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Dry cleaners in Otsego County, MI
How Otsego County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
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
- $21M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $21M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 26,080
- +3.8% since 2020
See the dry cleaners around any address in Otsego County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Otsego County. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.
At $1,872 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Otsego County spend about $21M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $21M per shop. 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 Otsego County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Otsego County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Otsego County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Otsego 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.
| Measure | Otsego County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $21M | $19.4M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,355 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −20.6% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,872 | $1,975 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,183 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
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
- 1The 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 Otsego 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 Otsego County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,080+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,231
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 515 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $68,183+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,599
- Median home value
- $219,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,813
- Daytime population
- 24,512Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Otsego County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dry cleaners on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston County, MI | 80 | 6 | 0.8 | $30M | +1.7% | #15 of 507 |
| 2Ottawa County, MI | 71 | 11 | 1.0 | $21.8M | +3.9% | #58 of 507 |
| 3Kent County, MI | 65 | 28 | 1.1 | $19M | +2.5% | #106 of 507 |
| 4Genesee County, MI | 64 | 10 | 0.6 | $30.4M | −1.1% | #112 of 507 |
| 5Macomb County, MI | 60 | 33 | 0.9 | $21.7M | +0.7% | #161 of 507 |
| 6Kalamazoo County, MI | 60 | 11 | 1.0 | $19.3M | +0.8% | #164 of 507 |
| 7Saginaw County, MI | 56 | 7 | 0.9 | $20.1M | −1.1% | #206 of 507 |
| 8Washtenaw County, MI | 55 | 19 | 1.3 | $17.8M | −0.4% | #217 of 507 |
| 9Eaton County, MI | 50 | 6 | 1.3 | $14.8M | +0.4% | #261 of 507 |
| 10Ingham County, MI | 40 | 17 | 1.5 | $12.9M | +1.7% | #353 of 507 |
| Otsego County, MI | Not scored | 1 | 0.9 | $21M | +3.8% |
Other business types in Otsego County
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 laundry47
- Clothing and shoe stores42
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Otsego County, MI?
There is 1 dry cleaner on map listings in Otsego County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Otsego County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Otsego County, MI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $21M a year, or $1,872 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $21M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,231 households in Otsego County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Otsego County, MI compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Otsego County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending.
How fast is Otsego County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Otsego County at 26,080 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,231 households. The median household income in Otsego County is $68,183 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Otsego 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Otsego County. It maps the dry cleaners on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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