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Dry cleaners in Custer County, MT

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,623 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
12,034
+1.5% 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

There are no dry cleaners on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Custer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

At $1,623 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Custer County spend about $8.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. 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 Custer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Custer County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no dry cleaners on map listings, Custer County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Custer County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Custer County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureCuster CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.41.3
Spending per listingn/a$41.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,9438,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,623$1,721$2,055
Median household income$70,605$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

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
0
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 Custer 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 Custer County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,034+1.5% since 2020
Households
5,038
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
3,783 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$70,605+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,295
Median home value
$219,100
Jobs located here
5,790
Daytime population
11,387Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Custer County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Custer County, MT?

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

How much do households in Custer County, MT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $8.2M a year, or $1,623 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,038 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Custer County, MT compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Custer County has no dry cleaners on map listings. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Custer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Custer County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Custer County at 12,034 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,038 households. The median household income in Custer County is $70,605 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% 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. Custer County has no market score for dry cleaners, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in Custer County

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