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Dry cleaners in Douglas County, KS

The dry cleaners in Douglas County, KS, 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 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$100.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,986 a household
Spending per listing
$25M
60% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,920
+1.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dry cleaners in Douglas County. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 38% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Households in Douglas County spend about $100.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,986 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 dry cleaners, that is $25M per shop, 60% 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Douglas County in 2023. That is one for every 16,802 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Douglas County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, Douglas County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Douglas County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Douglas County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.81.01.3
Spending per listing$25M$20M$15.7M
Households per official establishment16,80213,8128,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,986$1,989$2,055
Median household income$69,746$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$427K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,920+1.8% since 2020
Households
50,406
Median age
35.2
Homes lived in by their owners
50%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
456 sq. mi.
People per square mile
264
Median household income
$69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,109
Median home value
$309,400
Jobs located here
51,342
Daytime population
115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS54411.6$14.9M+4.2%#227 of 507
2Sedgwick County, KS50281.4$14.1M+2.6%#262 of 507
3Shawnee County, KS4791.2$15.7M0.0%#288 of 507
4Wyandotte County, KS3791.5$12.2M+1.0%#382 of 507
Douglas County, KSNot scored40.8$25M+1.8%

Other business types in Douglas County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Douglas County, KS?

There are 4 dry cleaners on map listings in Douglas County 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 Douglas County, KS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $100.1M a year, or $1,986 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $25M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,406 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Douglas County, KS compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Douglas County has 0.8 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $25M, 60% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Douglas County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,802 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Douglas 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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How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in Douglas County

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