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Dry cleaners in Covington County, AL

How Covington 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$23.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,635 a household
Spending per listing
$12M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
37,947
+1.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in Covington County. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Covington County comes to about $23.9M a year: $1,635 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $12M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Covington County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Covington County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Covington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Covington 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 Covington County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCovington CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.01.3
Spending per listing$12M$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+1.2%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,635$1,778$2,055
Median household income$52,456$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
20 chain locations
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 Covington 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 Covington County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,947+1.2% since 2020
Households
14,642
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,031 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$52,456+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,062
Median home value
$152,100
Jobs located here
11,850
Daytime population
35,530Residents 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 Covington 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
Covington County, ALNot scored21.4$12M+1.2%

Other business types in Covington County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Covington County, AL?

There are 2 dry cleaners on map listings in Covington County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Covington County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $23.9M a year, or $1,635 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $12M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,642 households in Covington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Covington County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending.

How fast is Covington County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Covington County at 37,947 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,642 households. The median household income in Covington County is $52,456 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Covington County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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

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