Groundwork

Clothing and laundry · County · Florida

Dry cleaners in Hernando County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in Hernando County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$143.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,737 a household
Spending per listing
$35.8M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
62% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
221,701
+13.3% since 2020

See the dry cleaners around any address in Hernando County

The site report maps the dry cleaners on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Hernando County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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 4 dry cleaners in Hernando County. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 62% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

At $1,737 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Hernando County spend about $143.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $35.8M per shop, 2.3 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.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Hernando County in 2023. That is one for every 16,495 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Hernando County grew 13.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, Hernando County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hernando County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Hernando County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureHernando CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.51.51.3
Spending per listing$35.8M$12.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishment16,4958,6238,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.6%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,737$1,922$2,055
Median household income$66,058$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Hernando 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 Hernando County

Population, 2025 estimate
221,701+13.3% since 2020
Households
82,475
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
473 sq. mi.
People per square mile
438
Median household income
$66,058+35.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,501
Median home value
$276,000
Jobs located here
51,235
Daytime population
179,810Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Hernando County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dry cleaners on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Hernando County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Dry cleaners across Florida

Every Florida market ranked →

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Okaloosa County, FL8050.6$34.1M+4.6%#14 of 507
2Pasco County, FL80180.8$24.6M+19.1%#17 of 507
3Sarasota County, FL75211.0$20.5M+10.0%#39 of 507
4Polk County, FL74190.7$26.8M+19.8%#42 of 507
5Escambia County, FL7380.6$29.1M+3.5%#45 of 507
6Lake County, FL73130.8$23.4M+18.1%#47 of 507
7St. Lucie County, FL73120.9$20.8M+21.4%#49 of 507
8Clay County, FL7181.0$20.7M+9.4%#60 of 507
9Marion County, FL70120.7$23.1M+17.3%#68 of 507
10Volusia County, FL69210.9$20.7M+9.1%#77 of 507
Hernando County, FLNot scored40.5$35.8M+13.3%

Other business types in Hernando County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Hernando County, FL?

There are 4 dry cleaners on map listings in Hernando County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in Hernando County, FL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $143.3M a year, or $1,737 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $35.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 82,475 households in Hernando County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hernando County, FL compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Hernando County has 0.5 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $35.8M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Hernando County would have about 9, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,495 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Hernando County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Hernando County at 221,701 people in 2025, up 13.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 82,475 households. The median household income in Hernando County is $66,058 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.3% 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. Hernando County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Hernando County. It maps the dry cleaners on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in Hernando County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Hernando County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Hernando County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.