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Dry cleaners in Des Moines County, IA
How Des Moines County, IA 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $30.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,779 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 38,077
- −2.0% since 2020
See the dry cleaners around any address in Des Moines County
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What this means
At $1,779 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Des Moines County spend about $30.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $15.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Des Moines County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Des Moines County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Des Moines County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Des Moines County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Des Moines County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Des Moines County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $15.3M | $31.2M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,685 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.9% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,779 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $62,928 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 69 |
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
- 20 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 Des Moines 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 Des Moines County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,077−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 17,178
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $62,928+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,523
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,578
- Daytime population
- 39,488Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Des Moines County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dry cleaners on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Polk County, IA | 63 | 27 | 1.3 | $16M | +4.8% | #133 of 507 |
| 2Story County, IA | 46 | 5 | 1.3 | $15.2M | +2.7% | #297 of 507 |
| Des Moines County, IA | Not scored | 2 | 1.2 | $15.3M | −2.0% |
Other business types in Des Moines 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 laundry28
- Clothing and shoe stores26
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Des Moines County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in Des Moines County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Des Moines County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Des Moines County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $30.6M a year, or $1,779 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 $15.3M 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 17,178 households in Des Moines County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Des Moines County, IA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Des Moines County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending.
How fast is Des Moines County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Des Moines County at 38,077 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,178 households. Median household income in Des Moines County is $62,928, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Des Moines 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Des Moines 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.
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