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Dry cleaners in Riley County, KS

How Riley County, KS 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 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$51M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,842 a household
Spending per listing
$17M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.1
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
72,598
+0.8% 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

At $1,842 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Riley County spend about $51M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $17M per shop, 9% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

There are 3 dry cleaners on map listings in Riley County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 15% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Riley County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 dry cleaners on map listings, Riley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Riley 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 Riley County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureRiley CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.11.01.3
Spending per listing$17M$20M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,8128,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,842$1,989$2,055
Median household income$61,098$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

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
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Riley 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 Riley County

Population, 2025 estimate
72,598+0.8% since 2020
Households
27,695
Median age
30.7
Homes lived in by their owners
46%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
610 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$61,098+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,486
Median home value
$237,100
Jobs located here
27,758
Daytime population
75,612Residents 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 Riley 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
Riley County, KSNot scored31.1$17M+0.8%

Other business types in Riley County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Riley County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 dry cleaners in Riley County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Riley County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Riley County, KS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $51M a year, or $1,842 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $17M 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 27,695 households in Riley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Riley County has 1.1 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $17M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending.

How fast is Riley County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Riley County at 72,598 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,695 households. Median household income in Riley County is $61,098, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Riley County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Riley 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 Riley County

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