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Dry cleaners in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area

How the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #55 of 272 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$270M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,553 a household
Spending per listing
$27M
72% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
233,539
+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

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 dry cleaners in the Barnstable Town metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

At $2,553 per household (24% above the U.S. average), households in the Barnstable Town metro area spend about $270M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $27M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 72% above 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.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Barnstable Town metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,556 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $405K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Barnstable Town metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Barnstable Town metro area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in the Barnstable Town metro area is 64 (upper middle), #55 of 272 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Barnstable Town metro area compares

The same measures for Massachusetts 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 Barnstable Town, MA metro area compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureBarnstable Town metro areaMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.92.01.3
Spending per listing$27M$13.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishment7,5565,5818,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−18.1%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,553$2,675$2,055
Median household income$95,241$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market score6436

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
122
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$405K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Barnstable Town 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 Barnstable Town metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
233,539+2.4% since 2020
Households
105,777
Median age
53.8
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
394 sq. mi.
People per square mile
588
Median household income
$95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,349
Median home value
$629,000
Jobs located here
87,424
Daytime population
221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Massachusetts

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

Top metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in Massachusetts ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA7950.8$29.8M+10.4%#14 of 272
2Worcester, MA67351.0$24.2M+3.7%#41 of 272
3Barnstable Town, MA64100.9$27M+2.4%#55 of 272
4Springfield, MA59191.0$21M+0.2%#92 of 272
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA381191.8$13.5M+2.1%#200 of 272
5Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH344652.4$11.8M+2.3%#218 of 272

Other business types in the Barnstable Town metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area?

The Barnstable Town metro area has 10 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $270M a year, or $2,553 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $27M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in the Barnstable Town metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Barnstable Town metro area has 0.9 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $27M, 72% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Barnstable Town metro area would have about 17, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,556 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Barnstable Town, MA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Barnstable Town metro area at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. The median household income in the Barnstable Town metro area is $95,241 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.1% 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 Barnstable Town metro area scores 64 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #55 of 272 scored metro areas.

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