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Laundromats in St. Clair County, AL
How St. Clair County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #305 of 785 scored counties
#7 of 20 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 5
- 4 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $63.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,810 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.7M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,206
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in St. Clair County comes to about $63.6M a year: $1,810 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $12.7M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
St. Clair County has 5 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 80%, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in St. Clair County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Clair County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, St. Clair County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #305 of 785 scored counties and #7 of 20 scored counties in Alabama.
How St. Clair County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the laundromats 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 | St. Clair County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.7M | $13.3M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 25,938 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,810 | $1,778 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $77,463 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 56 |
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
- 54 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 coin-operated laundries in St. Clair County, 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 St. Clair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,206+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,107
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $77,463+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,073
- Median home value
- $226,300
- Jobs located here
- 22,156
- Daytime population
- 72,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AL | 91 | 12 | 0.7 | $28.3M | +11.0% | #12 of 785 |
| 2Shelby County, AL | 81 | 10 | 1.2 | $19M | +6.5% | #60 of 785 |
| 3Limestone County, AL | 78 | 5 | 1.2 | $16.4M | +18.0% | #83 of 785 |
| 4Lee County, AL | 73 | 7 | 1.0 | $17.8M | +8.6% | #128 of 785 |
| 5Tuscaloosa County, AL | 66 | 10 | 1.1 | $16.1M | +3.8% | #196 of 785 |
| 6Jefferson County, AL | 59 | 31 | 1.1 | $16.2M | −1.3% | #271 of 785 |
| 7St. Clair County, AL | 57 | 5 | 1.4 | $12.7M | +7.1% | #305 of 785 |
| 8Baldwin County, AL | 57 | 20 | 2.0 | $9.5M | +14.8% | #312 of 785 |
| 9Morgan County, AL | 56 | 6 | 1.2 | $14.9M | +2.6% | #316 of 785 |
| 10Marshall County, AL | 47 | 6 | 1.6 | $10.6M | +6.0% | #420 of 785 |
Other business types in St. Clair County
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 laundry69
- Clothing and shoe stores69
- Laundromats57
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in St. Clair County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 laundromats in St. Clair County. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in St. Clair County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in St. Clair County, AL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $63.6M a year, or $1,810 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.7M per laundromat. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,107 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Clair County, AL compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
St. Clair County has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.7M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.
How fast is St. Clair County, AL growing?
Population estimates put St. Clair County at 98,206 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,107 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $77,463, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.9%, before inflation.
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. St. Clair County scores 57 for laundromats (upper middle), #305 of 785 scored counties.
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