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Dry cleaners in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #13 of 507 scored counties
#1 of 8 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $273.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,360 a household
- Spending per listing
- $34.2M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 284,015
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
For dry cleaners, the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #13 of 507 scored counties and #1 of 8 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dry cleaners.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region comes to about $273.2M a year: $2,360 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $34.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 8 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 46% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region in 2023. That is one for every 16,538 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Southeastern Connecticut 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.
| Measure | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $34.2M | $14M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,538 | 6,235 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −23.8% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,360 | $2,564 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $86,586 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 194
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Southeastern Connecticut 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 284,015+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 115,768
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 468
- Median household income
- $86,586
- Average household income
- $111,769
- Median home value
- $323,400
- Jobs located here
- 118,380
- Daytime population
- 270,328Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 80 | 8 | 0.7 | $34.2M | +2.0% | #13 of 507 |
| 2Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 73 | 5 | 1.0 | $23.9M | +2.2% | #46 of 507 |
| 3Capitol Planning Region, CT | 67 | 44 | 1.1 | $22.3M | +3.1% | #86 of 507 |
| 4Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 61 | 29 | 1.6 | $14.9M | +3.2% | #156 of 507 |
| 5Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 51 | 12 | 1.6 | $16.3M | +2.3% | #249 of 507 |
| 6South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 44 | 48 | 2.1 | $11.8M | +2.5% | #315 of 507 |
| 7Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 43 | 28 | 2.3 | $10.9M | +4.1% | #326 of 507 |
| 8Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 33 | 86 | 3.7 | $8.3M | +3.5% | #416 of 507 |
Other business types in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
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 laundry52
- Clothing and shoe stores58
- Laundromats39
- Dry cleaners80
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 dry cleaners in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $273.2M a year, or $2,360 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $34.2M 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 115,768 households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 0.7 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $34.2M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region would have about 17, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,538 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region at 284,015 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 115,768 households. Median household income in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is $86,586, 7% 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 80 for dry cleaners (high), #13 of 507 scored counties.
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