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Clothing and laundry · County · South Dakota

Dry cleaners in Meade County, SD

How Meade County, SD 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$23.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,960 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
30,711
+2.7% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Meade County comes to about $23.5M a year: $1,960 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no dry cleaners in Meade County. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Meade County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Meade County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With no dry cleaners on map listings, Meade County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Meade 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 Meade County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMeade CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.51.3
Spending per listingn/a$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+2.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,960$1,951$2,055
Median household income$74,790$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
0
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 Meade 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 Meade County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,711+2.7% since 2020
Households
11,968
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
3,471 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,155
Median home value
$310,900
Jobs located here
7,923
Daytime population
24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Meade 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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Other business types in Meade County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Meade County, SD?

There are no dry cleaners on map listings in Meade County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Meade County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $23.5M a year, or $1,960 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Meade County has no dry cleaners on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Meade County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Meade County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County has no market score for dry cleaners, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Meade 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.

How the score works · Top markets for dry cleaners · All 56 business types in Meade County

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