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Dry cleaners in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area

The dry cleaners in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #226 of 272 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$85.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,814 a household
Spending per listing
$12.2M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,524
+4.4% since 2020

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What this means

For dry cleaners, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #226 of 272 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 dry cleaners in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

At $1,814 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $85.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $12.2M per shop, 22% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 7,868 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBrunswick-St. Simons metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.51.3
Spending per listing$12.2M$13.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishment7,8686,1368,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−18.4%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,814$1,958$2,055
Median household income$66,623$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3233

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area, 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
118,524+4.4% since 2020
Households
47,209
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,294 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,637
Median home value
$242,500
Jobs located here
42,696
Daytime population
112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Georgia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in 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

Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?

There are 7 dry cleaners on map listings in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $85.6M a year, or $1,814 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $12.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 1.5 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $12.2M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,868 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 32 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #226 of 272 scored metro areas.

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