Clothing and laundry · Metro area · North Carolina
Dry cleaners in the Asheville, NC metro area
How the Asheville, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #17 of 272 scored metro areas
#1 of 13 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $301.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $30.2M
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 422,345
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For dry cleaners, the Asheville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #17 of 272 scored metro areas and #1 of 13 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for dry cleaners.
At $1,872 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Asheville metro area spend about $301.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $30.2M per shop, 93% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
There are 10 dry cleaners on map listings in the Asheville metro area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Asheville metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 17,918 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Asheville metro area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Asheville metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Asheville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $30.2M | $16.2M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,918 | 9,371 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −20.2% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,872 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,838 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Asheville 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 Asheville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 422,345+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 161,264
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $71,838
- Average household income
- $100,473
- Median home value
- $370,900
- Jobs located here
- 190,451
- Daytime population
- 429,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Asheville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Asheville, NC | 75 | 10 | 0.6 | $30.2M | +3.6% | #17 of 272 |
| 2Wilmington, NC | 69 | 13 | 0.7 | $29.4M | +15.9% | #32 of 272 |
| 3Greenville, NC | 57 | 5 | 0.7 | $25.3M | +5.4% | #100 of 272 |
| 4Raleigh-Cary, NC | 54 | 86 | 1.5 | $14.9M | +12.6% | #129 of 272 |
| 5Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 53 | 36 | 1.5 | $14.4M | +7.5% | #135 of 272 |
| 6Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 51 | 11 | 0.7 | $23.2M | +3.2% | #143 of 272 |
| 7Winston-Salem, NC | 50 | 26 | 0.9 | $19.4M | +5.3% | #151 of 272 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 42 | 82 | 1.2 | $17.2M | +0.9% | #177 of 272 |
| 8Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 42 | 181 | 1.7 | $12.2M | +10.1% | #179 of 272 |
| 9Greensboro-High Point, NC | 39 | 33 | 1.0 | $17.1M | +4.1% | #192 of 272 |
Other business types in the Asheville 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 laundry32
- Clothing and shoe stores33
- Laundromats63
- Dry cleaners75
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Asheville, NC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 dry cleaners in the Asheville metro area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Asheville, NC metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $301.9M a year, or $1,872 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $30.2M 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 161,264 households in the Asheville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Asheville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Asheville metro area has 0.6 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $30.2M, 93% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Asheville metro area would have about 19, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,918 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Asheville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Asheville metro area at 422,345 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,264 households. Median household income in the Asheville metro area is $71,838, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Asheville metro area scores 75 for dry cleaners (high), #17 of 272 scored metro areas.
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