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Dry cleaners in Tom Green County, TX

How Tom Green 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 9 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #502 of 507 scored counties
#46 of 47 scored counties in Texas

Listings
11
9 chain locations (82%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$82.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,763 a household
Spending per listing
$7.5M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
85% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,602
+0.4% 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

Tom Green County scores 9 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for dry cleaners, ranking #502 of 507 scored counties and #46 of 47 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Tom Green County spend about $82.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,763 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 52% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Tom Green County has 11 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (82%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 85% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Tom Green County classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 3,597 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tom Green County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTom Green CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.41.81.3
Spending per listing$7.5M$11.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishment3,5977,4038,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,763$1,983$2,055
Median household income$68,370$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score935

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 13
Employees, 2023
80
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
119 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,602+0.4% since 2020
Households
46,756
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,590
Median home value
$197,000
Jobs located here
47,889
Daytime population
118,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Texas

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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
46Tom Green County, TX9112.4$7.5M+0.4%#502 of 507

Other business types in Tom Green County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Tom Green County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 dry cleaners in Tom Green County. 9 of them (82%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

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

About $82.4M a year, or $1,763 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tom Green County has 2.4 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 85% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $7.5M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 5, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,597 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 9 for dry cleaners (very low), #502 of 507 scored counties.

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