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Dry cleaners in Franklin County, MA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in Franklin County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$68M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,154 a household
Spending per listing
$68M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
70,698
−0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Franklin County. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.

Households in Franklin County spend about $68M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,154 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $68M of household spending for each shop on map listings. 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 Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Franklin County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Franklin County 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 Franklin County, MA compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.32.01.3
Spending per listing$68M$13.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,5818,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−18.1%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,154$2,675$2,055
Median household income$74,907$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,698−0.3% since 2020
Households
31,570
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
699 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$74,907+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,042
Median home value
$329,000
Jobs located here
25,416
Daytime population
59,931Residents 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 counties in Massachusetts for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Massachusetts

Counties in Massachusetts ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hampshire County, MA8250.8$29.8M+10.4%#12 of 507
2Worcester County, MA72351.0$24.2M+3.7%#52 of 507
3Barnstable County, MA68100.9$27M+2.4%#80 of 507
4Hampden County, MA61191.0$21M+0.2%#148 of 507
5Bristol County, MA57351.5$15.9M+2.9%#199 of 507
6Plymouth County, MA50462.3$12.2M+3.5%#266 of 507
7Essex County, MA42642.0$12.9M+2.3%#337 of 507
8Middlesex County, MA391632.6$11.7M+2.8%#366 of 507
9Norfolk County, MA33832.9$10.3M+2.2%#415 of 507
10Suffolk County, MA29832.5$10.2M+0.1%#443 of 507
Franklin County, MANot scored10.3$68M−0.3%

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Franklin County, MA?

There is 1 dry cleaner on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Franklin County, MA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $68M a year, or $2,154 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $68M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,570 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, MA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Franklin County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Franklin County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Franklin County, MA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 70,698 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,570 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $74,907 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Franklin County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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