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Dry cleaners in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #46 of 507 scored counties
#2 of 8 scored counties in Connecticut

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$119.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,499 a household
Spending per listing
$23.9M
53% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
114,690
+2.2% since 2020

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What this means

For dry cleaners, the Northwest Hills Planning Region has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #46 of 507 scored counties and #2 of 8 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dry cleaners.

Households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region spend about $119.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,499 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That works out to $23.9M per shop, 53% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

There are 5 dry cleaners on map listings in the Northwest Hills Planning Region as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Northwest Hills Planning Region classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 11,961 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $156K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Northwest Hills Planning Region. Population estimates put the population change in the Northwest Hills Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Northwest Hills Planning Region compares

The same measures for Connecticut 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureNorthwest Hills Planning RegionConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.01.81.3
Spending per listing$23.9M$14M$15.7M
Households per official establishment11,9616,2358,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−23.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,499$2,564$2,055
Median household income$93,551$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score7341

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 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
1
Amount
$156K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region

Population, 2025 estimate
114,690+2.2% since 2020
Households
47,845
Median age
47.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
787 sq. mi.
People per square mile
144
Median household income
$93,551
Average household income
$131,679
Median home value
$335,600
Jobs located here
36,871
Daytime population
93,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Northwest Hills Planning Region marked.

Top counties in Connecticut

Counties in Connecticut ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT8080.7$34.2M+2.0%#13 of 507
2Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT7351.0$23.9M+2.2%#46 of 507
3Capitol Planning Region, CT67441.1$22.3M+3.1%#86 of 507
4Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT61291.6$14.9M+3.2%#156 of 507
5Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT51121.6$16.3M+2.3%#249 of 507
6South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT44482.1$11.8M+2.5%#315 of 507
7Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT43282.3$10.9M+4.1%#326 of 507
8Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT33863.7$8.3M+3.5%#416 of 507

Other business types in the Northwest Hills Planning Region

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

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 dry cleaners in the Northwest Hills Planning Region. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $119.6M a year, or $2,499 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $23.9M 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 47,845 households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Northwest Hills Planning Region has 1.0 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $23.9M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Northwest Hills Planning Region would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,961 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT growing?

Population estimates put the Northwest Hills Planning Region at 114,690 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,845 households. Median household income in the Northwest Hills Planning Region is $93,551, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Northwest Hills Planning Region scores 73 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #46 of 507 scored counties.

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