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Laundromats in Marin County, CA

How Marin 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #268 of 785 scored counties
#5 of 42 scored counties in California

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$264.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,569 a household
Spending per listing
$18.9M
51% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
253,694
−2.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 laundromats in Marin County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in Marin County spend about $264.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,569 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That is about $18.9M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 51% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Marin County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 11,446 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Marin County declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Marin County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #268 of 785 scored counties and #5 of 42 scored counties in California.

How Marin 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 Marin County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureMarin CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.42.11.6
Spending per listing$18.9M$10.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment11,44610,97011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.9%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,569$2,085$2,055
Median household income$149,091$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5925

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 9
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$803K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Marin 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 Marin County

Population, 2025 estimate
253,694−2.9% since 2020
Households
103,018
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
520 sq. mi.
People per square mile
496
Median household income
$149,091+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$232,579
Median home value
$1,507,300
Jobs located here
110,704
Daytime population
260,594Residents 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 Marin 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

Other business types in Marin County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Marin County, CA?

Marin County has 14 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

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

About $264.6M a year, or $2,569 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $18.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 103,018 households in Marin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marin County has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $18.9M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Marin County would have about 21, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,446 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Marin County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Marin County at 253,694 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 103,018 households. The median household income in Marin County is $149,091 a year, 85% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Marin County scores 59 for laundromats (upper middle), #268 of 785 scored counties.

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