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Dry cleaners in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$90.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,787 a household
Spending per listing
$45.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
128,666
+2.4% 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 the Elizabethtown metro area comes to about $90.5M a year: $1,787 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $45.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

The Elizabethtown metro area has 2 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Elizabethtown metro area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 8,436 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Elizabethtown metro area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, the Elizabethtown metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Elizabethtown metro area compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Elizabethtown, KY metro area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureElizabethtown metro areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.81.3
Spending per listing$45.2M$21.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishment8,43613,7468,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−22.3%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,787$1,761$2,055
Median household income$67,534$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$442K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 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 the Elizabethtown metro area, 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 the Elizabethtown metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
128,666+2.4% since 2020
Households
50,618
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
885 sq. mi.
People per square mile
144
Median household income
$67,534
Average household income
$91,469
Median home value
$218,800
Jobs located here
45,441
Daytime population
119,051Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Elizabethtown metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Kentucky

Metro areas in Kentucky ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH6360.4$43.4M−2.6%#62 of 272
1Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN62490.9$21.7M+2.9%#72 of 272
Clarksville, TN-KY59131.0$16.8M+8.5%#93 of 272
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN551021.1$18.4M+2.7%#117 of 272
2Bowling Green, KY5381.1$15.8M+9.5%#132 of 272
3Lexington-Fayette, KY35281.3$14.6M+3.4%#213 of 272
Elizabethtown, KYNot scored20.4$45.2M+2.4%

Other business types in the Elizabethtown metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in the Elizabethtown metro area. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Elizabethtown, KY metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $90.5M a year, or $1,787 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 $45.2M 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 50,618 households in the Elizabethtown metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Elizabethtown, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Elizabethtown metro area has 2 dry cleaners 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, the Elizabethtown metro area would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,436 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Elizabethtown, KY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Elizabethtown metro area at 128,666 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,618 households. Median household income in the Elizabethtown metro area is $67,534, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Elizabethtown metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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