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH113,680148,1201.20.34×207$16,01458
12Torrington, CT113,508148,1081.20.34×129$45,55895
13Homosassa Springs, FL166,667217,9371.30.35×321$18,162103
14Show Low, AZ109,197147,8001.30.35×138$22,77565
15Roseburg, OR112,442157,4961.30.37×170$18,77662
16Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ223,586307,4531.30.37×375$22,101128
17Moses Lake, WA103,035147,3601.40.37×203$21,10367
18Holland, MI121,935177,1731.40.38×80$26,48879
19Lewiston-Auburn, ME114,587167,1621.40.38×227$21,73671
20Sheboygan, WI117,891176,9351.40.40×175$19,21180
21Chambersburg, PA158,181236,8771.50.40×237$22,899118
22Richmond-Berea, KY127,624196,7171.50.41×267$17,71998
23Merced, CA294,319446,6891.50.41×679$21,580180
24Yuba City, CA184,402286,5861.50.42×393$25,239119
25Albany, OR131,591206,5801.50.42×217$23,40682

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $10.5M on contracts under NAICS 458, 448 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (62 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Athens, OH$9.7M92%
    6 awards
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$297.4K2.8%
    6 awards
  3. Lexington-Fayette, KY$185.3K1.8%
    8 awards
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$138.2K1.3%
    1 award
  5. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$69.6K0.7%
    1 award
  6. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$36.4K0.3%
    3 awards
  7. Columbus, GA-AL$36K0.3%
    3 awards
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$28.9K0.3%
    4 awards
  9. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$28K0.3%
    3 awards
  10. Richmond, VA$27.1K0.3%
    1 award

Counties

  1. Athens County, OH$9.7M92%
    6 awards
  2. District of Columbia, DC$276.4K2.6%
    5 awards
  3. Fayette County, KY$185.3K1.8%
    8 awards
  4. Essex County, MA$138.2K1.3%
    1 award
  5. Williamson County, TX$69.6K0.7%
    1 award
  6. Chattahoochee County, GA$36K0.3%
    3 awards
  7. Norfolk city, VA$35.7K0.3%
    2 awards
  8. Essex County, NJ$28K0.3%
    3 awards
  9. Hopewell city, VA$27.1K0.3%
    1 award
  10. Washtenaw County, MI$22K0.2%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. Nelsonville city, OH$1.1M11%
    6 awards
  2. Washington city, DC$276.4K2.6%
    5 awards
  3. Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY$185.2K1.8%
    8 awards
  4. Leander city, TX$36.3K0.3%
    1 award
  5. Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government, GA$36K0.3%
    3 awards
  6. Norfolk city, VA$35.7K0.3%
    2 awards
  7. Hopewell city, VA$27.1K0.3%
    1 award
  8. Los Angeles city, CA$19.3K0.2%
    1 award
  9. Andover CDP, MA$16.1K0.2%
    1 award
  10. Costa Mesa city, CA$9,5400.1%
    3 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)