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Dry cleaners in Herkimer County, NY
The dry cleaners in Herkimer County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $52M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,019 a household
- Spending per listing
- $52M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 59,219
- −1.4% since 2020
See the dry cleaners around any address in Herkimer County
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Herkimer County comes to about $52M a year: $2,019 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $52M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Herkimer County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Herkimer County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Herkimer County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Herkimer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Herkimer 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.
| Measure | Herkimer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $52M | $13.2M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,858 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −21.6% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,019 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,515 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 24 |
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
- 3The 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 Herkimer 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 Herkimer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,219−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 25,741
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $68,515+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,546
- Median home value
- $147,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,576
- Daytime population
- 47,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Herkimer County?
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Schenectady County, NY | 75 | 5 | 0.7 | $30.3M | +3.0% | #36 of 507 |
| 2Onondaga County, NY | 70 | 17 | 0.9 | $26M | −1.9% | #65 of 507 |
| 3Saratoga County, NY | 68 | 12 | 1.2 | $21.8M | +2.3% | #82 of 507 |
| 4Niagara County, NY | 66 | 5 | 0.5 | $38.5M | −1.5% | #87 of 507 |
| 5Monroe County, NY | 62 | 32 | 1.0 | $22.2M | −1.0% | #136 of 507 |
| 6Ulster County, NY | 62 | 10 | 1.3 | $17.7M | +1.1% | #140 of 507 |
| 7Erie County, NY | 61 | 46 | 1.1 | $19.4M | −0.6% | #151 of 507 |
| 8Oneida County, NY | 60 | 11 | 1.2 | $18M | −2.1% | #166 of 507 |
| 9Rensselaer County, NY | 59 | 8 | 1.2 | $19.4M | −0.2% | #176 of 507 |
| 10Albany County, NY | 54 | 18 | 1.3 | $17.6M | +2.2% | #225 of 507 |
| Herkimer County, NY | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | $52M | −1.4% |
Other business types in Herkimer County
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 laundry67
- Clothing and shoe stores70
- Laundromats33
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Herkimer County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Herkimer County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Herkimer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Herkimer County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $52M a year, or $2,019 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $52M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,741 households in Herkimer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Herkimer County, NY compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Herkimer County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Herkimer County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Herkimer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Herkimer County at 59,219 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,741 households. Median household income in Herkimer County is $68,515, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Herkimer 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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