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Dry cleaners in Ouachita Parish, LA
How Ouachita 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 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #478 of 507 scored counties
#6 of 9 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $104M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,691 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,542
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in Ouachita Parish is 21 (low), #478 of 507 scored counties and #6 of 9 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ouachita Parish spend about $104M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,691 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 dry cleaners, that is $13M per shop, 17% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Ouachita Parish has 8 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Ouachita Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Ouachita Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ouachita 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 | Ouachita Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $13M | $13.8M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,083 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −17.5% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,691 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $54,688 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 19 |
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
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,542−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 61,489
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 260
- Median household income
- $54,688+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,881
- Median home value
- $194,400
- Jobs located here
- 68,646
- Daytime population
- 165,193Residents 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 Ouachita 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 laundry15
- Clothing and shoe stores14
- Laundromats32
- Dry cleaners21
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Ouachita Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 dry cleaners in Ouachita Parish. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Ouachita Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ouachita Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $104M 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 8 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $13M 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 61,489 households in Ouachita Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouachita Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Ouachita Parish has 1.3 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $13M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Ouachita Parish would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Ouachita Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ouachita Parish at 158,542 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,489 households. Median household income in Ouachita Parish is $54,688, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Ouachita Parish scores 21 for dry cleaners (low), #478 of 507 scored counties.
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