Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Georgia
Dry cleaners in the Gainesville, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Gainesville, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #139 of 272 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $145.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,980 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16.2M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 226,568
- +11.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 dry cleaners in the Gainesville metro area. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Gainesville metro area comes to about $145.6M a year: $1,980 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $16.2M per shop, 3% above 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 9 businesses with payroll in the Gainesville metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 8,172 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Gainesville metro area grew 11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, the Gainesville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #139 of 272 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Gainesville 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.
| Measure | Gainesville metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $16.2M | $13.5M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,172 | 6,136 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −18.4% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,980 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $80,901 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $946K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 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 the Gainesville 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 Gainesville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 226,568+11.4% since 2020
- Households
- 73,551
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 542
- Median household income
- $80,901+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,166
- Median home value
- $350,400
- Jobs located here
- 102,286
- Daytime population
- 216,900Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →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 Gainesville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 64 | 19 | 0.8 | $22.4M | +4.7% | #58 of 272 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 63 | 23 | 1.0 | $18.8M | +5.3% | #69 of 272 |
| 2Warner Robins, GA | 58 | 7 | 0.9 | $20.1M | +8.2% | #97 of 272 |
| 3Gainesville, GA | 52 | 9 | 1.2 | $16.2M | +11.4% | #139 of 272 |
| 4Athens-Clarke County, GA | 48 | 9 | 1.0 | $17.5M | +3.9% | #158 of 272 |
| 5Savannah, GA | 44 | 28 | 1.7 | $11M | +8.1% | #172 of 272 |
| 6Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 39 | 391 | 1.7 | $12.5M | +5.9% | #195 of 272 |
| 7Valdosta, GA | 34 | 6 | 1.1 | $15.6M | +3.3% | #216 of 272 |
| 8Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 32 | 7 | 1.5 | $12.2M | +4.4% | #226 of 272 |
| 9Macon-Bibb County, GA | 27 | 10 | 1.1 | $15.3M | +2.1% | #242 of 272 |
Other business types in the Gainesville metro area
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 laundry83
- Clothing and shoe stores86
- Laundromats58
- Dry cleaners52
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Gainesville, GA metro area?
There are 9 dry cleaners on map listings in the Gainesville metro area as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Gainesville, GA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $145.6M a year, or $1,980 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $16.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 73,551 households in the Gainesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gainesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Gainesville metro area has 1.2 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $16.2M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,172 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gainesville, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gainesville metro area at 226,568 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,551 households. The median household income in the Gainesville metro area is $80,901 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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 Gainesville metro area scores 52 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #139 of 272 scored metro areas.
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