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Dry cleaners in Lafayette Parish, LA
How Lafayette Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #463 of 507 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 22
- 5 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $185.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,838 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.4M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 69% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Lafayette Parish scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dry cleaners, ranking #463 of 507 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,838 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Lafayette Parish spend about $185.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $8.4M per shop, 46% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Lafayette Parish has 22 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 23%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Lafayette Parish classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 5,045 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lafayette Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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.
| Measure | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $8.4M | $13.8M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,045 | 10,083 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −17.5% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,838 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 145
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 225 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Lafayette Parish, 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 41 | 6 | 1.2 | $14.6M | +5.8% | #344 of 507 |
| 2Calcasieu Parish, LA | 40 | 10 | 1.3 | $14.3M | −3.7% | #350 of 507 |
| 3St. Tammany Parish, LA | 36 | 19 | 1.8 | $11.1M | +5.3% | #389 of 507 |
| 4Orleans Parish, LA | 32 | 19 | 1.2 | $14.6M | −5.5% | #418 of 507 |
| 5Lafayette Parish, LA | 26 | 22 | 2.2 | $8.4M | +6.5% | #463 of 507 |
| 6Ouachita Parish, LA | 21 | 8 | 1.3 | $13M | −1.0% | #478 of 507 |
| 7East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 20 | 31 | 1.7 | $10.5M | +0.1% | #481 of 507 |
| 8Caddo Parish, LA | 17 | 16 | 1.7 | $9.8M | −5.4% | #486 of 507 |
| 9Jefferson Parish, LA | 15 | 38 | 2.1 | $8.4M | −1.9% | #492 of 507 |
Other business types in Lafayette Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry31
- Clothing and shoe stores31
- Laundromats64
- Dry cleaners26
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Lafayette Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 dry cleaners in Lafayette Parish. 5 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $185.4M a year, or $1,838 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $8.4M 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 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Lafayette Parish has 2.2 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $8.4M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 12, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,045 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 26 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #463 of 507 scored counties.
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