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Dry cleaners in the Longview, TX metro area

The dry cleaners in the Longview, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #241 of 272 scored metro areas
#16 of 23 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
19
4 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$189.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,756 a household
Spending per listing
$10M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
297,315
+3.8% 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

The Longview metro area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for dry cleaners, ranking #241 of 272 scored metro areas and #16 of 23 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 dry cleaners in the Longview metro area. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Households in the Longview metro area spend about $189.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,756 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 dry cleaners, that is $10M per shop, 36% below 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 11 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Longview metro area in 2023. That is one for every 9,834 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Longview metro area grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Longview 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.

Dry cleaners in Longview, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLongview metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.81.81.3
Spending per listing$10M$11.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishment9,8347,4038,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,756$1,983$2,055
Median household income$66,647$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2935

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
95
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
194 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Longview 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 Longview metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
297,315+3.8% since 2020
Households
108,174
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,681 sq. mi.
People per square mile
109
Median household income
$66,647+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,416
Median home value
$184,400
Jobs located here
115,152
Daytime population
282,081Residents 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 metro areas in Texas for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Longview metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX54261.0$16.9M+5.6%#124 of 272
2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX541491.5$15M+14.0%#128 of 272
3Waco, TX43121.1$16.7M+4.2%#173 of 272
4Laredo, TX4391.1$15.4M+5.2%#175 of 272
5Midland, TX40131.9$11.6M+9.8%#190 of 272
6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX391541.6$12.1M+9.5%#196 of 272
7Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX395832.0$10.5M+10.6%#198 of 272
8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX385762.2$9.5M+10.3%#201 of 272
9Corpus Christi, TX36261.5$11.7M+1.1%#210 of 272
10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX36241.7$9.2M+3.0%#211 of 272
16Longview, TX29191.8$10M+3.8%#241 of 272

Other business types in the Longview metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Longview, TX metro area?

There are 19 dry cleaners on map listings in the Longview metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Longview, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $189.9M a year, or $1,756 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $10M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,174 households in the Longview metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Longview, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Longview metro area has 1.8 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $10M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Longview metro area would have about 12, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,834 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Longview, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Longview metro area at 297,315 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 108,174 households. The median household income in the Longview metro area is $66,647 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. The Longview metro area scores 29 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #241 of 272 scored metro areas.

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