Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Virginia
Dry cleaners in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area
The dry cleaners in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $93.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $46.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 129,692
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area spend about $93.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,794 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $46.8M 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 17,411 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area 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.
| Measure | Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $46.8M | $17.5M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,411 | 6,652 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −21.5% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,794 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $73,544 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $317K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,692+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 52,233
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,002 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $73,544+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,893
- Median home value
- $284,500
- Jobs located here
- 51,901
- Daytime population
- 117,298Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charlottesville, VA | 71 | 7 | 0.8 | $28M | +3.1% | #27 of 272 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 57 | 10 | 0.8 | $22M | +2.3% | #101 of 272 |
| 2Roanoke, VA | 54 | 13 | 1.0 | $18.4M | +0.4% | #123 of 272 |
| 3Winchester, VA-WV | 52 | 7 | 1.3 | $16M | +6.5% | #140 of 272 |
| 4Richmond, VA | 47 | 70 | 1.3 | $15.8M | +5.5% | #161 of 272 |
| 5Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 42 | 82 | 1.2 | $17.2M | +0.9% | #177 of 272 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 40 | 417 | 1.8 | $14.5M | +3.3% | #187 of 272 |
| Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | Not scored | 2 | 0.4 | $46.8M | +3.2% |
Other business types in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 laundry73
- Clothing and shoe stores76
- Laundromats32
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area?
There are 2 dry cleaners on map listings in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.
How much do households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $93.7M a year, or $1,794 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $46.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,233 households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,411 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.
How fast is the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area at 129,692 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,233 households. The median household income in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area is $73,544 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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