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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEGD03

Laundry and dry cleaning services

Prices for laundry and dry cleaning services rose 5.1% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.2% in the month.

12 months+5.1%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.2%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+4.6%seasonally adjusted
Index254.61982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2002502017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026254.6+0.2%+5.1%
July 2026254.1+0.4%+5.3%
June 2026253.2+0.5%+5.3%
May 2026251.8+0.1%+6.4%
April 2026251.6+1.0%+6.8%
March 2026249.2+0.3%+6.0%
February 2026248.4+0.5%+5.7%
January 2026247.3+1.3%+5.8%
December 2025244.1+0.3%+4.6%
November 2025243.3—+4.3%
September 2025242.9+0.3%+4.9%
August 2025242.2+0.4%+4.8%
July 2025241.2+0.3%+5.0%
June 2025240.4+1.6%+4.9%
May 2025236.7+0.5%+3.6%
April 2025235.5+0.2%+3.3%
March 2025235.0+0.0%+4.9%
February 2025235.0+0.5%+4.8%
January 2025233.8+0.2%+4.5%
December 2024233.3+0.1%+5.1%
November 2024233.2+0.4%+5.4%
October 2024232.2+0.3%+5.7%
September 2024231.6+0.2%+5.7%
August 2024231.1+0.6%+5.7%
July 2024229.8+0.3%+5.7%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEGD03 and CUSR0000SEGD03). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.