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Laundromats in Garland County, AR

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in Garland County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #515 of 785 scored counties
#7 of 12 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$71.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,647 a household
Spending per listing
$14.4M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.1
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,695
−0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 laundromats in Garland County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in Garland County spend about $71.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,647 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.4M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Garland County in 2023. That is one for every 10,917 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Garland County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For laundromats, Garland County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #515 of 785 scored counties and #7 of 12 scored counties in Arkansas.

How Garland County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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.

Laundromats in Garland County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureGarland CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.11.41.6
Spending per listing$14.4M$12.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishment10,91722,75411,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.4%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,647$1,725$2,055
Median household income$57,181$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3944

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$256K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Garland 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 Garland County

Population, 2025 estimate
99,695−0.6% since 2020
Households
43,667
Median age
46.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
678 sq. mi.
People per square mile
148
Median household income
$57,181+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,414
Median home value
$194,300
Jobs located here
38,998
Daytime population
100,390Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for laundromats, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Garland County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR9290.8$26.5M+16.0%#10 of 785
2Faulkner County, AR6951.0$17.7M+8.2%#164 of 785
3Washington County, AR59131.3$13.9M+9.9%#279 of 785
4Craighead County, AR5261.4$12.8M+4.8%#353 of 785
5Pulaski County, AR48231.3$13.5M+1.3%#398 of 785
6Lonoke County, AR4451.8$10.3M+3.5%#461 of 785
7Garland County, AR3951.1$14.4M−0.6%#515 of 785
8Sebastian County, AR30101.9$8.8M+2.2%#612 of 785
9White County, AR2962.0$7.9M+4.2%#634 of 785
10Cleburne County, AR2054.8$3.4M+3.9%#712 of 785

Other business types in Garland County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many laundromats are in Garland County, AR?

There are 5 laundromats on map listings in Garland County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Garland County, AR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $71.9M a year, or $1,647 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $14.4M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,667 households in Garland County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Garland County, AR compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Garland County has 1.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $14.4M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Garland County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,917 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Garland County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Garland County at 99,695 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,667 households. The median household income in Garland County is $57,181 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Garland County scores 39 for laundromats (lower middle), #515 of 785 scored counties.

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