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Dry cleaners in Knox County, IN

How Knox County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$27.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
Spending per listing
$27.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
35,652
−1.7% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Knox County comes to about $27.2M a year: $1,796 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $27.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Knox County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Knox County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Knox County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Knox County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Knox 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.

Dry cleaners in Knox County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureKnox CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.91.3
Spending per listing$27.2M$22.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,1468,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.9%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,796$1,935$2,055
Median household income$61,237$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Knox 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 Knox County

Population, 2025 estimate
35,652−1.7% since 2020
Households
15,169
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
516 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$61,237+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,721
Median home value
$137,700
Jobs located here
16,627
Daytime population
36,438Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Knox County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, IN8550.8$26.9M+7.4%#6 of 507
2Hendricks County, IN65101.5$15.2M+10.2%#109 of 507
3Elkhart County, IN6450.7$27.1M+0.9%#114 of 507
4Lake County, IN63150.8$25.2M+1.1%#127 of 507
5Porter County, IN6071.0$20.7M+1.6%#162 of 507
6Allen County, IN57181.1$16.6M+4.2%#196 of 507
7Boone County, IN5362.1$12M+13.5%#237 of 507
8St. Joseph County, IN52100.9$20.2M+0.1%#239 of 507
9Vanderburgh County, IN4781.0$17.6M+0.9%#286 of 507
10Marion County, IN45491.2$15.4M+1.6%#304 of 507
Knox County, INNot scored10.7$27.2M−1.7%

Other business types in Knox County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Knox County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Knox County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Knox County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Knox County, IN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $27.2M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $27.2M 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 15,169 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Knox County, IN compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Knox County has 1 dry cleaner 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, Knox County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Knox County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Knox County at 35,652 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,169 households. Median household income in Knox County is $61,237, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Knox County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Knox County. It maps the dry cleaners on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in Knox County

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