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Dry cleaners in the Redding, CA metro area

How the Redding, CA metro area compares with other metro areas 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$124.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,742 a household
Spending per listing
$41.4M
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.4
69% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
181,648
−0.3% 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 3 dry cleaners in the Redding metro area. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 69% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Households in the Redding metro area spend about $124.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,742 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $41.4M per shop, 2.6 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 3 businesses with payroll in the Redding metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 23,744 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Redding metro area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 dry cleaners on map listings, the Redding metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Redding 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 Redding, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureRedding metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.41.61.3
Spending per listing$41.4M$12.8M$15.7M
Households per official establishment23,7446,7308,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−18.4%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,742$2,085$2,055
Median household income$72,636$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored24

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$426K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Redding 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 Redding metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
181,648−0.3% since 2020
Households
71,232
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,776 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$72,636+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,245
Median home value
$366,400
Jobs located here
65,820
Daytime population
181,391Residents 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 Redding 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
Redding, CANot scored30.4$41.4M−0.3%

Other business types in the Redding metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Redding, CA metro area?

There are 3 dry cleaners on map listings in the Redding metro area as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

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

About $124.1M a year, or $1,742 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $41.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,232 households in the Redding metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Redding, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Redding metro area has 0.4 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $41.4M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Redding metro area would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,744 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Redding, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Redding metro area at 181,648 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 71,232 households. The median household income in the Redding metro area is $72,636 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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 Redding metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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