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Dry cleaners in the Elmira, NY metro area
How the Elmira, NY 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $70.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,002 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 80,415
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
There are no dry cleaners on map listings in the Elmira metro area as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Elmira metro area would have about 5, against none on map listings.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Elmira metro area comes to about $70.6M a year: $2,002 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Elmira metro area in 2023. That is one for every 11,754 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Elmira metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no dry cleaners on map listings, the Elmira metro area isn’t given a market score for them.
How the Elmira metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Elmira metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $13.2M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,754 | 3,858 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −21.6% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,002 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $63,716 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $318K
- 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
- 5The 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 the Elmira 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 Elmira metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,415−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 35,262
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 202
- Median household income
- $63,716+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $141,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,723
- Daytime population
- 81,216Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Syracuse, NY | 74 | 20 | 0.7 | $29.8M | −1.3% | #19 of 272 |
| 2Rochester, NY | 68 | 37 | 0.8 | $26.6M | −0.7% | #38 of 272 |
| 3Utica-Rome, NY | 63 | 12 | 1.0 | $20.8M | −2.0% | #66 of 272 |
| 4Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 60 | 51 | 1.0 | $21.3M | −0.8% | #89 of 272 |
| 5Kingston, NY | 58 | 10 | 1.3 | $17.7M | +1.1% | #98 of 272 |
| 6Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 57 | 45 | 1.2 | $20.3M | +1.9% | #102 of 272 |
| 7Glens Falls, NY | 56 | 6 | 1.1 | $19.7M | −1.9% | #111 of 272 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 51 | 13 | 1.3 | $16.2M | −1.3% | #148 of 272 |
| 9Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 48 | 6 | 1.3 | $16M | −3.9% | #159 of 272 |
| 10Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 39 | 48 | 1.9 | $13.5M | +3.0% | #194 of 272 |
| Elmira, NY | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −3.9% |
Other business types in the Elmira 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 laundry39
- Clothing and shoe stores36
- Laundromats28
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Elmira, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no dry cleaners in the Elmira metro area. 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 the Elmira, NY metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $70.6M a year, or $2,002 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, 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 35,262 households in the Elmira metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elmira, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Elmira metro area has no dry cleaners on map listings. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Elmira metro area would have about 5, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,754 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Elmira, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Elmira metro area at 80,415 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,262 households. The median household income in the Elmira metro area is $63,716 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% 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 Elmira metro area has no market score for dry cleaners, having none on map listings.
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