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Laundromats in Fresno County, CA

How Fresno County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #424 of 785 scored counties
#18 of 42 scored counties in California

Listings
61
28 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$572.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,762 a household
Spending per listing
$9.4M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,035,456
+2.6% 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

At $1,762 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Fresno County spend about $572.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $9.4M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Fresno County has 61 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Fresno County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 20,294 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Fresno County.

Population estimates put the population change in Fresno County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, Fresno County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #424 of 785 scored counties and #18 of 42 scored counties in California.

How Fresno County compares

The same measures for California 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 Fresno County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureFresno CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.92.11.6
Spending per listing$9.4M$10.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment20,29410,97011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,762$2,085$2,055
Median household income$74,201$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4725

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 16
Employees, 2023
71
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6128 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Fresno 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 Fresno County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,035,456+2.6% since 2020
Households
324,702
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
5,959 sq. mi.
People per square mile
171
Median household income
$74,201+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,641
Median home value
$388,800
Jobs located here
413,154
Daytime population
1,017,627Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across California

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

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Placer County, CA93130.8$27.2M+8.9%#7 of 785
2Riverside County, CA73851.1$17.9M+5.0%#127 of 785
3Contra Costa County, CA68571.4$17.2M+0.3%#179 of 785
4San Joaquin County, CA63331.3$14.5M+5.5%#230 of 785
5Marin County, CA59141.4$18.9M−2.9%#268 of 785
6Sonoma County, CA58321.7$12.7M−0.4%#296 of 785
7Santa Clara County, CA551241.9$14.2M−0.9%#322 of 785
8San Bernardino County, CA551021.5$12.3M+1.9%#324 of 785
9El Dorado County, CA53152.0$11.1M+0.6%#343 of 785
10Sacramento County, CA52921.6$12.1M+2.0%#357 of 785
18Fresno County, CA47611.9$9.4M+2.6%#424 of 785

Other business types in Fresno County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Fresno County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 laundromats in Fresno County. 28 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Fresno County, CA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $572.3M a year, or $1,762 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $9.4M 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 324,702 households in Fresno County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fresno County, CA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Fresno County has 1.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $9.4M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Fresno County would have about 46, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,294 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Fresno County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Fresno County at 1,035,456 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 324,702 households. Median household income in Fresno County is $74,201, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Fresno County scores 47 for laundromats (lower middle), #424 of 785 scored counties.

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