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Dry cleaners in Kendall County, TX

How Kendall 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #387 of 507 scored counties
#30 of 47 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,392 a household
Spending per listing
$7.1M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
2.6 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,289
+19.6% 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

The Groundwork market score for dry cleaners in Kendall County is 37 (lower middle), #387 of 507 scored counties and #30 of 47 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Kendall County comes to about $42.4M a year: $2,392 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That is about $7.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 55% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

There are 6 dry cleaners on map listings in Kendall County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 1.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Kendall County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 3,548 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates show Kendall County grew 19.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Kendall 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 Kendall County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKendall CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.41.81.3
Spending per listing$7.1M$11.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishment3,5487,4038,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+19.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,392$1,983$2,055
Median household income$114,962$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3735

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$720K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Kendall 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 Kendall County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,289+19.6% since 2020
Households
17,741
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
663 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$114,962+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$160,855
Median home value
$512,700
Jobs located here
19,504
Daytime population
47,486Residents 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 Kendall 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
30Kendall County, TX3763.4$7.1M+19.6%#387 of 507

Other business types in Kendall County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Kendall County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 dry cleaners in Kendall County. None of them 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 Kendall County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $42.4M a year, or $2,392 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 17,741 households in Kendall County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kendall County has 3.4 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $7.1M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Kendall County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,548 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Kendall County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Kendall County at 53,289 people in 2025, up 19.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,741 households. Median household income in Kendall County is $114,962, 42% above 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. Kendall County scores 37 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #387 of 507 scored counties.

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