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Dry cleaners in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compares with other metro areas 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$224.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,896 a household
Spending per listing
$56M
3.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.3
77% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
315,280
+7.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 dry cleaners in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area. That comes to 0.3 for every 10,000 households, 77% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area spend about $224.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,896 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $56M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3.6 times 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 39,394 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area grew 7.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureHagerstown-Martinsburg metro areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.31.41.3
Spending per listing$56M$16.3M$15.7M
Households per official establishment39,3946,0748,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−19.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,896$2,283$2,055
Median household income$78,802$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
4
Annual payroll, 2023
$166K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
315,280+7.1% since 2020
Households
118,181
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
300
Median household income
$78,802+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,922
Median home value
$278,100
Jobs located here
107,689
Daytime population
269,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Maryland

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Salisbury, MD4191.8$10M+2.9%#183 of 272
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD403931.6$15.4M+1.4%#184 of 272
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV404171.8$14.5M+3.3%#187 of 272
2Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD391581.4$15.8M+0.4%#193 of 272
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WVNot scored40.3$56M+7.1%

Other business types in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area?

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

How much do households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $224.1M a year, or $1,896 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $56M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 118,181 households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 0.3 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 77% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $56M, 3.6 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area would have about 14, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 39,394 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area at 315,280 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,181 households. The median household income in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area is $78,802 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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