Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Michigan
Dry cleaners in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area
How the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #104 of 272 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $212.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,981 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.3M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 263,795
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 dry cleaners in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 36%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Households in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area spend about $212.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,981 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $19.3M per shop, 23% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 15,301 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #104 of 272 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area 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.
| Measure | Kalamazoo-Portage metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $19.3M | $19.4M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 15,301 | 11,355 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −20.6% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,981 | $1,975 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,532 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114 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
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Kalamazoo-Portage 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 Kalamazoo-Portage metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 263,795+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 107,110
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 562 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 467
- Median household income
- $72,532+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,205
- Median home value
- $241,800
- Jobs located here
- 120,525
- Daytime population
- 271,929Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 69 | 42 | 1.0 | $21.6M | +2.8% | #35 of 272 |
| 2Flint, MI | 64 | 10 | 0.6 | $30.4M | −1.1% | #53 of 272 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 58 | 10 | 0.8 | $24.3M | +0.1% | #94 of 272 |
| 3Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 57 | 11 | 1.0 | $19.3M | +0.8% | #104 of 272 |
| 4Saginaw, MI | 53 | 7 | 0.9 | $20.1M | −1.1% | #130 of 272 |
| 5Ann Arbor, MI | 51 | 19 | 1.3 | $17.8M | −0.4% | #147 of 272 |
| 6Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 47 | 24 | 1.2 | $15.7M | +1.4% | #162 of 272 |
| 7Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 32 | 256 | 1.4 | $14.2M | +0.1% | #224 of 272 |
Other business types in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry61
- Clothing and shoe stores58
- Laundromats76
- Dry cleaners57
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area?
The Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has 11 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $212.2M a year, or $1,981 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $19.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 107,110 households in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has 1.0 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $19.3M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area would have about 14, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,301 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area at 263,795 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,110 households. The median household income in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area is $72,532 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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 Kalamazoo-Portage metro area scores 57 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #104 of 272 scored metro areas.
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