Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Georgia
Dry cleaners in the Valdosta, GA metro area
How the Valdosta, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #216 of 272 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $93.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,646 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.6M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 153,276
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
For dry cleaners, the Valdosta metro area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #216 of 272 scored metro areas and #7 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 6 dry cleaners in the Valdosta metro area. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Households in the Valdosta metro area spend about $93.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,646 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $15.6M per shop, in line with 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Valdosta metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 9,464 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Valdosta metro area grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Valdosta 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 | Valdosta metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $15.6M | $13.5M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,464 | 6,136 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −18.4% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,646 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,085 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $931K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- 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 Valdosta 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 Valdosta metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 153,276+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 56,786
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,607 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $57,085+37.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,159
- Median home value
- $201,300
- Jobs located here
- 52,940
- Daytime population
- 150,077Residents 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 Valdosta 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 Valdosta 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 laundry22
- Clothing and shoe stores22
- Laundromats48
- Dry cleaners34
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Valdosta, GA metro area?
There are 6 dry cleaners on map listings in the Valdosta metro area as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. 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 Valdosta, GA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $93.5M a year, or $1,646 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $15.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,786 households in the Valdosta metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Valdosta, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Valdosta metro area has 1.1 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $15.6M, in line with 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 9,464 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Valdosta, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Valdosta metro area at 153,276 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,786 households. The median household income in the Valdosta metro area is $57,085 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.1% 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 Valdosta metro area scores 34 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #216 of 272 scored metro areas.
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