Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · North Carolina
Dry cleaners in the New Bern, NC area
The dry cleaners in the New Bern, NC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Too few small-town markets have 5 or more listings to score them against each other.
- Listings
- 8
- 5 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $89.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.2M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 127,358
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,713 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the New Bern area spend about $89.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $11.2M per shop, 28% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
There are 8 dry cleaners on map listings in the New Bern area as of September 2026. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the New Bern area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 13,113 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the New Bern area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Too few small-town markets have 5 or more dry cleaners on map listings to score them against each other.
How the New Bern 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 | New Bern area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $11.2M | $16.2M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,113 | 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 | $1,713 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,475 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 85 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 New Bern 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 New Bern area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 127,358+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 52,452
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,514 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $64,475+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,832
- Median home value
- $220,600
- Jobs located here
- 40,439
- Daytime population
- 116,417Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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
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Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry63
- Clothing and shoe stores68
- Laundromats79
- Dry cleaners
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Real estate
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Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the New Bern, NC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 dry cleaners in the New Bern area. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the New Bern, NC area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $89.9M a year, or $1,713 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $11.2M 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 52,452 households in the New Bern area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Bern, NC area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The New Bern area has 1.5 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $11.2M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the New Bern area would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,113 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the New Bern, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the New Bern area at 127,358 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,452 households. Median household income in the New Bern area is $64,475, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. Too few small-town markets have 5 or more dry cleaners on map listings to score them against each other.
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