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Dry cleaners in St. Mary’s County, MD

The dry cleaners in St. Mary’s County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$103.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,430 a household
Spending per listing
$103.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
116,692
+2.4% 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

Households in St. Mary’s County spend about $103.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,430 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That works out to $103.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

There is 1 dry cleaner on map listings in St. Mary’s County as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in St. Mary’s County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 10,609 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show St. Mary’s County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, St. Mary’s County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How St. Mary’s County 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 St. Mary’s County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Mary’s CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.21.41.3
Spending per listing$103.1M$16.3M$15.7M
Households per official establishment10,6096,0748,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−19.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,430$2,283$2,055
Median household income$119,446$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$572K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 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 St. Mary’s 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 St. Mary’s County

Population, 2025 estimate
116,692+2.4% since 2020
Households
42,436
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
359 sq. mi.
People per square mile
321
Median household income
$119,446+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$142,976
Median home value
$407,600
Jobs located here
35,732
Daytime population
104,060Residents 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 counties in Maryland for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Maryland, with St. Mary’s County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frederick County, MD8480.8$32.4M+11.0%#8 of 507
2Charles County, MD7761.0$24.8M+5.9%#30 of 507
3Carroll County, MD6760.9$25.9M+2.2%#85 of 507
4Harford County, MD55131.3$18.2M+2.0%#216 of 507
5Anne Arundel County, MD51301.3$18.7M+1.7%#246 of 507
6Howard County, MD42242.0$13.9M+1.9%#331 of 507
7Montgomery County, MD41701.8$14.5M+1.3%#345 of 507
8Wicomico County, MD3992.2$8.5M+3.2%#368 of 507
9Prince George’s County, MD34571.6$13.5M+0.5%#400 of 507
10Baltimore County, MD34531.6$13.4M−0.7%#401 of 507
St. Mary’s County, MDNot scored10.2$103.1M+2.4%

Other business types in St. Mary’s County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in St. Mary’s County, MD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 dry cleaner in St. Mary’s County. 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 St. Mary’s County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $103.1M a year, or $2,430 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $103.1M 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 42,436 households in St. Mary’s County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Mary’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

St. Mary’s County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, St. Mary’s County would have about 7, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,609 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Mary’s County, MD growing?

Population estimates put St. Mary’s County at 116,692 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,436 households. Median household income in St. Mary’s County is $119,446, 48% above 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. St. Mary’s County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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