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Dry cleaners in Somerset County, PA
How Somerset County, PA compares with other counties 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
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $56.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,929 a household
- Spending per listing
- $56.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 72,004
- −2.7% since 2020
See the dry cleaners around any address in Somerset County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 dry cleaner in Somerset County. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.
At $1,929 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Somerset County spend about $56.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $56.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Somerset County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 9,781 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Somerset County declined 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Somerset County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Somerset County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Somerset County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $56.6M | $20.7M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,781 | 10,086 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −19.8% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,929 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,446 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $544K
- 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
- 4The 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,004−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,344
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $61,446+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,574
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 23,480
- Daytime population
- 64,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Somerset County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the dry cleaners on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, PA | 80 | 17 | 0.9 | $24.3M | +3.6% | #18 of 507 |
| 2Butler County, PA | 78 | 9 | 1.1 | $21.5M | +3.2% | #25 of 507 |
| 3Lancaster County, PA | 77 | 19 | 0.9 | $26.1M | +1.9% | #29 of 507 |
| 4Dauphin County, PA | 74 | 8 | 0.7 | $33.3M | +2.3% | #40 of 507 |
| 5Westmoreland County, PA | 72 | 11 | 0.7 | $30.6M | −1.4% | #51 of 507 |
| 6Berks County, PA | 70 | 13 | 0.8 | $28.1M | +2.7% | #62 of 507 |
| 7Erie County, PA | 69 | 8 | 0.7 | $28M | −1.8% | #73 of 507 |
| 8Northampton County, PA | 69 | 15 | 1.2 | $19.5M | +3.7% | #78 of 507 |
| 9Washington County, PA | 66 | 10 | 1.1 | $20.1M | +0.7% | #92 of 507 |
| 10Cumberland County, PA | 66 | 18 | 1.7 | $14M | +6.5% | #98 of 507 |
| Somerset County, PA | Not scored | 1 | 0.3 | $56.6M | −2.7% |
Other business types in Somerset 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 laundry70
- Clothing and shoe stores74
- Laundromats20
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Somerset County, PA?
Somerset County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in Somerset County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $56.6M a year, or $1,929 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $56.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,344 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, PA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Somerset County 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, Somerset County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,781 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 72,004 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,344 households. The median household income in Somerset County is $61,446 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Somerset County 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Somerset County. It maps the dry cleaners on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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