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Dry cleaners in Lauderdale County, MS
How Lauderdale County, MS 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,604 a household
- Spending per listing
- $23M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 70,317
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Lauderdale County comes to about $46M a year: $1,604 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $23M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Lauderdale County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Lauderdale County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 9,569 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lauderdale County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Lauderdale County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lauderdale County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Lauderdale County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $23M | $13.1M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,569 | 10,705 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −24.1% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,604 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $50,817 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 17 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $338K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,317−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,707
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $50,817+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,958
- Median home value
- $133,300
- Jobs located here
- 32,099
- Daytime population
- 75,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rankin County, MS | 63 | 6 | 1.0 | $19.2M | +3.2% | #132 of 507 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 62 | 8 | 1.1 | $17.4M | +6.3% | #141 of 507 |
| 3Madison County, MS | 50 | 7 | 1.6 | $12.9M | +6.5% | #265 of 507 |
| 4Harrison County, MS | 34 | 12 | 1.4 | $11.8M | +4.0% | #405 of 507 |
| 5Lamar County, MS | 29 | 5 | 2.0 | $9.4M | +4.7% | #445 of 507 |
| 6Hinds County, MS | 23 | 13 | 1.5 | $11M | −6.6% | #472 of 507 |
| 7Jackson County, MS | 22 | 11 | 1.9 | $9.3M | +3.0% | #475 of 507 |
| 8Lee County, MS | 18 | 6 | 1.8 | $9.6M | +0.5% | #484 of 507 |
| 9Forrest County, MS | 14 | 5 | 1.7 | $9.9M | +1.1% | #493 of 507 |
| Lauderdale County, MS | Not scored | 2 | 0.7 | $23M | −3.2% |
Other business types in Lauderdale 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 laundry8
- Clothing and shoe stores7
- Laundromats15
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Lauderdale County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in Lauderdale County. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in Lauderdale County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $46M a year, or $1,604 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $23M 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 28,707 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lauderdale County, MS compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Lauderdale 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, Lauderdale County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,569 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Lauderdale County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 70,317 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,707 households. Median household income in Lauderdale County is $50,817, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.5%, 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. Lauderdale 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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