Clothing and laundry · County · Oklahoma
Dry cleaners in Carter County, OK
How Carter County, OK 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 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #498 of 507 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,709 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in Carter County is 12 (low), #498 of 507 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,709 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Carter County spend about $32.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 5 dry cleaners, that is $6.5M per shop, 58% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Carter County has 5 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, twice the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Carter County in 2023. That is one for every 4,762 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates show Carter County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Carter County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $15.1M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,762 | 10,486 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.9% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,709 | $1,773 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $815K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Canadian County, OK | 70 | 6 | 1.0 | $19.2M | +20.4% | #70 of 507 |
| 2Cleveland County, OK | 62 | 12 | 1.0 | $18.3M | +2.6% | #139 of 507 |
| 3Tulsa County, OK | 56 | 27 | 1.0 | $18.7M | +4.2% | #207 of 507 |
| 4Oklahoma County, OK | 28 | 60 | 1.8 | $10M | +3.0% | #453 of 507 |
| 5Comanche County, OK | 26 | 5 | 1.1 | $15M | +0.8% | #460 of 507 |
| 6Stephens County, OK | 19 | 5 | 2.8 | $6M | +3.4% | #483 of 507 |
| 7Carter County, OK | 12 | 5 | 2.6 | $6.5M | +1.8% | #498 of 507 |
Other business types in Carter 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 laundry19
- Clothing and shoe stores20
- Laundromats17
- Dry cleaners12
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Carter County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 dry cleaners in Carter County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. 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 Carter County, OK spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $32.6M a year, or $1,709 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 19,046 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, OK compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Carter County has 2.6 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $6.5M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Carter County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,762 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. Median household income in Carter County is $60,723, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Carter County scores 12 for dry cleaners (low), #498 of 507 scored counties.
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