Market rankings · Clothing and laundry
Top markets for dry cleaners
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for dry cleaners. The score weighs household spending per shop, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 16,944
- 3,928 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 15,801
- −18.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $265.5B
- On clothing, shoes and related services
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Spending per listing: $15.7M
A site report maps the dry cleaners on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
The U.S. has 16,944 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 3,928 of them (23%) are chain locations. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the U.S. comes to about $265.5B a year: $2,055 per household. Spread across 16,944 dry cleaners, that is $15.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Official counts show 15,801 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the U.S. in 2023, down 18.7% from 2019. They employ 93,512 people, with $2.7B in annual payroll.
The Greeley, CO metro area has the highest market score for dry cleaners among 272 scored metro areas, at 89. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per shop is 2.2 times the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 50% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Urban Honolulu, HI | 70 | 25 | 0.7 | $28.7M | −2.3% |
| 35Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 69 | 42 | 1.0 | $21.6M | +2.8% |
| 38Rochester, NY | 68 | 37 | 0.8 | $26.6M | −0.7% |
| 48Columbus, OH | 65 | 89 | 1.0 | $20.5M | +4.7% |
| 57Pittsburgh, PA | 64 | 100 | 0.9 | $23.7M | −1.3% |
| 64Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 63 | 152 | 0.9 | $23.8M | +3.3% |
| 72Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 62 | 49 | 0.9 | $21.7M | +2.9% |
| 74Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 62 | 83 | 1.0 | $20.4M | +8.7% |
| 82Tulsa, OK | 61 | 35 | 0.9 | $21.3M | +5.1% |
| 85Fresno, CA | 60 | 23 | 0.6 | $28.4M | +3.2% |
| 87Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 60 | 92 | 0.9 | $22.2M | +1.0% |
| 89Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 60 | 51 | 1.0 | $21.3M | −0.8% |
| 95Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 58 | 56 | 1.2 | $21M | +3.0% |
| 105Kansas City, MO-KS | 57 | 101 | 1.1 | $18.7M | +3.4% |
| 106Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 57 | 184 | 1.2 | $18.6M | +2.6% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 89 | 6 | 0.5 | $40.3M | +14.2% |
| 2Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 86 | 6 | 0.6 | $31.6M | +14.8% |
| 3Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 86 | 8 | 0.7 | $30.1M | +9.4% |
| 4Rochester, MN | 84 | 6 | 0.6 | $34.4M | +2.0% |
| 5Portland-South Portland, ME | 83 | 17 | 0.7 | $34.2M | +4.5% |
| 6Madison, WI | 83 | 26 | 0.9 | $25.3M | +4.1% |
| 7Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 82 | 10 | 0.5 | $38.1M | +6.5% |
| 8Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 82 | 7 | 0.6 | $36M | +9.5% |
| 9Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 81 | 8 | 0.7 | $34.2M | +2.0% |
| 10York-Hanover, PA | 81 | 17 | 0.9 | $24.3M | +3.6% |
| 11Green Bay, WI | 80 | 8 | 0.6 | $33.9M | +2.5% |
| 12Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 80 | 5 | 0.6 | $32.4M | +15.7% |
| 13Bend, OR | 79 | 6 | 0.6 | $33.5M | +7.0% |
| 14Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 79 | 5 | 0.8 | $29.8M | +10.4% |
| 15Lancaster, PA | 77 | 19 | 0.9 | $26.1M | +1.9% |
| 16Knoxville, TN | 76 | 27 | 0.7 | $26.1M | +6.9% |
| 17Asheville, NC | 75 | 10 | 0.6 | $30.2M | +3.6% |
| 18Bellingham, WA | 74 | 5 | 0.5 | $34.5M | +3.9% |
| 19Syracuse, NY | 74 | 20 | 0.7 | $29.8M | −1.3% |
| 20Springfield, MO | 74 | 14 | 0.7 | $26M | +5.1% |
| 21Bismarck, ND | 74 | 5 | 0.9 | $23.5M | +4.5% |
| 22Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 74 | 26 | 1.1 | $21.5M | +4.2% |
| 23Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 73 | 6 | 0.5 | $31.2M | +6.5% |
| 24Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 73 | 24 | 0.8 | $22.4M | +11.2% |
| 25Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 72 | 34 | 1.2 | $18.5M | +6.7% |
| 26Joplin, MO-KS | 71 | 5 | 0.6 | $28.1M | +3.9% |
| 27Charlottesville, VA | 71 | 7 | 0.8 | $28M | +3.1% |
| 28Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 71 | 19 | 0.7 | $26.8M | +19.8% |
| 29Urban Honolulu, HI | 70 | 25 | 0.7 | $28.7M | −2.3% |
| 30Stockton-Lodi, CA | 70 | 19 | 0.8 | $25.1M | +5.5% |
| 31Springfield, IL | 69 | 6 | 0.7 | $29.9M | −1.2% |
| 32Wilmington, NC | 69 | 13 | 0.7 | $29.4M | +15.9% |
| 33Erie, PA | 69 | 8 | 0.7 | $28M | −1.8% |
| 34Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 69 | 14 | 0.9 | $21.7M | +4.8% |
| 35Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 69 | 42 | 1.0 | $21.6M | +2.8% |
| 36Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 69 | 37 | 1.1 | $21.4M | +3.0% |
| 37Bloomington, IL | 68 | 5 | 0.7 | $29M | +0.1% |
| 38Rochester, NY | 68 | 37 | 0.8 | $26.6M | −0.7% |
| 39St. George, UT | 68 | 7 | 1.0 | $18M | +17.4% |
| 40Reading, PA | 67 | 13 | 0.8 | $28.1M | +2.7% |
| 41Worcester, MA | 67 | 35 | 1.0 | $24.2M | +3.7% |
| 42Ocala, FL | 67 | 12 | 0.7 | $23.1M | +17.3% |
| 43Anchorage, AK | 66 | 9 | 0.6 | $33.6M | +1.9% |
| 44Salem, OR | 65 | 8 | 0.5 | $35.5M | +2.7% |
| 45Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 65 | 13 | 0.5 | $32.4M | +3.5% |
| 46Johnson City, TN | 65 | 6 | 0.7 | $24.9M | +4.3% |
| 47Huntsville, AL | 65 | 20 | 1.0 | $21.1M | +12.5% |
| 48Columbus, OH | 65 | 89 | 1.0 | $20.5M | +4.7% |
| 49Lincoln, NE | 65 | 14 | 1.0 | $19.8M | +3.3% |
| 50Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 65 | 24 | 1.1 | $17.9M | +13.1% |
Too few small-town markets have 5 or more dry cleaners on map listings to rank them against each other.
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anoka County, MN | 87 | 6 | 0.4 | $52M | +4.7% |
| 2York County, ME | 87 | 5 | 0.5 | $42.6M | +4.8% |
| 3Weld County, CO | 86 | 6 | 0.5 | $40.3M | +14.2% |
| 4Sarpy County, NE | 86 | 6 | 0.8 | $28.4M | +9.0% |
| 5Berkeley County, SC | 85 | 6 | 0.6 | $30.2M | +18.7% |
| 6Johnson County, IN | 85 | 5 | 0.8 | $26.9M | +7.4% |
| 7Scott County, MN | 85 | 6 | 1.1 | $23.7M | +5.1% |
| 8Frederick County, MD | 84 | 8 | 0.8 | $32.4M | +11.0% |
| 9Baldwin County, AL | 84 | 6 | 0.6 | $31.6M | +14.8% |
| 10Warren County, OH | 83 | 5 | 0.5 | $45.1M | +5.7% |
| 11Olmsted County, MN | 82 | 5 | 0.7 | $30.7M | +2.3% |
| 12Hampshire County, MA | 82 | 5 | 0.8 | $29.8M | +10.4% |
| 13Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 80 | 8 | 0.7 | $34.2M | +2.0% |
| 14Okaloosa County, FL | 80 | 5 | 0.6 | $34.1M | +4.6% |
| 15Livingston County, MI | 80 | 6 | 0.8 | $30M | +1.7% |
| 16Brunswick County, NC | 80 | 5 | 0.7 | $25.9M | +26.5% |
| 17Pasco County, FL | 80 | 18 | 0.8 | $24.6M | +19.1% |
| 18York County, PA | 80 | 17 | 0.9 | $24.3M | +3.6% |
| 19Hays County, TX | 80 | 9 | 0.9 | $23.3M | +24.8% |
| 20Dane County, WI | 80 | 24 | 1.0 | $23.1M | +4.9% |
| 21Licking County, OH | 79 | 5 | 0.7 | $28.9M | +3.8% |
| 22Coweta County, GA | 79 | 6 | 1.1 | $20M | +9.2% |
| 23Snohomish County, WA | 78 | 17 | 0.5 | $40.5M | +4.9% |
| 24Washington County, MN | 78 | 11 | 1.0 | $24.1M | +6.9% |
| 25Butler County, PA | 78 | 9 | 1.1 | $21.5M | +3.2% |
Scored: 272 metro areas, 0 small-town markets and 507 counties, each with at least 5 dry cleaners on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on clothing, shoes and related services over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Dry cleaners figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Dry cleaners by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area · 86
- AlaskaTop metro area: Anchorage metro area · 66
- ArizonaTop metro area: Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area · 73
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area · 65
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Stockton-Lodi metro area · 70
- ColoradoTop metro area: Greeley metro area · 89
- ConnecticutTop metro area: Norwich-New London-Willimantic metro area · 81
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 32
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 40
- FloridaTop metro area: Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area · 86
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Augusta-Richmond County metro area · 64
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 70
- IdahoTop metro area: Coeur d’Alene metro area · 64
- IllinoisTop metro area: Springfield metro area · 69
- IndianaTop metro area: Elkhart-Goshen metro area · 63
- IowaTop metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area · 72
- KansasTop metro area: Topeka metro area · 56
- KentuckyTop metro area: Louisville/Jefferson County metro area · 62
- LouisianaTop metro area: Lake Charles metro area · 36
- MaineTop metro area: Portland-South Portland metro area · 83
- MarylandTop metro area: Salisbury metro area · 41
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Amherst Town-Northampton metro area · 79
- MichiganTop metro area: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area · 69
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Rochester metro area · 84
- MississippiTop metro area: Gulfport-Biloxi metro area · 37
- MissouriTop metro area: Springfield metro area · 74
- MontanaTop metro area: Billings metro area · 59
- NebraskaTop metro area: Lincoln metro area · 65
- NevadaTop metro area: Reno metro area · 51
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 57
- New JerseyTop metro area: Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area · 57
- New MexicoTop metro area: Albuquerque metro area · 40
- New YorkTop metro area: Syracuse metro area · 74
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Asheville metro area · 75
- North DakotaTop metro area: Bismarck metro area · 74
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 65
- OklahomaTop metro area: Tulsa metro area · 61
- OregonTop metro area: Bend metro area · 79
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: York-Hanover metro area · 81
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 38
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Spartanburg metro area · 58
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 82
- TennesseeTop metro area: Knoxville metro area · 76
- TexasTop metro area: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area · 54
- UtahTop metro area: St. George metro area · 68
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 51
- VirginiaTop metro area: Charlottesville metro area · 71
- WashingtonTop metro area: Bellingham metro area · 74
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Huntington-Ashland metro area · 63
- WisconsinTop metro area: Madison metro area · 83
- WyomingNo scored metro area
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Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for dry cleaners?
The top 5 are Greeley, CO (89); Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL (86); Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL (86); Rochester, MN (84); and Portland-South Portland, ME (83). The score compares each of 272 scored metro areas with the others for dry cleaners.
How many dry cleaners are in the U.S.?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16,944 dry cleaners in the U.S. 3,928 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 15,801 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023, down 18.7% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $265.5B a year, or $2,055 per household. Spread across the 16,944 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $15.7M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address anywhere in the U.S. It maps the dry cleaners on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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