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Dry cleaners in Knox County, ME

How Knox County, ME 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$40.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,205 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
41,117
+1.1% 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

There are no dry cleaners on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Knox County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

Households in Knox County spend about $40.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,205 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Knox County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Knox County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no dry cleaners on map listings, Knox County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Knox County compares

The same measures for Maine 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 Knox County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureKnox CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.51.3
Spending per listingn/a$43.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a24,8828,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.0%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,205$2,189$2,055
Median household income$74,096$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored88

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Knox 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 Knox County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,117+1.1% since 2020
Households
18,484
Median age
49.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
365 sq. mi.
People per square mile
112
Median household income
$74,096+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,101
Median home value
$324,900
Jobs located here
16,342
Daytime population
41,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Maine, with Knox County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1York County, ME8750.5$42.6M+4.8%#2 of 507
2Cumberland County, ME77120.9$27.5M+4.5%#28 of 507
3Penobscot County, ME6371.1$19.3M+3.8%#131 of 507
Knox County, MENot scored00.0n/a+1.1%

Other business types in Knox County

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

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Knox County, ME?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no dry cleaners in Knox County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Knox County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Knox County, ME spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $40.8M a year, or $2,205 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,484 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Knox County, ME compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Knox County has no dry cleaners on map listings. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Knox County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

How fast is Knox County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Knox County at 41,117 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,096 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Knox County has no market score for dry cleaners, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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