Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Alabama
Dry cleaners in the Decatur, AL metro area
How the Decatur, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #163 of 272 scored metro areas
#5 of 9 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $112.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $18.8M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,326
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 dry cleaners in the Decatur metro area. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 50%, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
At $1,796 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Decatur metro area spend about $112.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $18.8M per shop, 20% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. 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 the Decatur metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Decatur metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, the Decatur metro area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #163 of 272 scored metro areas and #5 of 9 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Decatur metro area 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.
| Measure | Decatur metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $18.8M | $17.6M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,612 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −29.5% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,796 | $1,778 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,116 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 46 |
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
- 63 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 the Decatur metro area, 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 the Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,326+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 62,667
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $68,116+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,472
- Median home value
- $202,500
- Jobs located here
- 58,542
- Daytime population
- 149,857Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 86 | 6 | 0.6 | $31.6M | +14.8% | #2 of 272 |
| 2Huntsville, AL | 65 | 20 | 1.0 | $21.1M | +12.5% | #47 of 272 |
| 3Tuscaloosa, AL | 64 | 7 | 0.7 | $26.3M | +2.9% | #56 of 272 |
| 4Auburn-Opelika, AL | 52 | 6 | 0.8 | $22.6M | +7.1% | #136 of 272 |
| 5Decatur, AL | 46 | 6 | 1.0 | $18.8M | +2.5% | #163 of 272 |
| 6Birmingham, AL | 41 | 53 | 1.1 | $16.5M | +1.4% | #181 of 272 |
| 7Dothan, AL | 30 | 7 | 1.1 | $14.6M | +3.4% | #232 of 272 |
| 8Mobile, AL | 23 | 25 | 1.5 | $11.1M | −0.7% | #254 of 272 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 22 | 19 | 1.5 | $11.5M | −1.3% | #257 of 272 |
| 9Montgomery, AL | 18 | 23 | 1.5 | $11.6M | +0.9% | #263 of 272 |
Other business types in the Decatur metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry53
- Clothing and shoe stores48
- Laundromats56
- Dry cleaners46
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Decatur, AL metro area?
The Decatur metro area has 6 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in the Decatur metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Decatur, AL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $112.5M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $18.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 62,667 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Decatur metro area has 1.0 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $18.8M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 7, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Decatur, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 160,326 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,667 households. The median household income in the Decatur metro area is $68,116 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. The Decatur metro area scores 46 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #163 of 272 scored metro areas.
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