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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Georgia

Dry cleaners in the Thomasville, GA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Thomasville, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$48.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,690 a household
Spending per listing
$12.2M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
72,958
+1.3% 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

At $1,690 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Thomasville area spend about $48.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 4 dry cleaners, that is $12.2M per shop, 22% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

The Thomasville area has 4 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 8% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Thomasville area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 7,198 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Thomasville area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, the Thomasville area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Thomasville 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 Thomasville, GA area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureThomasville areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.51.3
Spending per listing$12.2M$13.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishment7,1986,1368,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−18.4%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,690$1,958$2,055
Median household income$60,262$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored33

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$545K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Thomasville 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 Thomasville area

Population, 2025 estimate
72,958+1.3% since 2020
Households
28,792
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
999 sq. mi.
People per square mile
72
Median household income
$60,262
Average household income
$80,075
Median home value
$180,600
Jobs located here
27,454
Daytime population
70,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Thomasville area

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Thomasville, GA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dry cleaners in the Thomasville area. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Thomasville, GA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $48.7M a year, or $1,690 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $12.2M 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 28,792 households in the Thomasville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Thomasville, GA area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Thomasville area has 1.4 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 8% 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 U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Thomasville area would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,198 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Thomasville, GA area growing?

Population estimates put the Thomasville area at 72,958 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,792 households. Median household income in the Thomasville area is $60,262, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Thomasville area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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