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Dry cleaners in the Springfield, OH metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Springfield, OH metro area, set against other metro areas 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
$100.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,792 a household
Spending per listing
$50.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
135,340
−0.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 dry cleaners in the Springfield metro area. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Households in the Springfield metro area spend about $100.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,792 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $50.1M 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 the Springfield metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $370K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Springfield metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Springfield metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, the Springfield metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Springfield metro area 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 Springfield, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureSpringfield metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.91.3
Spending per listing$50.1M$20.7M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,0738,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−20.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,792$1,954$2,055
Median household income$63,132$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
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$370K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Springfield metro 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 Springfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
135,340−0.4% since 2020
Households
55,975
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
396 sq. mi.
People per square mile
341
Median household income
$63,132+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,369
Median home value
$169,900
Jobs located here
47,291
Daytime population
124,677Residents 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 metro areas in Ohio for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Springfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH65891.0$20.5M+4.7%#48 of 272
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH6360.4$43.4M−2.6%#62 of 272
2Canton-Massillon, OH61110.7$28.1M−0.2%#78 of 272
3Toledo, OH61190.7$25.1M−1.0%#79 of 272
4Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN551021.1$18.4M+2.7%#117 of 272
5Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH54411.2$16.3M+1.5%#126 of 272
6Sandusky, OH5351.0$19.6M−2.6%#131 of 272
7Akron, OH44331.1$17.6M0.0%#168 of 272
8Cleveland, OH381181.3$15.6M−0.8%#199 of 272
9Youngstown-Warren, OH29231.2$14M−1.4%#238 of 272
Springfield, OHNot scored20.4$50.1M−0.4%

Other business types in the Springfield metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Springfield, OH metro area?

The Springfield metro area has 2 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in the Springfield metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Springfield, OH metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $100.3M a year, or $1,792 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $50.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,975 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Springfield, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Springfield metro area 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, the Springfield metro area would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is the Springfield, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 135,340 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,975 households. The median household income in the Springfield metro area is $63,132 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. The Springfield metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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