Home / Family clothing stores / Maryland

Clothing stores in Maryland

How many clothing stores exist per person present (residents + daytime workers) across the 11 Maryland counties we cover, by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Data: Census ZBP 2023 + ACS 2024 + BLS QCEW.

Includes: Family clothing stores · General apparel shops. Counted together because official statistics use one 448140 code.

State verdict (covered counties): Below the U.S. rate — 80% of the U.S. rate

Counties covered

in Maryland

Clothing stores

358

establishments (2023)

Per 10,000 present

0.6

residents + 0.5×workers

U.S. average

0.7

per 10,000 present

State index

80%

vs. U.S.

Residents

5,435,838

in covered counties

Workers

2,082,811

jobs in covered counties

Coverage. This page aggregates only the 11 Maryland counties BizGapMap covers — not the whole state. Counts and the index reflect those counties. The aggregate index uses only ZIP cells Census published, so it is a lower bound. Density is a supply-side signal: it counts existing clothing stores and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more.

Counties in Maryland

City	County	Clothing stores	Residents	Workers	Per 10k	Index	Verdict
Hagerstown	Washington County	23–57	155,404	60,851	1.2	179–413%	Range spans bands
Annapolis	Anne Arundel County	67–135	579,103	233,423	1.0	139–268%	Range spans bands
Columbia	Howard County	26–64	336,999	188,514	0.6	87–201%	Range spans bands
Rockville	Montgomery County	76–188	1,076,754	436,377	0.6	85–170%	Range spans bands
Owings Mills	Baltimore County	57–131	811,235	333,648	0.6	84–185%	Range spans bands
Beltsville	Prince George's County	58–138	951,497	273,232	0.5	77–152%	Range spans bands
La Plata	Charles County	10–52	170,349	35,482	0.5	77–385%	Range spans bands
Frederick	Frederick County	15–61	299,035	100,227	0.4	62–253%	Range spans bands
Baltimore	Baltimore city	22–68	622,980	291,829	0.3	41–109%	Range spans bands
Bel Air	Harford County	4–42	262,768	79,293	0.1	19–201%	Range spans bands
Westminster	Carroll County	0–24	169,714	49,935	0.0	0–163%	Range spans bands

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

Lowest vs. highest measured density

Fewest competitors per capita

179%

139%

87%

85%

84%

77%

77%

62%

Most competitors per capita

19%

41%

62%

77%

77%

84%

85%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A county with few clothing stores may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. Use the ranking to find where to look, then verify locally.

← All Family clothing stores markets nationwide · Methodology · Data sources

Check a ZIP or city · Search by radius · Answers · Data story · Methodology · Data sources · About · Privacy · Terms · Updates (RSS)

BizGapMap — free, no-login small-business saturation reports for major U.S. counties. Built entirely from public U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS data (ZBP 2023, ACS 2024 5-year, PEP 2024, LODES, QCEW, IRS SOI). No forecasts, no revenue guesses — withheld cells are marked, and the few derived counts are labelled as estimates.