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Dry cleaners in Perry County, KY

How Perry County, KY 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,536 a household
Spending per listing
$17M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,555
−6.4% 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 Perry County comes to about $17M a year: $1,536 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $17M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

There is 1 dry cleaner on map listings in Perry County as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

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

Population estimates show Perry County declined 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Perry County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Perry County 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 Perry County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePerry CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.90.81.3
Spending per listing$17M$21.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,7468,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−22.3%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,536$1,761$2,055
Median household income$42,181$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Perry 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 Perry County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,555−6.4% since 2020
Households
11,078
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
340 sq. mi.
People per square mile
81
Median household income
$42,181+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,788
Median home value
$91,800
Jobs located here
11,440
Daytime population
30,248Residents 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 counties in Kentucky for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Perry County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kenton County, KY6160.9$22.2M+3.9%#147 of 507
2Boone County, KY5871.4$15.6M+6.5%#181 of 507
3Jefferson County, KY53331.0$18.7M+1.6%#230 of 507
4Warren County, KY4681.4$12.3M+10.6%#300 of 507
5Fayette County, KY33211.5$12.6M+2.2%#412 of 507
6Campbell County, KY3282.0$9.7M+2.5%#426 of 507
Perry County, KYNot scored10.9$17M−6.4%

Other business types in Perry County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Perry County, KY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 dry cleaner in Perry County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Perry County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Perry County, KY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $17M a year, or $1,536 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner 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 11,078 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Perry County, KY compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Perry County has 1 dry cleaner 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 Perry County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Perry County at 26,555 people in 2025, down 6.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,078 households. Median household income in Perry County is $42,181, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Perry County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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