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Dry cleaners in Erie County, OH

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$61.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,886 a household
Spending per listing
$30.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
73,296
−2.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in Erie County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Households in Erie County spend about $61.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,886 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 dry cleaners, that is $30.6M per shop. 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 Erie County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Erie County declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Erie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Erie County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Erie County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureErie CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.91.3
Spending per listing$30.6M$20.7M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,0738,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−20.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.9%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,886$1,954$2,055
Median household income$71,993$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Erie 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 Erie County

Population, 2025 estimate
73,296−2.9% since 2020
Households
32,482
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
251 sq. mi.
People per square mile
297
Median household income
$71,993+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,098
Median home value
$199,700
Jobs located here
33,836
Daytime population
74,660Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Erie County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, OH8350.5$45.1M+5.7%#10 of 507
2Licking County, OH7950.7$28.9M+3.8%#21 of 507
3Fairfield County, OH7661.0$21.6M+6.5%#34 of 507
4Clermont County, OH7580.9$22.3M+3.9%#38 of 507
5Lorain County, OH73110.9$23M+3.1%#48 of 507
6Butler County, OH72141.0$21.8M+2.4%#53 of 507
7Greene County, OH6691.3$16.4M+3.7%#96 of 507
8Lake County, OH65101.0$20.5M−0.1%#103 of 507
9Medina County, OH6481.1$20.3M+1.3%#120 of 507
10Stark County, OH63110.7$26.3M−0.2%#126 of 507
Erie County, OHNot scored20.6$30.6M−2.9%

Other business types in Erie County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Erie County, OH?

There are 2 dry cleaners on map listings in Erie County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Erie County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Erie County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $61.3M a year, or $1,886 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $30.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,482 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Erie County, OH compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Erie County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Erie County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Erie County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Erie County at 73,296 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,482 households. The median household income in Erie County is $71,993 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.8% 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. Erie County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in Erie County

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