Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Wisconsin
Dry cleaners in the Wausau, WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dry cleaners in the Wausau, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #152 of 272 scored metro areas
#7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $113.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,965 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,432
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,965 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Wausau metro area spend about $113.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $19M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
There are 6 dry cleaners on map listings in the Wausau metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in the Wausau metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show the Wausau metro area grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Wausau metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for dry cleaners, ranking #152 of 272 scored metro areas and #7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Wausau 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.
| Measure | Wausau metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $19M | $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 | +1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,965 | $2,003 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $77,884 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 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
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Wausau 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 Wausau metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,432+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 57,866
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $77,884
- Average household income
- $97,899
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 72,449
- Daytime population
- 141,458Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →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 Wausau metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison, WI | 83 | 26 | 0.9 | $25.3M | +4.1% | #6 of 272 |
| 2Green Bay, WI | 80 | 8 | 0.6 | $33.9M | +2.5% | #11 of 272 |
| 3Appleton, WI | 63 | 10 | 1.0 | $20.8M | +2.7% | #67 of 272 |
| 4Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 61 | 7 | 0.9 | $22.9M | +0.4% | #81 of 272 |
| 5Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 60 | 6 | 0.8 | $23.4M | +1.4% | #86 of 272 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 57 | 184 | 1.2 | $18.6M | +2.6% | #106 of 272 |
| 6Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 55 | 74 | 1.1 | $18.2M | 0.0% | #118 of 272 |
| 7Wausau, WI | 50 | 6 | 1.0 | $19M | +1.0% | #152 of 272 |
Other business types in the Wausau 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 laundry67
- Clothing and shoe stores70
- Laundromats57
- Dry cleaners50
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the Wausau, WI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 dry cleaners in the Wausau metro area. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in the Wausau metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Wausau, WI metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $113.7M a year, or $1,965 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $19M 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 57,866 households in the Wausau metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wausau, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The Wausau metro area has 1.0 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $19M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Wausau metro area would have about 7, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Wausau, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wausau metro area at 139,432 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,866 households. Median household income in the Wausau metro area is $77,884, 4% 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 Wausau metro area scores 50 for dry cleaners (upper middle), #152 of 272 scored metro areas.
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