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Dry cleaners in Howard County, IN
The dry cleaners in Howard County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $31.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
See the dry cleaners around any address in Howard County
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Howard County comes to about $63.8M a year: $1,794 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $31.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
There are 2 dry cleaners on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Howard County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 11,864 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Howard County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Howard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Howard County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Howard County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $31.9M | $22.1M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,864 | 14,146 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −16.9% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,794 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $120K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Howard County?
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IN | 85 | 5 | 0.8 | $26.9M | +7.4% | #6 of 507 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 65 | 10 | 1.5 | $15.2M | +10.2% | #109 of 507 |
| 3Elkhart County, IN | 64 | 5 | 0.7 | $27.1M | +0.9% | #114 of 507 |
| 4Lake County, IN | 63 | 15 | 0.8 | $25.2M | +1.1% | #127 of 507 |
| 5Porter County, IN | 60 | 7 | 1.0 | $20.7M | +1.6% | #162 of 507 |
| 6Allen County, IN | 57 | 18 | 1.1 | $16.6M | +4.2% | #196 of 507 |
| 7Boone County, IN | 53 | 6 | 2.1 | $12M | +13.5% | #237 of 507 |
| 8St. Joseph County, IN | 52 | 10 | 0.9 | $20.2M | +0.1% | #239 of 507 |
| 9Vanderburgh County, IN | 47 | 8 | 1.0 | $17.6M | +0.9% | #286 of 507 |
| 10Marion County, IN | 45 | 49 | 1.2 | $15.4M | +1.6% | #304 of 507 |
| Howard County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 0.6 | $31.9M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Howard 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 laundry32
- Clothing and shoe stores31
- Laundromats30
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Howard County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 dry cleaners in Howard County. 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 Howard County, IN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $63.8M a year, or $1,794 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $31.9M 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 35,593 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, IN compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Howard County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Howard County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,864 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in Howard County is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Howard County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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