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Dry cleaners in Lucas County, OH

How Lucas 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #171 of 507 scored counties
#12 of 20 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$336.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,834 a household
Spending per listing
$24M
53% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
423,347
−1.7% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Lucas County comes to about $336.1M a year: $1,834 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 dry cleaners, that is $24M per shop, 53% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Lucas County has 14 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 38% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Lucas County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 16,658 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Lucas County.

Population estimates put the population change in Lucas County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in Lucas County is 59 (upper middle), #171 of 507 scored counties and #12 of 20 scored counties in Ohio.

How Lucas 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 Lucas County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureLucas CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.91.3
Spending per listing$24M$20.7M$15.7M
Households per official establishment16,65813,0738,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−20.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,834$1,954$2,055
Median household income$62,224$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 11
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Lucas 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 Lucas County

Population, 2025 estimate
423,347−1.7% since 2020
Households
183,243
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
340 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,260
Median household income
$62,224+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,001
Median home value
$163,900
Jobs located here
202,605
Daytime population
443,876Residents 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 Lucas 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
12Lucas County, OH59140.8$24M−1.7%#171 of 507

Other business types in Lucas County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Lucas County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 dry cleaners in Lucas County. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

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

About $336.1M a year, or $1,834 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $24M 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 183,243 households in Lucas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lucas County has 0.8 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $24M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Lucas County would have about 21, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,658 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Lucas County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Lucas County at 423,347 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 183,243 households. Median household income in Lucas County is $62,224, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Lucas County scores 59 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #171 of 507 scored counties.

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