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Dry cleaners in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area

The dry cleaners in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #244 of 272 scored metro areas
#19 of 20 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
47
8 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
50
−13.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$609.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,174 a household
Spending per listing
$13M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
830,851
−1.5% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is 27 (lower middle), #244 of 272 scored metro areas and #19 of 20 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area comes to about $609.4M a year: $2,174 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 47 dry cleaners, that is $13M per shop, 17% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 47 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 17%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area was 50 in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 5,607 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $90K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area compares

The same measures for California 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.71.61.3
Spending per listing$13M$12.8M$15.7M
Households per official establishment5,6076,7308,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.8%−18.4%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,174$2,085$2,055
Median household income$109,797$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score2724

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50−13.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
157
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
478 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$90K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
830,851−1.5% since 2020
Households
280,360
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,841 sq. mi.
People per square mile
455
Median household income
$109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$144,867
Median home value
$822,700
Jobs located here
321,509
Daytime population
755,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in California, with the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA70190.8$25.1M+5.5%#30 of 272
2Fresno, CA60230.6$28.4M+3.2%#85 of 272
3Visalia, CA55100.7$24.3M+2.4%#114 of 272
4San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA52111.0$20.1M0.0%#138 of 272
5Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA51191.0$21.4M−0.4%#144 of 272
6Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA51931.1$19.2M+3.2%#145 of 272
7Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA49101.0$21.5M−4.7%#155 of 272
8Chico, CA4850.6$28.8M−0.5%#157 of 272
9Vallejo, CA47151.0$21.5M+0.6%#160 of 272
10Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA451721.2$16.1M+3.5%#166 of 272
19Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA27471.7$13M−1.5%#244 of 272

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 dry cleaners in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $609.4M a year, or $2,174 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $13M 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 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 1.7 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $13M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 39, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,607 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −18.7% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 27 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #244 of 272 scored metro areas.

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