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Dry cleaners in Dubuque County, IA
How Dubuque 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $81.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,979 a household
- Spending per listing
- $20.3M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,381
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 dry cleaners in Dubuque County. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Households in Dubuque County spend about $81.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,979 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $20.3M per shop, 29% above 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 3 businesses with payroll in Dubuque County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 13,663 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Dubuque County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, Dubuque County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Dubuque 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 | Dubuque County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $20.3M | $31.2M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,663 | 22,685 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.9% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,979 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $77,630 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $273K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Dubuque 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 Dubuque County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,381+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 40,989
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $77,630+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,177
- Median home value
- $237,300
- Jobs located here
- 58,941
- Daytime population
- 105,695Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Dubuque County, IA | Not scored | 4 | 1.0 | $20.3M | +0.1% |
Other business types in Dubuque 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 laundry34
- Clothing and shoe stores32
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Dubuque County, IA?
Dubuque County has 4 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Dubuque County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $81.1M a year, or $1,979 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $20.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,989 households in Dubuque County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dubuque County, IA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Dubuque County has 1.0 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $20.3M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Dubuque County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,663 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Dubuque County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Dubuque County at 99,381 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,989 households. The median household income in Dubuque County is $77,630 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Dubuque County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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