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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Kentucky

Dry cleaners in the Richmond-Berea, KY area

How the Richmond-Berea, KY area compares with other small-town markets 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
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$83.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,691 a household
Spending per listing
$27.9M
78% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,806
+7.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 dry cleaners in the Richmond-Berea area. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Richmond-Berea area comes to about $83.8M a year: $1,691 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 dry cleaners, that is $27.9M per shop, 78% 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 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Richmond-Berea area in 2023. That is one for every 12,390 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Richmond-Berea area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 dry cleaners on map listings, the Richmond-Berea area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Richmond-Berea 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 Richmond-Berea, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureRichmond-Berea areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.81.3
Spending per listing$27.9M$21.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishment12,39013,7468,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−22.3%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,691$1,761$2,055
Median household income$60,368$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$316K
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
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 the Richmond-Berea 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 Richmond-Berea area

Population, 2025 estimate
131,806+7.0% since 2020
Households
49,560
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$60,368
Average household income
$78,113
Median home value
$201,500
Jobs located here
41,726
Daytime population
114,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Richmond-Berea, KY area?

The Richmond-Berea area has 3 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Richmond-Berea, KY area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $83.8M a year, or $1,691 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $27.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,560 households in the Richmond-Berea area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Richmond-Berea, KY area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Richmond-Berea area has 0.6 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $27.9M, 78% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Richmond-Berea area would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,390 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Richmond-Berea, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Richmond-Berea area at 131,806 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,560 households. The median household income in the Richmond-Berea area is $60,368 a year, 25% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Richmond-Berea area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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