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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · South Dakota

Dry cleaners in the Watertown, SD area

The dry cleaners in the Watertown, SD area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

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
$23M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,835 a household
Spending per listing
$23M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
29,562
+4.3% 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 Watertown area. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Watertown area comes to about $23M a year: $1,835 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $23M 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 Watertown area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.8M has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Watertown area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Watertown area grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, the Watertown area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Watertown area 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 Watertown, SD area compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWatertown areaSouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.51.3
Spending per listing$23M$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+4.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,835$1,951$2,055
Median household income$72,727$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
10 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
1
Amount
$1.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Watertown 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 Watertown area

Population, 2025 estimate
29,562+4.3% since 2020
Households
12,526
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
688 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$72,727
Average household income
$90,805
Median home value
$237,700
Jobs located here
16,302
Daytime population
29,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Watertown area

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 the Watertown, SD area?

The Watertown 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 Watertown area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Watertown, SD area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $23M a year, or $1,835 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $23M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,526 households in the Watertown area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Watertown, SD area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Watertown 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 Watertown area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Watertown, SD area growing?

Population estimates put the Watertown area at 29,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,526 households. The median household income in the Watertown area is $72,727 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Watertown area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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