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Dry cleaners in Hays County, TX
How Hays County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #19 of 507 scored counties
#1 of 47 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 6 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $209.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,098 a household
- Spending per listing
- $23.3M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 304,390
- +24.8% since 2020
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What this means
For dry cleaners, Hays County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #19 of 507 scored counties and #1 of 47 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for dry cleaners.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 dry cleaners in Hays County. 6 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Hays County comes to about $209.5M a year: $2,098 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $23.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 49% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Hays County in 2023. That is one for every 12,481 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Hays County from 2020 to 2025 at +24.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hays 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.
| Measure | Hays County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $23.3M | $11.1M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,481 | 7,403 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.8% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +24.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,098 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $89,097 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $813K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 96 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Hays 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 Hays County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 304,390+24.8% since 2020
- Households
- 99,849
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 397
- Median household income
- $89,097+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,554
- Median home value
- $399,800
- Jobs located here
- 86,425
- Daytime population
- 232,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hays County, TX | 80 | 9 | 0.9 | $23.3M | +24.8% | #19 of 507 |
| 2Williamson County, TX | 66 | 38 | 1.5 | $15.5M | +22.3% | #97 of 507 |
| 3Guadalupe County, TX | 65 | 9 | 1.4 | $15M | +15.8% | #110 of 507 |
| 4Hidalgo County, TX | 58 | 26 | 1.0 | $16.9M | +5.6% | #179 of 507 |
| 5Rockwall County, TX | 58 | 7 | 1.7 | $14.7M | +28.9% | #183 of 507 |
| 6Collin County, TX | 58 | 75 | 1.8 | $13.8M | +20.6% | #185 of 507 |
| 7Montgomery County, TX | 58 | 42 | 1.7 | $13.1M | +24.9% | #186 of 507 |
| 8Ellis County, TX | 56 | 11 | 1.5 | $13.9M | +24.0% | #211 of 507 |
| 9Galveston County, TX | 51 | 22 | 1.6 | $13.3M | +5.9% | #254 of 507 |
| 10Denton County, TX | 51 | 72 | 2.0 | $11.9M | +16.9% | #256 of 507 |
Other business types in Hays County
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 laundry41
- Clothing and shoe stores41
- Laundromats93
- Dry cleaners80
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Hays County, TX?
There are 9 dry cleaners on map listings in Hays County as of September 2026. 6 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in Hays County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $209.5M a year, or $2,098 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $23.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 99,849 households in Hays County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hays County, TX compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Hays County has 0.9 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $23.3M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Hays County would have about 13, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,481 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is Hays County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hays County at 304,390 people in 2025, up 24.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 99,849 households. The median household income in Hays County is $89,097 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Hays County scores 80 for dry cleaners (high), #19 of 507 scored counties.
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