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Dry cleaners in Williamson County, TX

How Williamson 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #97 of 507 scored counties
#2 of 47 scored counties in Texas

Listings
38
25 chain locations (66%)
Official establishments
26
−16.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$590.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,341 a household
Spending per listing
$15.5M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
752,827
+22.3% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Williamson County comes to about $590.7M a year: $2,341 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $15.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Williamson County has 38 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 25 are chain locations, or 66%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Williamson County was 26 in 2023, down 16.1% from 2019. That is one for every 9,705 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1M has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Williamson County.

Population estimates put the population change in Williamson County from 2020 to 2025 at +22.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, Williamson County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #97 of 507 scored counties and #2 of 47 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Williamson 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 Williamson County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWilliamson CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.81.3
Spending per listing$15.5M$11.1M$15.7M
Households per official establishment9,7057,4038,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−16.1%−15.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+22.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,341$1,983$2,055
Median household income$111,340$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6635

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
31 → 26−16.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
124
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3825 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Williamson 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 Williamson County

Population, 2025 estimate
752,827+22.3% since 2020
Households
252,323
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,116 sq. mi.
People per square mile
603
Median household income
$111,340+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$140,407
Median home value
$447,000
Jobs located here
238,920
Daytime population
563,844Residents 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 Williamson 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

Other business types in Williamson County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Williamson County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 dry cleaners in Williamson County. 25 of them (66%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023, down 16.1% from 2019.

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

About $590.7M a year, or $2,341 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $15.5M 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 252,323 households in Williamson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Williamson County has 1.5 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $15.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,705 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −18.7% for the U.S.

How fast is Williamson County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Williamson County at 752,827 people in 2025, up 22.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 252,323 households. Median household income in Williamson County is $111,340, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Williamson County scores 66 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #97 of 507 scored counties.

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