Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Texas
Dry cleaners in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #211 of 272 scored metro areas
#10 of 23 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 24
- 2 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $221.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,602 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.2M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dry cleaners, ranking #211 of 272 scored metro areas and #10 of 23 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,602 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area spend about $221.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 24 dry cleaners, that is $9.2M per shop, 41% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 24 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 34,608 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Brownsville-Harlingen metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $9.2M | $11.1M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 34,608 | 7,403 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.8% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,602 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $52,601 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $994K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 242 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Brownsville-Harlingen 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 138,433
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 478
- Median household income
- $52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,931
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 146,355
- Daytime population
- 405,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 54 | 26 | 1.0 | $16.9M | +5.6% | #124 of 272 |
| 2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 54 | 149 | 1.5 | $15M | +14.0% | #128 of 272 |
| 3Waco, TX | 43 | 12 | 1.1 | $16.7M | +4.2% | #173 of 272 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 43 | 9 | 1.1 | $15.4M | +5.2% | #175 of 272 |
| 5Midland, TX | 40 | 13 | 1.9 | $11.6M | +9.8% | #190 of 272 |
| 6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 39 | 154 | 1.6 | $12.1M | +9.5% | #196 of 272 |
| 7Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 39 | 583 | 2.0 | $10.5M | +10.6% | #198 of 272 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 38 | 576 | 2.2 | $9.5M | +10.3% | #201 of 272 |
| 9Corpus Christi, TX | 36 | 26 | 1.5 | $11.7M | +1.1% | #210 of 272 |
| 10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 36 | 24 | 1.7 | $9.2M | +3.0% | #211 of 272 |
Other business types in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
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 laundry21
- Clothing and shoe stores22
- Laundromats15
- Dry cleaners36
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 dry cleaners in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $221.8M a year, or $1,602 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $9.2M 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 138,433 households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 1.7 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $9.2M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area would have about 14, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 34,608 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. Median household income in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is $52,601, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 36 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #211 of 272 scored metro areas.
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