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Dry cleaners in Emporia city, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in Emporia city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,603 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
5,447
−4.4% 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

There are no dry cleaners on map listings in Emporia city as of September 2026.

Households in Emporia city spend about $3.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,603 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Emporia city: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Emporia city from 2020 to 2025 at −4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Emporia city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Emporia city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureEmporia cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.21.3
Spending per listingn/a$17.5M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,6528,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−21.5%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,603$2,176$2,055
Median household income$51,899$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Emporia city, 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 Emporia city

Population, 2025 estimate
5,447−4.4% since 2020
Households
2,157
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
38%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
7 sq. mi.
People per square mile
837
Median household income
$51,899
Average household income
$71,067
Median home value
$148,500
Jobs located here
4,395
Daytime population
7,108Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Emporia city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stafford County, VA7051.0$27.5M+8.3%#63 of 507
2Chesterfield County, VA70130.9$23.9M+8.7%#67 of 507
3Loudoun County, VA54282.0$15.5M+6.4%#226 of 507
4Chesapeake city, VA52111.2$18.3M+2.3%#240 of 507
5Fauquier County, VA5151.9$13.5M+4.8%#253 of 507
6Alexandria city, VA4991.2$20.8M+1.0%#270 of 507
7Virginia Beach city, VA49221.2$17.2M−1.3%#271 of 507
8Prince William County, VA49271.7$15M+4.2%#275 of 507
9Spotsylvania County, VA49101.9$12.1M+10.5%#278 of 507
10Arlington County, VA48181.6$16.7M+2.1%#281 of 507
Emporia city, VANot scored00.0n/a−4.4%

Other business types in Emporia city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Emporia city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no dry cleaners in Emporia city. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Emporia city: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Emporia city, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $3.5M a year, or $1,603 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,157 households in Emporia city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Emporia city, VA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Emporia city has no dry cleaners on map listings.

How fast is Emporia city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Emporia city at 5,447 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,157 households. The median household income in Emporia city is $51,899 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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