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Dry cleaners in Grand Traverse County, MI

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$81.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,033 a household
Spending per listing
$40.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
96,729
+1.4% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Grand Traverse County comes to about $81.9M a year: $2,033 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 2 dry cleaners, that is $40.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Grand Traverse County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Grand Traverse County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand Traverse County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Grand Traverse County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grand Traverse County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Grand Traverse County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureGrand Traverse CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.51.01.3
Spending per listing$40.9M$19.4M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,3558,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−20.6%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,033$1,975$2,055
Median household income$81,647$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County

Population, 2025 estimate
96,729+1.4% since 2020
Households
40,287
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
464 sq. mi.
People per square mile
207
Median household income
$81,647+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,300
Median home value
$339,400
Jobs located here
46,591
Daytime population
102,841Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Grand Traverse County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston County, MI8060.8$30M+1.7%#15 of 507
2Ottawa County, MI71111.0$21.8M+3.9%#58 of 507
3Kent County, MI65281.1$19M+2.5%#106 of 507
4Genesee County, MI64100.6$30.4M−1.1%#112 of 507
5Macomb County, MI60330.9$21.7M+0.7%#161 of 507
6Kalamazoo County, MI60111.0$19.3M+0.8%#164 of 507
7Saginaw County, MI5670.9$20.1M−1.1%#206 of 507
8Washtenaw County, MI55191.3$17.8M−0.4%#217 of 507
9Eaton County, MI5061.3$14.8M+0.4%#261 of 507
10Ingham County, MI40171.5$12.9M+1.7%#353 of 507
Grand Traverse County, MINot scored20.5$40.9M+1.4%

Other business types in Grand Traverse County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Grand Traverse County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in Grand Traverse County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Grand Traverse County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Grand Traverse County, MI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $81.9M a year, or $2,033 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $40.9M 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 40,287 households in Grand Traverse County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grand Traverse County, MI compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Grand Traverse County has 2 dry cleaners 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, Grand Traverse County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Grand Traverse County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Grand Traverse County at 96,729 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,287 households. Median household income in Grand Traverse County is $81,647, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, 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. Grand Traverse County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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