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Dry cleaners in Lorain County, OH
How Lorain County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #48 of 507 scored counties
#5 of 20 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $253.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,988 a household
- Spending per listing
- $23M
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 323,219
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
For dry cleaners, Lorain County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #48 of 507 scored counties and #5 of 20 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dry cleaners.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Lorain County comes to about $253.5M a year: $1,988 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 dry cleaners, that is $23M per shop, 47% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
There are 11 dry cleaners on map listings in Lorain County as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Lorain County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 21,257 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Lorain County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lorain 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.
| Measure | Lorain County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $23M | $20.7M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 21,257 | 13,073 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −20.5% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,988 | $1,954 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $73,347 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $570K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Lorain 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 Lorain County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 323,219+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 127,544
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 646
- Median household income
- $73,347+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,714
- Median home value
- $223,200
- Jobs located here
- 99,992
- Daytime population
- 270,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, OH | 83 | 5 | 0.5 | $45.1M | +5.7% | #10 of 507 |
| 2Licking County, OH | 79 | 5 | 0.7 | $28.9M | +3.8% | #21 of 507 |
| 3Fairfield County, OH | 76 | 6 | 1.0 | $21.6M | +6.5% | #34 of 507 |
| 4Clermont County, OH | 75 | 8 | 0.9 | $22.3M | +3.9% | #38 of 507 |
| 5Lorain County, OH | 73 | 11 | 0.9 | $23M | +3.1% | #48 of 507 |
| 6Butler County, OH | 72 | 14 | 1.0 | $21.8M | +2.4% | #53 of 507 |
| 7Greene County, OH | 66 | 9 | 1.3 | $16.4M | +3.7% | #96 of 507 |
| 8Lake County, OH | 65 | 10 | 1.0 | $20.5M | −0.1% | #103 of 507 |
| 9Medina County, OH | 64 | 8 | 1.1 | $20.3M | +1.3% | #120 of 507 |
| 10Stark County, OH | 63 | 11 | 0.7 | $26.3M | −0.2% | #126 of 507 |
Other business types in Lorain 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 laundry80
- Clothing and shoe stores83
- Laundromats76
- Dry cleaners73
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Lorain County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 dry cleaners in Lorain County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in Lorain County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $253.5M a year, or $1,988 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $23M 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 127,544 households in Lorain County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lorain County, OH compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Lorain County has 0.9 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $23M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Lorain County would have about 16, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,257 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Lorain County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Lorain County at 323,219 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 127,544 households. Median household income in Lorain County is $73,347, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. Lorain County scores 73 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #48 of 507 scored counties.
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