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Dry cleaners in Okeechobee County, FL

How Okeechobee County, FL 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
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,643 a household
Spending per listing
$24.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
42,608
+7.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Okeechobee County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

At $1,643 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Okeechobee County spend about $24.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $24.8M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Okeechobee County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 5,038 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Okeechobee County grew 7.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Okeechobee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkeechobee CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.71.51.3
Spending per listing$24.8M$12.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishment5,0388,6238,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.6%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,643$1,922$2,055
Median household income$57,984$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
6
Annual payroll, 2023
$116K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,608+7.4% since 2020
Households
15,113
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
769 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,029
Median home value
$193,000
Jobs located here
11,546
Daytime population
37,214Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Florida, with Okeechobee 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
Okeechobee County, FLNot scored10.7$24.8M+7.4%

Other business types in Okeechobee County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Okeechobee County, FL?

There is 1 dry cleaner on map listings in Okeechobee County as of September 2026. 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 Okeechobee County, FL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $24.8M a year, or $1,643 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $24.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,113 households in Okeechobee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Okeechobee County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Okeechobee County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,038 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Okeechobee County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Okeechobee County at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in Okeechobee County is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Okeechobee County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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