Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Texas
Dry cleaners in the Victoria, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Victoria, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #253 of 272 scored metro areas
#20 of 23 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,777 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.2M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,864
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For dry cleaners, the Victoria metro area has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #253 of 272 scored metro areas and #20 of 23 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,777 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Victoria metro area spend about $66.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 6 dry cleaners, that is $11.2M per shop, 29% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
The Victoria metro area has 6 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 1.6 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Victoria metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 9,417 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Victoria metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Victoria 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.
| Measure | Victoria metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $11.2M | $11.1M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,417 | 7,403 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.8% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,777 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $70,236 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Victoria 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 Victoria metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,864+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 37,666
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,734 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $70,236+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,592
- Median home value
- $208,800
- Jobs located here
- 35,654
- Daytime population
- 91,392Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Victoria metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 54 | 26 | 1.0 | $16.9M | +5.6% | #124 of 272 |
| 2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 54 | 149 | 1.5 | $15M | +14.0% | #128 of 272 |
| 3Waco, TX | 43 | 12 | 1.1 | $16.7M | +4.2% | #173 of 272 |
| 4Laredo, TX | 43 | 9 | 1.1 | $15.4M | +5.2% | #175 of 272 |
| 5Midland, TX | 40 | 13 | 1.9 | $11.6M | +9.8% | #190 of 272 |
| 6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 39 | 154 | 1.6 | $12.1M | +9.5% | #196 of 272 |
| 7Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 39 | 583 | 2.0 | $10.5M | +10.6% | #198 of 272 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 38 | 576 | 2.2 | $9.5M | +10.3% | #201 of 272 |
| 9Corpus Christi, TX | 36 | 26 | 1.5 | $11.7M | +1.1% | #210 of 272 |
| 10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 36 | 24 | 1.7 | $9.2M | +3.0% | #211 of 272 |
| 20Victoria, TX | 25 | 6 | 1.6 | $11.2M | +1.6% | #253 of 272 |
Other business types in the Victoria metro area
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 laundry21
- Clothing and shoe stores20
- Laundromats26
- Dry cleaners25
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Victoria, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 dry cleaners in the Victoria metro area. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Victoria, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $66.9M a year, or $1,777 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $11.2M 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 37,666 households in the Victoria metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Victoria, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Victoria metro area has 1.6 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $11.2M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Victoria metro area would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,417 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Victoria, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Victoria metro area at 99,864 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,666 households. Median household income in the Victoria metro area is $70,236, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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 Victoria metro area scores 25 for dry cleaners (lower middle), #253 of 272 scored metro areas.
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