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Dry cleaners in Chilton County, AL

How Chilton County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$30.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,690 a household
Spending per listing
$30.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
47,708
+5.9% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Chilton County comes to about $30.2M a year: $1,690 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $30.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

There is 1 dry cleaner on map listings in Chilton County as of September 2026. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Chilton County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Chilton County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Chilton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Chilton County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the dry cleaners counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Dry cleaners in Chilton County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureChilton CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.61.01.3
Spending per listing$30.2M$17.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,6128,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−29.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,690$1,778$2,055
Median household income$65,603$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Chilton County, 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 Chilton County

Population, 2025 estimate
47,708+5.9% since 2020
Households
17,875
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
693 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$65,603+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,550
Median home value
$161,300
Jobs located here
9,534
Daytime population
36,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Chilton County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Baldwin County, AL8460.6$31.6M+14.8%#9 of 507
2Madison County, AL65171.0$20M+11.0%#105 of 507
3Tuscaloosa County, AL6470.8$22.9M+3.8%#116 of 507
4Lee County, AL6150.7$24.9M+8.6%#145 of 507
5Shelby County, AL56161.8$11.8M+6.5%#212 of 507
6Morgan County, AL4751.0$17.8M+2.6%#285 of 507
7Jefferson County, AL39311.1$16.2M−1.3%#360 of 507
8Mobile County, AL29251.5$11.1M−0.7%#441 of 507
9Houston County, AL2371.6$10.5M+2.8%#473 of 507
10Montgomery County, AL10182.0$8.7M−1.1%#501 of 507
Chilton County, ALNot scored10.6$30.2M+5.9%

Other business types in Chilton County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Chilton County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 dry cleaner in Chilton County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Chilton County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Chilton County, AL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $30.2M a year, or $1,690 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $30.2M 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 17,875 households in Chilton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chilton County, AL compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Chilton County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Chilton County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Chilton County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Chilton County at 47,708 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,875 households. Median household income in Chilton County is $65,603, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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. Chilton County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in Chilton County

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