Clothing and laundry · Metro area · New Mexico
Dry cleaners in the Las Cruces, NM metro area
How the Las Cruces, NM metro area compares with other metro areas 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $130.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,539 a household
- Spending per listing
- $43.6M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 229,091
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 dry cleaners in the Las Cruces metro area. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 69% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Las Cruces metro area comes to about $130.7M a year: $1,539 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $43.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.8 times 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Las Cruces metro area in 2023. That is one for every 16,978 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Las Cruces metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Las Cruces metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 dry cleaners on map listings, the Las Cruces metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Las Cruces metro area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Las Cruces metro area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $43.6M | $15.8M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,978 | 14,691 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.9% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,539 | $1,645 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $56,848 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Las Cruces 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 Las Cruces metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 229,091+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 84,889
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,808 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $56,848+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,951
- Median home value
- $220,800
- Jobs located here
- 79,505
- Daytime population
- 218,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Mexico for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Las Cruces metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albuquerque, NM | 40 | 43 | 1.1 | $14.9M | +0.8% | #185 of 272 |
| 2Santa Fe, NM | 27 | 10 | 1.4 | $13M | +1.2% | #243 of 272 |
| Las Cruces, NM | Not scored | 3 | 0.4 | $43.6M | +4.1% |
Other business types in the Las Cruces 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 laundry66
- Clothing and shoe stores66
- Laundromats50
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Las Cruces, NM metro area?
There are 3 dry cleaners on map listings in the Las Cruces metro area as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Las Cruces, NM metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $130.7M a year, or $1,539 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $43.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,889 households in the Las Cruces metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Las Cruces, NM metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Las Cruces metro area has 0.4 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $43.6M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Las Cruces metro area would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,978 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Las Cruces, NM metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Las Cruces metro area at 229,091 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,889 households. The median household income in the Las Cruces metro area is $56,848 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.8% 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 Las Cruces metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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