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Dry cleaners in Greene County, MO

How Greene County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #81 of 507 scored counties
#3 of 8 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$235.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,802 a household
Spending per listing
$23.6M
51% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
309,286
+3.3% 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 10 dry cleaners in Greene County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Greene County comes to about $235.9M a year: $1,802 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 dry cleaners, that is $23.6M per shop, 51% 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 Greene County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 18,707 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $187K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Greene County.

Population estimates put the population change in Greene County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, Greene County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #81 of 507 scored counties and #3 of 8 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Greene County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Greene County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.91.3
Spending per listing$23.6M$20.9M$15.7M
Households per official establishment18,70712,7328,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.4%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,802$1,939$2,055
Median household income$61,479$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6853

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 7
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$187K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Greene 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 Greene County

Population, 2025 estimate
309,286+3.3% since 2020
Households
130,951
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
449
Median household income
$61,479+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,469
Median home value
$221,300
Jobs located here
183,863
Daytime population
359,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Greene County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clay County, MO7190.9$23.9M+4.3%#56 of 507
2St. Charles County, MO71181.1$20.9M+4.9%#59 of 507
3Greene County, MO68100.8$23.6M+3.3%#81 of 507
4Platte County, MO5771.6$14.2M+6.7%#202 of 507
5Jackson County, MO54321.0$18.3M+2.1%#222 of 507
6St. Louis city, MO43141.0$18.5M−7.4%#320 of 507
7St. Louis County, MO30781.9$11.6M−1.2%#435 of 507
8Cape Girardeau County, MO2372.2$8.6M+2.7%#474 of 507

Other business types in Greene County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Greene County, MO?

There are 10 dry cleaners on map listings in Greene County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) 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 Greene County, MO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $235.9M a year, or $1,802 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $23.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 130,951 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greene County, MO compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Greene County has 0.8 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $23.6M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Greene County would have about 15, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,707 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Greene County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 309,286 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 130,951 households. The median household income in Greene County is $61,479 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.4% 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. Greene County scores 68 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #81 of 507 scored counties.

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