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Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Oregon

Dry cleaners in the Albany, OR metro area

How the Albany, OR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$83.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,652 a household
Spending per listing
$83.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
132,843
+3.0% 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 1 dry cleaner in the Albany metro area. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Albany metro area comes to about $83.8M a year: $1,652 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $83.8M 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 Albany metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Albany metro area grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, the Albany 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 Albany metro area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Albany, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureAlbany metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.61.3
Spending per listing$83.8M$28.8M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a14,9438,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−23.3%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,652$1,858$2,055
Median household income$76,329$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored60

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 the Albany 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 Albany metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
132,843+3.0% since 2020
Households
50,729
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,290 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$76,329+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,267
Median home value
$376,400
Jobs located here
46,739
Daytime population
117,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Oregon

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Albany metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bend, OR7960.6$33.5M+7.0%#13 of 272
2Salem, OR6580.5$35.5M+2.7%#44 of 272
3Eugene-Springfield, OR6470.4$38.4M−0.7%#52 of 272
4Medford, OR6250.5$31.4M−0.9%#70 of 272
5Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA60920.9$22.2M+1.0%#87 of 272
Albany, ORNot scored10.2$83.8M+3.0%

Other business types in the Albany metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Albany, OR metro area?

The Albany metro area has 1 dry cleaner 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 Albany metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $83.8M a year, or $1,652 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $83.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,729 households in the Albany metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Albany, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Albany metro area has 1 dry cleaner 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 Albany metro area would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Albany, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Albany metro area at 132,843 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,729 households. The median household income in the Albany metro area is $76,329 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.6% 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 Albany metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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 the Albany metro area

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