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Dry cleaners in Mesa County, CO

How Mesa County, CO 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$112.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,716 a household
Spending per listing
$112.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
162,845
+4.4% 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

Households in Mesa County spend about $112.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,716 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $112.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Mesa County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Mesa County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 21,943 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $5M have gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Mesa County.

Population estimates put the population change in Mesa County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Mesa County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Mesa County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Mesa County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureMesa CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.21.21.3
Spending per listing$112.9M$16.9M$15.7M
Households per official establishment21,9438,3608,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−18.4%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,716$2,010$2,055
Median household income$73,658$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$504K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Mesa 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 Mesa County

Population, 2025 estimate
162,845+4.4% since 2020
Households
65,830
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,329 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,145
Median home value
$378,600
Jobs located here
65,394
Daytime population
156,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Mesa County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Weld County, CO8660.5$40.3M+14.2%#3 of 507
2Adams County, CO77150.8$24.6M+6.6%#31 of 507
3Larimer County, CO70140.9$21.7M+4.8%#69 of 507
4El Paso County, CO60311.1$18M+3.2%#165 of 507
5Pueblo County, CO5650.7$22.1M+0.6%#204 of 507
6Douglas County, CO52251.8$14.2M+10.9%#241 of 507
7Broomfield County, CO5172.2$10.5M+6.3%#257 of 507
8Jefferson County, CO46291.2$18M−0.5%#293 of 507
9Arapahoe County, CO43361.4$14.8M+2.8%#323 of 507
10Denver County, CO35601.8$11.4M+3.2%#397 of 507
Mesa County, CONot scored10.2$112.9M+4.4%

Other business types in Mesa County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Mesa County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Mesa County. 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 Mesa County, CO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $112.9M a year, or $1,716 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $112.9M 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 65,830 households in Mesa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mesa County, CO compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Mesa County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Mesa County would have about 7, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,943 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Mesa County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Mesa County at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in Mesa County is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Mesa County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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