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Dry cleaners in Portage County, WI
How Portage County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $57.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,942 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.4M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,943
- +2.2% since 2020
See the dry cleaners around any address in Portage County
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What this means
At $1,942 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Portage County spend about $57.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 4 dry cleaners, that is $14.4M per shop, 8% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
Portage County has 4 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Portage County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Portage County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, Portage County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Portage County 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.
| Measure | Portage County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $14.4M | $26.7M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,138 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −34.1% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,942 | $2,003 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $76,070 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 68 |
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
- 41 chain location
- 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 Portage 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 Portage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,943+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 29,679
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 801 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,142
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,759
- Daytime population
- 69,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Portage County?
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dane County, WI | 80 | 24 | 1.0 | $23.1M | +4.9% | #20 of 507 |
| 2Brown County, WI | 76 | 8 | 0.7 | $27.8M | +2.6% | #33 of 507 |
| 3Outagamie County, WI | 66 | 7 | 0.9 | $23.3M | +2.6% | #89 of 507 |
| 4Racine County, WI | 63 | 7 | 0.9 | $22.9M | +0.4% | #129 of 507 |
| 5Waukesha County, WI | 62 | 22 | 1.3 | $18.3M | +2.4% | #138 of 507 |
| 6Winnebago County, WI | 58 | 6 | 0.8 | $23.4M | +1.4% | #178 of 507 |
| 7Walworth County, WI | 54 | 5 | 1.2 | $17.9M | +0.8% | #224 of 507 |
| 8Marathon County, WI | 50 | 6 | 1.0 | $19M | +1.0% | #258 of 507 |
| 9Milwaukee County, WI | 48 | 46 | 1.2 | $15.9M | −1.5% | #282 of 507 |
| Portage County, WI | Not scored | 4 | 1.3 | $14.4M | +2.2% |
Other business types in Portage 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 laundry73
- Clothing and shoe stores75
- Laundromats43
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Portage County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dry cleaners in Portage County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Portage County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Portage County, WI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $57.6M a year, or $1,942 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $14.4M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,679 households in Portage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Portage County, WI compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Portage County has 1.3 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $14.4M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending.
How fast is Portage County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Portage County at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. Median household income in Portage County is $76,070, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Portage County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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