Dry Cleaners

Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:

American Trade Magazines, LLC
American Drycleaner
https://americandrycleaner.com/

Monthly trade publication features news and information for drycleaning plant owners and operators, with topics covered in various issues including industry news and events, market trends, production and marketing advice, management strategies, technical knowledge and insights, company profiles, and new products and services. Archived digital editions of the magazine can be viewed free online.

Laundry Facilities & Dry Cleaning Services
http://www.firstresearch.com

First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:

Drycleaning & Laundry Institute
Information resources available from this trade association include:

Fabricare Magazine
http://www.dlionline.org/
Quarterly trade publication features news and information for laundry and drycleaning professionals, with topics addressed in various issues including business management, marketing and promotion, garment manufacturing and care, technical operations, environmental concerns, and regulatory and legislative issues. Publication is available to DLI members only, with digital archives available online.

Encyclopedia of Drycleaning
http://www.dlionline.org/
Comprehensive reference guide provides an extensive selection of knowledge and research for DLI members, with topics addressed in the guide including management strategies, marketing methods, shirt and laundry procedures, technical information, industry publications, health and safety matters, and regulatory and legislative issues. Web interface and mobile app are available to members only.

Freedonia Group
Laundry & Linen Services: United States
https://www.freedoniagroup.com/

Freedonia Focus market research report analyzes the laundry and linen services market by type of business and market segment, with data provided including historical and forecast market size and market share for drycleaners and laundries, uniform launderers, linen laundries, and coin-operated laundries, and the B-to-B (e.g., uniform laundries, linen laundries) and consumer market segments.

Grand View Research
U.S. Laundry Facilities & Dry-Cleaning Services
https://www.grandviewresearch.com/

Market research report provides an analysis of the laundry facilities and dry-cleaning service sector, with information provided for these services including historical and forecast market size for laundry and drycleaning services, coin-operated laundry services, and corporate/industrial laundry services, and firms profiled including CSC ServiceWorks Inc., Huntington Company, LLC, and EnviroStar, Inc.

The Business Research Company
Dry-Cleaning and Laundry Services
https://www.thebusinessresearchcompany.com/

BRC report provides an analysis of the retail and commercial drycleaning and laundry service sector on a worldwide basis, with data provided for the U.S. including historical and forecast market size by type of service (e.g., coin-operated retail laundries and drycleaners, retail drycleaners and laundries excluding coin-operated establishments, and commercial linen and uniform laundry supply services).

Industry Financial Ratios
Dry Cleaners
https://www.bizminer.com  Search for "812320"

Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.

IBISWorld
Dry Cleaning & Laundry Services
(see links for individual reports)

Financial benchmarking section of this report provides an analysis of industry income and expenses
as a percentage of annual revenues for firms that provide retail drycleaning and laundry services for consumers or commercial full-service laundering services for garments, linens, and textiles used by commercial and institutional customers such as hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and other businesses.

PayScale
Dry Cleaning
https://www.payscale.com/

Free online service provides median salary, bonus, and hourly rate data for selected job positions in
this service sector such as general manager, production manager, retail store manager, drycleaning worker, and garment/textile presser, with employers for which salary or hourly rate data is provided including Best Cleaners, Inc., Comet Cleaners Franchise Group, and Martinizing International, LLC.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Drycleaning and Laundry Service
https://www.bls.gov/oes/

Annual wage survey provides hourly and annual wage data for personnel employed in this sector on a national, state, and metro area basis, with job categories covered by the survey including workers who operate dry cleaning equipment used to clean household and industrial articles (e.g., garments, leather, suede, draperies, linens, mats, carpets, and rugs) with a non-water-based chemical solvent.

Dry Cleaners
https://valuationresources.com/

Comprehensive reference guide provides market-based valuation multiples for small businesses that provide drycleaning, laundering, or other specialty cleaning services for specific types of clothing and other textile items such as leather, suede, furs, linens, draperies, blankets, pillows, carpets, and rugs.