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Dry cleaners in Guadalupe County, TX

The dry cleaners in Guadalupe County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #110 of 507 scored counties
#3 of 47 scored counties in Texas

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$134.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,057 a household
Spending per listing
$15M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,111
+15.8% 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

At $2,057 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Guadalupe County spend about $134.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 9 dry cleaners, that is $15M per shop, 5% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Guadalupe County has 9 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 8% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Guadalupe County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 13,085 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $864K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Guadalupe County.

Population estimates put the population change in Guadalupe County from 2020 to 2025 at +15.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, Guadalupe County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #110 of 507 scored counties and #3 of 47 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGuadalupe CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.81.3
Spending per listing$15M$11.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishment13,0857,4038,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,057$1,983$2,055
Median household income$92,375$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6535

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 5
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$864K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,111+15.8% since 2020
Households
65,424
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
711 sq. mi.
People per square mile
258
Median household income
$92,375+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,083
Median home value
$304,400
Jobs located here
49,144
Daytime population
142,907Residents 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 Guadalupe 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

Other business types in Guadalupe County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Guadalupe County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 dry cleaners in Guadalupe County. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

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

About $134.6M a year, or $2,057 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $15M 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 65,424 households in Guadalupe County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Guadalupe County has 1.4 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $15M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,085 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Guadalupe County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Guadalupe County at 201,111 people in 2025, up 15.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,424 households. Median household income in Guadalupe County is $92,375, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Guadalupe County scores 65 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #110 of 507 scored counties.

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