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Dry cleaners in Paulding County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in Paulding County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $125.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,090 a household
- Spending per listing
- $41.8M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 190,996
- +12.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 dry cleaners in Paulding County. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Paulding County comes to about $125.4M a year: $2,090 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $41.8M per shop, 2.7 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Paulding County in 2023. That is one for every 20,003 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Paulding County grew 12.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 dry cleaners on map listings, Paulding County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Paulding County 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 | Paulding County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $41.8M | $13.5M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 20,003 | 6,136 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −18.4% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,090 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $98,031 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $79K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Paulding 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 Paulding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 190,996+12.7% since 2020
- Households
- 60,008
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 573
- Median household income
- $98,031+43.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,444
- Median home value
- $326,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,361
- Daytime population
- 119,651Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Coweta County, GA | 79 | 6 | 1.1 | $20M | +9.2% | #22 of 507 |
| 2Columbia County, GA | 70 | 5 | 0.9 | $23.9M | +7.9% | #66 of 507 |
| 3Richmond County, GA | 57 | 5 | 0.7 | $25.3M | 0.0% | #188 of 507 |
| 4Houston County, GA | 57 | 7 | 1.1 | $17.3M | +8.5% | #193 of 507 |
| 5Hall County, GA | 57 | 9 | 1.2 | $16.2M | +11.4% | #198 of 507 |
| 6Forsyth County, GA | 56 | 16 | 1.8 | $15M | +11.8% | #210 of 507 |
| 7Cherokee County, GA | 50 | 17 | 1.7 | $13.6M | +11.6% | #263 of 507 |
| 8Lowndes County, GA | 46 | 5 | 1.1 | $15.4M | +3.7% | #296 of 507 |
| 9Douglas County, GA | 45 | 6 | 1.2 | $16.7M | +6.6% | #302 of 507 |
| 10Bartow County, GA | 43 | 7 | 1.7 | $11.2M | +10.5% | #324 of 507 |
| Paulding County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 0.5 | $41.8M | +12.7% |
Other business types in Paulding County
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 laundry88
- Clothing and shoe stores88
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Paulding County, GA?
There are 3 dry cleaners on map listings in Paulding 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 Paulding County, GA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $125.4M a year, or $2,090 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $41.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 60,008 households in Paulding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Paulding County, GA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Paulding County has 0.5 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $41.8M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Paulding County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,003 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Paulding County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Paulding County at 190,996 people in 2025, up 12.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,008 households. The median household income in Paulding County is $98,031 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.4% 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. Paulding County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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