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Dry cleaners in Franklin County, VA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$41.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,816 a household
Spending per listing
$41.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
55,526
+1.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Franklin County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Franklin County comes to about $41.8M a year: $1,816 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $41.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings. 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 Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Franklin County 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 Franklin County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.41.21.3
Spending per listing$41.8M$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+1.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,816$2,176$2,055
Median household income$68,849$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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
55,526+1.9% since 2020
Households
22,999
Median age
47.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
691 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$68,849+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,658
Median home value
$240,400
Jobs located here
15,404
Daytime population
47,925Residents 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 Franklin County 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
Franklin County, VANot scored10.4$41.8M+1.9%

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Franklin County, VA?

There is 1 dry cleaner on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Franklin County, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $41.8M a year, or $1,816 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $41.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,999 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, VA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Franklin County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Franklin County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Franklin County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 55,526 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,999 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $68,849 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Franklin County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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