Groundwork

Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Alaska

Dry cleaners in the Anchorage, AK metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Anchorage, AK metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #43 of 272 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Alaska

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$302.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,039 a household
Spending per listing
$33.6M
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
405,821
+1.9% since 2020

See the dry cleaners around any address in the Anchorage metro area

The site report maps the dry cleaners on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Anchorage metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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 9 dry cleaners in the Anchorage metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

At $2,039 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Anchorage metro area spend about $302.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $33.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.2 times 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Anchorage metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 10,605 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Anchorage metro area grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in the Anchorage metro area is 66 (upper middle), #43 of 272 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Anchorage metro area compares

The same measures for Alaska 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 Anchorage, AK metro area compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage metro areaAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.61.3
Spending per listing$33.6M$33.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishment10,60512,8838,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,039$1,958$2,055
Median household income$100,505$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score6660

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
101
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Anchorage 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 Anchorage metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
405,821+1.9% since 2020
Households
148,466
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
26,410 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$100,505+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$127,837
Median home value
$379,100
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in the Anchorage metro area?

These figures cover the whole metro area. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dry cleaners on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of the Anchorage metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Other business types in the Anchorage metro area

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

Funeral services

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Anchorage, AK metro area?

There are 9 dry cleaners on map listings in the Anchorage metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Anchorage, AK metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $302.8M a year, or $2,039 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $33.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 148,466 households in the Anchorage metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Anchorage, AK metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Anchorage metro area has 0.6 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $33.6M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Anchorage metro area would have about 19, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,605 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Anchorage, AK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Anchorage metro area at 405,821 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 148,466 households. The median household income in the Anchorage metro area is $100,505 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.0% 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 Anchorage metro area scores 66 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #43 of 272 scored metro areas.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Anchorage metro area. 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.

How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in the Anchorage metro area

Screening a site or an acquisition in the Anchorage metro area?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of the Anchorage metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Run a site report See plans
Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Screening many markets at once? Talk to us

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.