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Dry cleaners in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area

The dry cleaners in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$140.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,946 a household
Spending per listing
$140.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
171,182
+0.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 dry cleaner in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area. That is 0.1 per 10,000 households.

At $1,946 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area spend about $140.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $140.2M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area classed as dry cleaning and laundry services. That is one for every 10,294 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, the La Crosse-Onalaska 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 La Crosse-Onalaska metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureLa Crosse-Onalaska metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.10.81.3
Spending per listing$140.2M$26.7M$15.7M
Households per official establishment10,29422,1388,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−34.1%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,946$2,003$2,055
Median household income$73,340$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
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
9The 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 La Crosse-Onalaska 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 La Crosse-Onalaska metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
171,182+0.4% since 2020
Households
72,055
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,796 sq. mi.
People per square mile
95
Median household income
$73,340
Average household income
$96,598
Median home value
$247,400
Jobs located here
86,774
Daytime population
175,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison, WI83260.9$25.3M+4.1%#6 of 272
2Green Bay, WI8080.6$33.9M+2.5%#11 of 272
3Appleton, WI63101.0$20.8M+2.7%#67 of 272
4Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI6170.9$22.9M+0.4%#81 of 272
5Oshkosh-Neenah, WI6060.8$23.4M+1.4%#86 of 272
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI571841.2$18.6M+2.6%#106 of 272
6Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI55741.1$18.2M0.0%#118 of 272
7Wausau, WI5061.0$19M+1.0%#152 of 272
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MNNot scored10.1$140.2M+0.4%

Other business types in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area?

The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $140.2M a year, or $1,946 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $140.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,055 households in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area 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, the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area would have about 9, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,294 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area at 171,182 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,055 households. The median household income in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area is $73,340 a year, 9% 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 La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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