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Dry cleaners in Essex County, NY

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$34.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,127 a household
Spending per listing
$34.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
36,438
−2.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 dry cleaner in Essex County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Households in Essex County spend about $34.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,127 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $34.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings. 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 Essex County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $534K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Essex County.

Population estimates show Essex County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Essex County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Essex County 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.

Dry cleaners in Essex County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureEssex CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.61.91.3
Spending per listing$34.8M$13.2M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,8588,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−21.6%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,127$2,448$2,055
Median household income$71,661$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored24

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$534K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
36,438−2.2% since 2020
Households
16,342
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,794 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$71,661+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,488
Median home value
$211,900
Jobs located here
14,557
Daytime population
35,396Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in New York, with Essex County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Schenectady County, NY7550.7$30.3M+3.0%#36 of 507
2Onondaga County, NY70170.9$26M−1.9%#65 of 507
3Saratoga County, NY68121.2$21.8M+2.3%#82 of 507
4Niagara County, NY6650.5$38.5M−1.5%#87 of 507
5Monroe County, NY62321.0$22.2M−1.0%#136 of 507
6Ulster County, NY62101.3$17.7M+1.1%#140 of 507
7Erie County, NY61461.1$19.4M−0.6%#151 of 507
8Oneida County, NY60111.2$18M−2.1%#166 of 507
9Rensselaer County, NY5981.2$19.4M−0.2%#176 of 507
10Albany County, NY54181.3$17.6M+2.2%#225 of 507
Essex County, NYNot scored10.6$34.8M−2.2%

Other business types in Essex County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Essex County, NY?

Essex County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Essex County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Essex County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $34.8M a year, or $2,127 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $34.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,342 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Essex County, NY compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Essex County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Essex County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Essex County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Essex County at 36,438 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,342 households. The median household income in Essex County is $71,661 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Essex County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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