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Dry cleaners in Wood County, WV
How Wood County, WV 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 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #491 of 507 scored counties
#2 of 2 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $60M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,674 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,385
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For dry cleaners, Wood County has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #491 of 507 scored counties and #2 of 2 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 dry cleaners in Wood County. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Households in Wood County spend about $60M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,674 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 dry cleaners, that is $12M per shop, 23% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. 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 Wood County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Wood County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wood County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Wood County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $12M | $34.4M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 38,350 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −48.6% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,674 | $1,698 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,810 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 57 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- 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 Wood 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 Wood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,385−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,836
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 367 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 228
- Median household income
- $57,810+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,213
- Median home value
- $158,500
- Jobs located here
- 37,360
- Daytime population
- 85,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kanawha County, WV | 49 | 6 | 0.8 | $21.8M | −4.3% | #269 of 507 |
| 2Wood County, WV | 15 | 5 | 1.4 | $12M | −2.1% | #491 of 507 |
Other business types in Wood County
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 laundry18
- Clothing and shoe stores17
- Laundromats29
- Dry cleaners15
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Wood County, WV?
There are 5 dry cleaners on map listings in Wood County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Wood County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wood County, WV spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $60M a year, or $1,674 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $12M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,836 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wood County, WV compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Wood County has 1.4 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $12M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Wood County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Wood County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wood County at 82,385 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,836 households. The median household income in Wood County is $57,810 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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. Wood County scores 15 for dry cleaners (low), #491 of 507 scored counties.
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