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Dry cleaners in Walworth County, WI

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #224 of 507 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$89.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,074 a household
Spending per listing
$17.9M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
106,127
+0.8% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Walworth County comes to about $89.4M a year: $2,074 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $17.9M per shop, 14% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Walworth County has 5 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Walworth County in 2023. That is one for every 10,772 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Walworth County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dry cleaners, Walworth County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #224 of 507 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Walworth 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.

Dry cleaners in Walworth County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureWalworth CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.20.81.3
Spending per listing$17.9M$26.7M$15.7M
Households per official establishment10,77222,1388,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−34.1%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,074$2,003$2,055
Median household income$80,520$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5468

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$500K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
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 Walworth 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 Walworth County

Population, 2025 estimate
106,127+0.8% since 2020
Households
43,087
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
555 sq. mi.
People per square mile
190
Median household income
$80,520+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,464
Median home value
$302,700
Jobs located here
43,660
Daytime population
95,627Residents 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 counties in Wisconsin for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Walworth County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dane County, WI80241.0$23.1M+4.9%#20 of 507
2Brown County, WI7680.7$27.8M+2.6%#33 of 507
3Outagamie County, WI6670.9$23.3M+2.6%#89 of 507
4Racine County, WI6370.9$22.9M+0.4%#129 of 507
5Waukesha County, WI62221.3$18.3M+2.4%#138 of 507
6Winnebago County, WI5860.8$23.4M+1.4%#178 of 507
7Walworth County, WI5451.2$17.9M+0.8%#224 of 507
8Marathon County, WI5061.0$19M+1.0%#258 of 507
9Milwaukee County, WI48461.2$15.9M−1.5%#282 of 507

Other business types in Walworth County

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Walworth County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 dry cleaners in Walworth County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in Walworth County, WI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $89.4M a year, or $2,074 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $17.9M 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 43,087 households in Walworth County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Walworth County, WI compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Walworth County has 1.2 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $17.9M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Walworth County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,772 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is Walworth County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Walworth County at 106,127 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,087 households. Median household income in Walworth County is $80,520, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. Walworth County scores 54 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #224 of 507 scored counties.

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