Clothing and laundry · County · North Carolina
Dry cleaners in Davidson County, NC
How Davidson County, NC compares with other counties 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $121.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,739 a household
- Spending per listing
- $30.4M
- 94% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 180,182
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Davidson County comes to about $121.5M a year: $1,739 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $30.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 94% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Davidson County has 4 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Davidson County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Davidson County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, Davidson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Davidson County 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 | Davidson County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $30.4M | $16.2M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,371 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −20.2% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,739 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,172 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
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
- 43 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Davidson 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 Davidson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 180,182+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 69,846
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 313
- Median household income
- $64,172+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,156
- Median home value
- $219,100
- Jobs located here
- 48,286
- Daytime population
- 141,539Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brunswick County, NC | 80 | 5 | 0.7 | $25.9M | +26.5% | #16 of 507 |
| 2Buncombe County, NC | 69 | 7 | 0.7 | $27.9M | +2.9% | #74 of 507 |
| 3Iredell County, NC | 69 | 7 | 0.9 | $21.7M | +12.9% | #76 of 507 |
| 4Cabarrus County, NC | 64 | 10 | 1.2 | $17.6M | +9.9% | #123 of 507 |
| 5Pitt County, NC | 62 | 5 | 0.7 | $25.3M | +5.4% | #135 of 507 |
| 6New Hanover County, NC | 60 | 8 | 0.8 | $25.5M | +8.6% | #158 of 507 |
| 7Union County, NC | 60 | 11 | 1.3 | $17.3M | +11.7% | #169 of 507 |
| 8Gaston County, NC | 58 | 12 | 1.3 | $14M | +7.8% | #184 of 507 |
| 9Durham County, NC | 57 | 17 | 1.2 | $17.1M | +7.7% | #194 of 507 |
| 10Wake County, NC | 55 | 80 | 1.7 | $13.3M | +11.2% | #220 of 507 |
| Davidson County, NC | Not scored | 4 | 0.6 | $30.4M | +6.6% |
Other business types in Davidson 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 laundry71
- Clothing and shoe stores71
- Laundromats64
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Davidson County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dry cleaners in Davidson County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Davidson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Davidson County, NC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $121.5M a year, or $1,739 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $30.4M 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 69,846 households in Davidson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Davidson County, NC compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Davidson County has 0.6 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $30.4M, 94% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Davidson County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Davidson County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Davidson County at 180,182 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,846 households. Median household income in Davidson County is $64,172, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.5%, 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. Davidson County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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