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Laundromats in Sacramento County, CA

How Sacramento 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #357 of 785 scored counties
#10 of 42 scored counties in California

Listings
92
17 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
40
+53.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,948 a household
Spending per listing
$12.1M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,618,460
+2.0% 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 92 laundromats in Sacramento County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Sacramento County comes to about $1.1B a year: $1,948 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 92 laundromats, that is $12.1M per laundromat, 3% below 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 Sacramento County was 40 in 2023, up 53.9% from 2019. That is one for every 14,276 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Sacramento County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sacramento County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, Sacramento County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #357 of 785 scored counties and #10 of 42 scored counties in California.

How Sacramento 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 Sacramento County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureSacramento CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.62.11.6
Spending per listing$12.1M$10.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment14,27610,97011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+53.9%+6.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,948$2,085$2,055
Median household income$92,175$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5225

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 40+53.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
174
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
9217 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
89The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$2.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,618,460+2.0% since 2020
Households
571,057
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
965 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,651
Median household income
$92,175+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,155
Median home value
$534,200
Jobs located here
724,651
Daytime population
1,607,887Residents 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Sacramento County, CA?

Sacramento County has 92 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 53.9% from 2019.

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

About $1.1B a year, or $1,948 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.1M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 571,057 households in Sacramento County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sacramento County has 1.6 laundromats per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.1M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Sacramento County would have about 89, against 92 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,276 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 53.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Sacramento County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Sacramento County at 1,618,460 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 571,057 households. The median household income in Sacramento County is $92,175 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.3% 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. Sacramento County scores 52 for laundromats (upper middle), #357 of 785 scored counties.

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