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Dry cleaners in Brown County, SD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in Brown County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$31.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,908 a household
Spending per listing
$15.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
37,561
−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

Households in Brown County spend about $31.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,908 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $15.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Brown County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Brown County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Brown County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Brown County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Brown County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.20.51.3
Spending per listing$15.5M$37.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,2778,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.7%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,908$1,951$2,055
Median household income$70,898$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored78

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
20 chain locations
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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,561−1.7% since 2020
Households
16,285
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,713 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,772
Median home value
$221,100
Jobs located here
19,972
Daytime population
38,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Brown County

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

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Brown County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in Brown County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Brown County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Brown County, SD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $31.1M a year, or $1,908 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $15.5M 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 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brown County, SD compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Brown County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending.

How fast is Brown County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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