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Laundromats in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #302 of 364 scored metro areas
#16 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
58
8 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
33
−5.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$609.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,174 a household
Spending per listing
$10.5M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
830,851
−1.5% 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

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #302 of 364 scored metro areas and #16 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area spend about $609.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,174 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $10.5M per laundromat, 16% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

There are 58 laundromats on map listings in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area as of September 2026. 8 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019. That is one for every 8,496 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $422K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.12.11.6
Spending per listing$10.5M$10.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment8,49610,97011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.7%+6.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,174$2,085$2,055
Median household income$109,797$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score3025

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33−5.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
126
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
588 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$422K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area, 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 the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
830,851−1.5% since 2020
Households
280,360
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,841 sq. mi.
People per square mile
455
Median household income
$109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$144,867
Median home value
$822,700
Jobs located here
321,509
Daytime population
755,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for laundromats, numbered among those based in California, with the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA631871.3$14.8M+3.5%#102 of 364
2Stockton-Lodi, CA60331.3$14.5M+5.5%#114 of 364
3Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA571331.5$13.4M+3.2%#133 of 364
4Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA53321.7$12.7M−0.4%#164 of 364
5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA491281.9$14.1M−0.6%#183 of 364
6Bakersfield-Delano, CA44421.5$11.6M+2.3%#214 of 364
7Vallejo, CA42261.7$12.4M+0.6%#223 of 364
8San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA41232.1$9.6M0.0%#236 of 364
9Modesto, CA40261.5$12.4M+0.7%#240 of 364
10Fresno, CA38711.9$9.2M+3.2%#255 of 364
16Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA30582.1$10.5M−1.5%#302 of 364

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Questions

How many laundromats are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 58 laundromats in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. 8 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $609.4M a year, or $2,174 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $10.5M 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 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 2.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $10.5M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 49, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,496 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 30 for laundromats (lower middle), #302 of 364 scored metro areas.

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