Industry · NAICS 8123
Drycleaning and laundry services
The United States has 29,017 employer establishments in drycleaning and laundry services (0.9 per 10,000 residents), employing 256,702 people at an average annual pay of $37,204, plus 26,476 nonemployer businesses.
In the United States
- Establishments
- 29,017
- 26,476 nonemployers
- Per 10,000 residents
- 0.9
- Paid employees
- 256,702
- Average annual pay
- $37,204
Places ranked by residents per establishment
Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.
| # | Place | vs US | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 368,327 | 5 | 73,665 | 0.1 | 0.16× | 51 | $32,667 | 7 |
| 2 | Rochester, MN | 229,143 | 5 | 45,829 | 0.2 | 0.25× | 336 | $29,509 | 16 |
| 3 | Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 224,616 | 5 | 44,923 | 0.2 | 0.26× | 139 | $47,353 | 19 |
| 4 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 312,656 | 7 | 44,665 | 0.2 | 0.26× | 136 | $46,625 | 7 |
| 5 | Fargo, ND-MN | 263,906 | 6 | 43,984 | 0.2 | 0.26× | 262 | $35,473 | 15 |
| 6 | Merced, CA | 294,319 | 7 | 42,046 | 0.2 | 0.28× | 24 | $24,000 | 18 |
| 7 | Punta Gorda, FL | 206,814 | 5 | 41,363 | 0.2 | 0.28× | 19 | $21,105 | 8 |
| 8 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 227,275 | 6 | 37,879 | 0.3 | 0.31× | 44 | $19,045 | 4 |
| 9 | Jackson, TN | 182,442 | 5 | 36,488 | 0.3 | 0.32× | 42 | $21,000 | — |
| 10 | El Centro, CA | 180,683 | 5 | 36,137 | 0.3 | 0.32× | 38 | $21,342 | 7 |
| 11 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 275,481 | 8 | 34,435 | 0.3 | 0.34× | 56 | $21,607 | 10 |
| 12 | Idaho Falls, ID | 168,554 | 5 | 33,711 | 0.3 | 0.34× | 42 | $20,476 | 4 |
| 13 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 739,116 | 22 | 33,596 | 0.3 | 0.35× | 150 | $15,853 | 33 |
| 14 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | 164,619 | 5 | 32,924 | 0.3 | 0.35× | 18 | $16,889 | 16 |
| 15 | Chambersburg, PA | 158,181 | 5 | 31,636 | 0.3 | 0.37× | 15 | $21,667 | 15 |
| 16 | York-Hanover, PA | 466,068 | 15 | 31,071 | 0.3 | 0.37× | 245 | $41,053 | 28 |
| 17 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 153,197 | 5 | 30,639 | 0.3 | 0.38× | 41 | $31,098 | 7 |
| 18 | Yuma, AZ | 214,228 | 7 | 30,604 | 0.3 | 0.38× | 150 | $32,447 | 11 |
| 19 | Johnson City, TN | 213,324 | 7 | 30,475 | 0.3 | 0.38× | 33 | $26,212 | 10 |
| 20 | Redding, CA | 180,695 | 6 | 30,116 | 0.3 | 0.39× | 34 | $60,971 | 13 |
| 21 | Madison, WI | 698,155 | 24 | 29,090 | 0.3 | 0.40× | 539 | $38,154 | 48 |
| 22 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 901,096 | 31 | 29,068 | 0.3 | 0.40× | 305 | $31,974 | 67 |
| 23 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 144,978 | 5 | 28,996 | 0.3 | 0.40× | 73 | $24,425 | 4 |
| 24 | St. George, UT | 202,953 | 7 | 28,993 | 0.3 | 0.40× | 109 | $36,615 | 10 |
| 25 | Greeley, CO | 360,971 | 13 | 27,767 | 0.4 | 0.42× | 166 | $40,753 | 13 |
1–25 of 354 places
Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).
- Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
- Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
- This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
- County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
- Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.
Federal contracts in this industry
Federal agencies obligated $135.6M on contracts under NAICS 8123 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (1,212 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).
Metro areas
- Dothan, AL$6.7M4.9%3 awards
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$6.4M4.7%9 awards
- 51 awards
- Battle Creek, MI$5.1M3.7%3 awards
- 61 awards
- Kennewick-Richland, WA$4.1M3.0%2 awards
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$4M3.0%20 awards
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$3.8M2.8%6 awards
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$3.5M2.6%42 awards
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$3.3M2.4%12 awards
Counties
- Houston County, AL$6.7M4.9%3 awards
- Bexar County, TX$6.4M4.7%9 awards
- San Diego County, CA$6M4.4%51 awards
- Calhoun County, MI$5.1M3.7%3 awards
- Benton County, WA$4.1M3.0%2 awards
- Santa Clara County, CA$3.8M2.8%6 awards
- King County, WA$3.5M2.5%9 awards
- Suffolk County, MA$3.2M2.4%4 awards
- Dale County, AL$2.9M2.1%3 awards
- Prince George County, VA$2.8M2.0%5 awards
Cities and towns
- Dothan city, AL$5.7M4.2%4 awards
- San Antonio city, TX$5.1M3.8%9 awards
- Boston city, MA$3.2M2.4%4 awards
- Richland city, WA$3.1M2.3%2 awards
- Battle Creek city, MI$3M2.2%3 awards
- Palo Alto city, CA$3M2.2%4 awards
- San Diego city, CA$2.8M2.0%23 awards
- 4 awards
- Renton city, WA$2.5M1.8%1 award
- Columbia city, SC$2.1M1.6%6 awards
Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.
USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)