Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Illinois
Dry cleaners in the Champaign-Urbana, IL metro area
How the Champaign-Urbana, IL 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #174 of 272 scored metro areas
#4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $187.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,911 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.6M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 239,979
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 dry cleaners in the Champaign-Urbana metro area. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, 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.
Households in the Champaign-Urbana metro area spend about $187.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,911 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 dry cleaners, that is $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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Champaign-Urbana metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 10,914 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Champaign-Urbana metro area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in the Champaign-Urbana metro area is 43 (lower middle), #174 of 272 scored metro areas and #4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Champaign-Urbana metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Champaign-Urbana metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $15.6M | $14.6M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,914 | 8,229 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −22.1% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,911 | $2,141 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $65,528 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Champaign-Urbana 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 Champaign-Urbana metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 239,979+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 98,224
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,921 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $65,528
- Average household income
- $92,216
- Median home value
- $201,700
- Jobs located here
- 101,931
- Daytime population
- 245,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Champaign-Urbana metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Springfield, IL | 69 | 6 | 0.7 | $29.9M | −1.2% | #31 of 272 |
| 2Bloomington, IL | 68 | 5 | 0.7 | $29M | +0.1% | #37 of 272 |
| 3Peoria, IL | 63 | 13 | 0.8 | $23.3M | −1.3% | #65 of 272 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 61 | 11 | 0.7 | $28.6M | −0.9% | #77 of 272 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 46 | 145 | 1.2 | $16.7M | −0.2% | #164 of 272 |
| 4Champaign-Urbana, IL | 43 | 12 | 1.2 | $15.6M | +1.5% | #174 of 272 |
| 5Rockford, IL | 42 | 14 | 1.0 | $18.3M | −0.3% | #176 of 272 |
| 6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 32 | 632 | 1.7 | $12.9M | 0.0% | #225 of 272 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 23 | 7 | 1.8 | $10M | +1.7% | #255 of 272 |
| 7Decatur, IL | 10 | 9 | 2.1 | $8.8M | −4.3% | #269 of 272 |
Other business types in the Champaign-Urbana 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 laundry47
- Clothing and shoe stores47
- Laundromats65
- Dry cleaners43
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Champaign-Urbana, IL metro area?
There are 12 dry cleaners on map listings in the Champaign-Urbana metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. 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 Champaign-Urbana, IL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $187.7M a year, or $1,911 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 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 98,224 households in the Champaign-Urbana metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Champaign-Urbana, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Champaign-Urbana metro area has 1.2 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 8% 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 10,914 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Champaign-Urbana, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Champaign-Urbana metro area at 239,979 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 98,224 households. The median household income in the Champaign-Urbana metro area is $65,528 a year, 19% 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. 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 Champaign-Urbana metro area scores 43 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #174 of 272 scored metro areas.
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