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Dry cleaners in Gray County, TX

How Gray County, TX 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,710 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
20,919
−1.3% 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 2 dry cleaners in Gray County. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Gray County comes to about $13.7M a year: $1,710 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 dry cleaners, that is $6.8M 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 Gray County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Gray County declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, Gray County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Gray County 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.

Dry cleaners in Gray County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGray CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.51.81.3
Spending per listing$6.8M$11.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,4038,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,710$1,983$2,055
Median household income$59,614$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

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
1The 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 Gray 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 Gray County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,919−1.3% since 2020
Households
7,991
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
926 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$59,614+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,713
Median home value
$102,900
Jobs located here
7,219
Daytime population
19,509Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Texas, with Gray County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hays County, TX8090.9$23.3M+24.8%#19 of 507
2Williamson County, TX66381.5$15.5M+22.3%#97 of 507
3Guadalupe County, TX6591.4$15M+15.8%#110 of 507
4Hidalgo County, TX58261.0$16.9M+5.6%#179 of 507
5Rockwall County, TX5871.7$14.7M+28.9%#183 of 507
6Collin County, TX58751.8$13.8M+20.6%#185 of 507
7Montgomery County, TX58421.7$13.1M+24.9%#186 of 507
8Ellis County, TX56111.5$13.9M+24.0%#211 of 507
9Galveston County, TX51221.6$13.3M+5.9%#254 of 507
10Denton County, TX51722.0$11.9M+16.9%#256 of 507
Gray County, TXNot scored22.5$6.8M−1.3%

Other business types in Gray County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Gray County, TX?

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

How much do households in Gray County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $13.7M a year, or $1,710 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,991 households in Gray County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gray County, TX compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Gray County has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Gray County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Gray County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Gray County at 20,919 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,991 households. The median household income in Gray County is $59,614 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. Gray 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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