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Dry cleaners in Van Buren County, AR

How Van Buren County, AR 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,505 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
16,238
+2.8% 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

There are no dry cleaners on map listings in Van Buren County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Households in Van Buren County spend about $11.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,505 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. 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 Van Buren County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Van Buren County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With no dry cleaners on map listings, Van Buren County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Van Buren County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Van Buren County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureVan Buren CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.11.3
Spending per listingn/a$15.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,0608,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.0%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,505$1,725$2,055
Median household income$50,354$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,238+2.8% since 2020
Households
7,432
Median age
49.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
710 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$50,354+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,356
Median home value
$135,700
Jobs located here
3,785
Daytime population
14,903Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Van Buren County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR73131.2$18.4M+16.0%#50 of 507
2Washington County, AR64101.0$18.1M+9.9%#121 of 507
3Faulkner County, AR4981.6$11.1M+8.2%#279 of 507
4Pulaski County, AR22362.1$8.6M+1.3%#476 of 507
5Sebastian County, AR2171.3$12.6M+2.2%#479 of 507
Van Buren County, ARNot scored00.0n/a+2.8%

Other business types in Van Buren County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Van Buren County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no dry cleaners in Van Buren County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Van Buren County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Van Buren County, AR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $11.2M a year, or $1,505 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,432 households in Van Buren County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Van Buren County, AR compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Van Buren County has no dry cleaners on map listings. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Van Buren County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Van Buren County at 16,238 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,432 households. The median household income in Van Buren County is $50,354 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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. Van Buren County has no market score for dry cleaners, having none on map listings.

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