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Dry cleaners in San Luis Obispo County, CA
How San Luis Obispo County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #205 of 507 scored counties
#7 of 29 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $221.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,023 a household
- Spending per listing
- $20.1M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 282,367
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in San Luis Obispo County comes to about $221.5M a year: $2,023 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $20.1M per shop, 28% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
San Luis Obispo County has 11 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in San Luis Obispo County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 10,950 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in San Luis Obispo County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of San Luis Obispo County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. For dry cleaners, San Luis Obispo County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #205 of 507 scored counties and #7 of 29 scored counties in California.
How San Luis Obispo County 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.
| Measure | San Luis Obispo County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $20.1M | $12.8M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,950 | 6,730 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −18.4% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,023 | $2,085 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $97,446 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 74
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in San Luis Obispo 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 San Luis Obispo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 282,3670.0% since 2020
- Households
- 109,503
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,301 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 85
- Median household income
- $97,446+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,001
- Median home value
- $824,700
- Jobs located here
- 112,621
- Daytime population
- 276,085Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Joaquin County, CA | 71 | 19 | 0.8 | $25.1M | +5.5% | #55 of 507 |
| 2Yolo County, CA | 65 | 5 | 0.7 | $30.5M | +3.1% | #99 of 507 |
| 3Fresno County, CA | 62 | 19 | 0.6 | $30.1M | +2.6% | #134 of 507 |
| 4Tulare County, CA | 60 | 10 | 0.7 | $24.3M | +2.4% | #159 of 507 |
| 5El Dorado County, CA | 60 | 7 | 0.9 | $23.7M | +0.6% | #160 of 507 |
| 6Placer County, CA | 60 | 20 | 1.3 | $17.7M | +8.9% | #168 of 507 |
| 7San Luis Obispo County, CA | 56 | 11 | 1.0 | $20.1M | 0.0% | #205 of 507 |
| 8Sonoma County, CA | 55 | 19 | 1.0 | $21.4M | −0.4% | #213 of 507 |
| 9Butte County, CA | 53 | 5 | 0.6 | $28.8M | −0.5% | #228 of 507 |
| 10Santa Cruz County, CA | 52 | 10 | 1.0 | $21.5M | −4.7% | #238 of 507 |
Other business types in San Luis Obispo County
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 laundry33
- Clothing and shoe stores33
- Laundromats49
- Dry cleaners56
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in San Luis Obispo County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 dry cleaners in San Luis Obispo County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in San Luis Obispo County, CA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $221.5M a year, or $2,023 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $20.1M 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 109,503 households in San Luis Obispo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Luis Obispo County, CA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
San Luis Obispo County has 1.0 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $20.1M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, San Luis Obispo County would have about 14, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,950 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is San Luis Obispo County, CA growing?
Population estimates put San Luis Obispo County at 282,367 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 109,503 households. Median household income in San Luis Obispo County is $97,446, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. San Luis Obispo County scores 56 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #205 of 507 scored counties.
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