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Dry cleaners in Georgia

Every metro area, small-town market and county in Georgia, ranked by the Groundwork market score for dry cleaners, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
593
130 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
664
−18.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$8B
On clothing, shoes and related services
Listings per 10k households
1.5
15% above the U.S.
Spending per listing
$13.5M
14% below the U.S.
Rank among states
#44 of 51
Market score 33 · Lower middle

A site report maps the dry cleaners on map listings around any address in Georgia by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

Georgia has 593 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Households in Georgia spend about $8B a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,958 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.5M per shop, 14% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Official counts show 664 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Georgia in 2023, down 18.4% from 2019. That is one for every 6,136 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count fell 18.7% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 36 SBA-backed loans worth $15.4M have gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Georgia.

Among the 50 states and DC, Georgia ranks #44 for dry cleaners, with a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle). Of the 14 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Augusta-Richmond County metro area scores highest (64). Among 26 scored counties, Coweta County scores highest (79).

Every market in Georgia for dry cleaners

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Georgia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching Georgia, ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC64190.8$22.4M+4.7%#58 of 272
Chattanooga, TN-GA63231.0$18.8M+5.3%#69 of 272
2Warner Robins, GA5870.9$20.1M+8.2%#97 of 272
3Gainesville, GA5291.2$16.2M+11.4%#139 of 272
4Athens-Clarke County, GA4891.0$17.5M+3.9%#158 of 272
5Savannah, GA44281.7$11M+8.1%#172 of 272
6Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA393911.7$12.5M+5.9%#195 of 272
7Valdosta, GA3461.1$15.6M+3.3%#216 of 272
8Brunswick-St. Simons, GA3271.5$12.2M+4.4%#226 of 272
9Macon-Bibb County, GA27101.1$15.3M+2.1%#242 of 272
10Dalton, GA2771.3$12.9M+3.5%#245 of 272
11Columbus, GA-AL22191.5$11.5M−1.3%#257 of 272
12Rome, GA2171.9$9.3M+2.8%#261 of 272
13Albany, GA4122.1$7.8M−1.8%#272 of 272
Hinesville, GANot scored20.7$24.6M+12.6%

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching Georgia, ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
LaGrange, GA-ALNot scored30.7$22.3M+3.0%
Statesboro, GANot scored41.1$14.6M+8.0%
Jefferson, GANot scored20.7$29M+29.3%
Thomasville, GANot scored41.4$12.2M+1.3%
Calhoun, GANot scored10.5$37.9M+6.9%
Dublin, GANot scored20.9$17.9M+2.8%
Kingsland, GANot scored20.9$19.7M+9.5%
Waycross, GANot scored10.5$32.5M+3.0%
Douglas, GANot scored10.5$29.1M+2.9%
Tifton, GANot scored31.6$10.2M+1.7%
Cornelia, GANot scored10.6$29.8M+9.3%
Moultrie, GANot scored10.6$27M+3.3%
Cedartown, GANot scored31.9$8.8M+6.0%
Milledgeville, GANot scored42.4$6.8M+0.6%
Vidalia, GANot scored10.7$22M+1.5%
Americus, GANot scored21.6$9.8M−1.9%
Jesup, GANot scored10.9$17.7M+7.8%
Bainbridge, GANot scored10.9$16.8M0.0%
Thomaston, GANot scored10.9$17.5M+2.7%
Toccoa, GANot scored21.9$8.3M+3.8%
Eufaula, AL-GANot scored11.0$15.5M−1.2%
Summerville, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.5%
Cordele, GANot scored11.3$12.6M−4.1%
Fitzgerald, GANot scored11.4$10.3M−0.4%

Counties

Counties in Georgia, ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Coweta County, GA7961.1$20M+9.2%#22 of 507
2Columbia County, GA7050.9$23.9M+7.9%#66 of 507
3Richmond County, GA5750.7$25.3M0.0%#188 of 507
4Houston County, GA5771.1$17.3M+8.5%#193 of 507
5Hall County, GA5791.2$16.2M+11.4%#198 of 507
6Forsyth County, GA56161.8$15M+11.8%#210 of 507
7Cherokee County, GA50171.7$13.6M+11.6%#263 of 507
8Lowndes County, GA4651.1$15.4M+3.7%#296 of 507
9Douglas County, GA4561.2$16.7M+6.6%#302 of 507
10Bartow County, GA4371.7$11.2M+10.5%#324 of 507
11Fayette County, GA4092.0$11.6M+4.7%#355 of 507
12Henry County, GA38141.6$12.1M+9.5%#371 of 507
13Gwinnett County, GA37551.7$12.3M+6.2%#381 of 507
14Chatham County, GA37252.1$8.9M+5.7%#386 of 507
15Rockdale County, GA3251.5$13M+5.2%#419 of 507
16Cobb County, GA31682.3$9.9M+3.5%#430 of 507
17Whitfield County, GA3051.4$12.9M+3.3%#434 of 507
18Fulton County, GA291002.2$10.4M+2.7%#442 of 507
19Clarke County, GA2871.3$13.1M+1.0%#448 of 507
20DeKalb County, GA27541.9$11M+1.3%#455 of 507
21Glynn County, GA2772.0$9.5M+3.7%#456 of 507
22Clayton County, GA23141.3$12.5M−0.6%#471 of 507
23Floyd County, GA2171.9$9.3M+2.8%#480 of 507
24Muscogee County, GA18162.0$8.6M−2.3%#485 of 507
25Bibb County, GA16101.7$10M+0.3%#489 of 507
Show all 159 counties
Counties in Georgia, ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score, continued
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
26Dougherty County, GA282.3$6.6M−3.0%#507 of 507
Paulding County, GANot scored30.5$41.8M+12.7%
Carroll County, GANot scored20.5$39.7M+9.8%
Newton County, GANot scored41.0$18.9M+11.2%
Walton County, GANot scored20.6$34.8M+16.0%
Barrow County, GANot scored31.0$19.2M+18.7%
Jackson County, GANot scored20.7$29M+29.3%
Bulloch County, GANot scored41.3$13M+8.8%
Troup County, GANot scored10.4$45.8M+5.0%
Effingham County, GANot scored20.8$24.3M+14.1%
Spalding County, GANot scored20.8$22.3M+4.9%
Walker County, GANot scored10.4$44.1M+3.7%
Catoosa County, GANot scored41.5$12.3M+2.3%
Liberty County, GANot scored20.8$19.6M+7.6%
Gordon County, GANot scored10.5$37.9M+6.9%
Camden County, GANot scored20.9$19.7M+9.5%
Laurens County, GANot scored21.1$15.4M+3.0%
Bryan County, GANot scored10.6$36.3M+15.6%
Habersham County, GANot scored10.6$29.8M+9.3%
Colquitt County, GANot scored10.6$27M+3.3%
Thomas County, GANot scored42.1$7.9M+1.3%
Polk County, GANot scored31.9$8.8M+6.0%
Baldwin County, GANot scored42.4$6.8M+0.6%
Oconee County, GANot scored21.3$18.6M+6.9%
Coffee County, GANot scored10.7$24.2M+3.2%
Tift County, GANot scored21.3$12.9M+2.1%
Murray County, GANot scored21.3$13M+4.0%
Harris County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.8%
Ware County, GANot scored10.8$19.2M+1.9%
Pickens County, GANot scored10.7$26M+11.4%
Lumpkin County, GANot scored32.6$7.4M+7.5%
Lee County, GANot scored10.8$23.6M+2.9%
Gilmer County, GANot scored10.8$23M+7.9%
Madison County, GANot scored00.0n/a+8.8%
Haralson County, GANot scored00.0n/a+10.0%
Wayne County, GANot scored10.9$17.7M+7.8%
Dawson County, GANot scored00.0n/a+30.7%
Monroe County, GANot scored00.0n/a+14.1%
Decatur County, GANot scored10.9$16.8M0.0%
Sumter County, GANot scored21.8$8.5M−2.4%
White County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.0%
Jones County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.8%
Peach County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.5%
Upson County, GANot scored10.9$17.5M+2.7%
Toombs County, GANot scored11.0$16.6M+1.7%
Stephens County, GANot scored21.9$8.3M+3.8%
Hart County, GANot scored10.9$18.8M+10.7%
Butts County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.5%
Union County, GANot scored10.9$20.4M+12.3%
Grady County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.4%
Fannin County, GANot scored21.7$10.4M+2.6%
Chattooga County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.5%
Burke County, GANot scored11.1$15.6M−0.9%
Franklin County, GANot scored00.0n/a+10.5%
Tattnall County, GANot scored11.3$12M+0.2%
Emanuel County, GANot scored11.2$12.5M+1.2%
Putnam County, GANot scored11.0$20.1M+7.0%
McDuffie County, GANot scored33.7$4.5M+0.1%
Morgan County, GANot scored00.0n/a+9.4%
Mitchell County, GANot scored11.3$12.1M−5.6%
Meriwether County, GANot scored00.0n/a+4.4%
Worth County, GANot scored11.3$12.5M−3.2%
Pierce County, GANot scored00.0n/a+5.1%
Greene County, GANot scored00.0n/a+12.3%
Pike County, GANot scored00.0n/a+10.5%
Elbert County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.1%
Washington County, GANot scored11.4$11.5M−2.5%
Dodge County, GANot scored11.5$10.7M−1.4%
Crisp County, GANot scored11.3$12.6M−4.1%
Lamar County, GANot scored11.4$12.8M+12.9%
Banks County, GANot scored00.0n/a+17.3%
Appling County, GANot scored00.0n/a+3.9%
Long County, GANot scored00.0n/a+32.6%
Berrien County, GANot scored00.0n/a+4.4%
Brantley County, GANot scored00.0n/a+4.9%
Cook County, GANot scored11.6$10.6M+5.8%
Rabun County, GANot scored11.3$13.8M+5.0%
Ben Hill County, GANot scored11.4$10.3M−0.4%
Brooks County, GANot scored11.7$9.1M−1.0%
Dade County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.5%
Jasper County, GANot scored00.0n/a+20.2%
Oglethorpe County, GANot scored00.0n/a+10.4%
Jefferson County, GANot scored00.0n/a−4.2%
Jeff Davis County, GANot scored11.8$8.3M+2.8%
Screven County, GANot scored12.0$8.1M+2.4%
Towns County, GANot scored00.0n/a+5.8%
Charlton County, GANot scored00.0n/a+4.7%
Bleckley County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.8%
Crawford County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.9%
Macon County, GANot scored12.4$6.2M−2.2%
Telfair County, GANot scored00.0n/a−10.1%
Heard County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.2%
McIntosh County, GANot scored00.0n/a+9.2%
Bacon County, GANot scored24.8$3.2M−0.4%
Candler County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.2%
Dooly County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.1%
Evans County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.2%
Early County, GANot scored00.0n/a−3.1%
Lanier County, GANot scored00.0n/a+7.1%
Pulaski County, GANot scored00.0n/a+3.0%
Wilkes County, GANot scored12.4$6.4M−0.1%
Irwin County, GANot scored00.0n/a−6.5%
Johnson County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.4%
Seminole County, GANot scored12.7$6.1M+0.4%
Turner County, GANot scored13.0$4.8M−0.1%
Chattahoochee County, GANot scored15.4$3.1M−10.6%
Terrell County, GANot scored25.9$2.6M−5.3%
Wilcox County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.1%
Wilkinson County, GANot scored00.0n/a−2.1%
Jenkins County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.1%
Hancock County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.3%
Montgomery County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.8%
Atkinson County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.8%
Lincoln County, GANot scored00.0n/a+5.3%
Twiggs County, GANot scored00.0n/a−5.1%
Taylor County, GANot scored00.0n/a0.0%
Marion County, GANot scored00.0n/a+2.0%
Wheeler County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.7%
Clinch County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.8%
Treutlen County, GANot scored14.4$3.7M+1.1%
Randolph County, GANot scored00.0n/a−3.3%
Miller County, GANot scored00.0n/a−3.0%
Talbot County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.3%
Calhoun County, GANot scored00.0n/a−2.8%
Warren County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.2%
Stewart County, GANot scored00.0n/a−12.5%
Schley County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.2%
Echols County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.8%
Glascock County, GANot scored00.0n/a+8.4%
Clay County, GANot scored00.0n/a−0.5%
Baker County, GANot scored00.0n/a−4.3%
Webster County, GANot scored00.0n/a+0.7%
Quitman County, GANot scored00.0n/a+1.3%
Taliaferro County, GANot scored00.0n/a+6.7%

Markets with fewer than 5 dry cleaners on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Georgia?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 593 dry cleaners in Georgia. 130 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 664 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023, down 18.4% from 2019.

How much do households in Georgia spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $8B a year, or $1,958 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 593 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $13.5M 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 4,074,366 households in Georgia and national spending patterns by income.

How does Georgia compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Georgia has 1.5 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $13.5M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Georgia would have about 509, against 593 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,136 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −18.7% for the U.S.

Which market in Georgia has the highest market score for dry cleaners?

Among 14 scored metro areas in or partly in Georgia, the Augusta-Richmond County metro area scores highest, at 64 (upper middle). Among 26 scored counties in Georgia, Coweta County scores highest, at 79 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. Georgia scores 33 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #44 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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