81232

Analysis

NAICS 81232 is the 2022 NAICS industry for drycleaning and laundry services (except coin-operated), part of 8123 (Drycleaning and Laundry Services).

It has only one more detailed code, 812320, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 15,801 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 93,512 people at an average annual payroll of $28,922 per employee (3rd percentile of national industries). 66% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 21% and employment fell 28%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Drycleaning and Laundry Services, with 54.5% of them.