Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Florida
Laundromats in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area
How the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 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 86 out of 100: High
Ranked #6 of 364 scored metro areas
#1 of 20 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 26
- 7 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $628.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,918 a household
- Spending per listing
- $24.2M
- 93% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 875,607
- +14.4% since 2020
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What this means
For laundromats, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has a Groundwork market score of 86 (high): #6 of 364 scored metro areas and #1 of 20 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for laundromats.
At $1,918 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area spend about $628.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $24.2M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 93% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 26 laundromats on map listings in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 27%, against 19% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 27,317 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area grew 14.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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.
| Measure | Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $24.2M | $13.4M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 27,317 | 12,415 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.9% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,918 | $1,922 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $76,107 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 86 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $613K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 267 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 the Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 875,607+14.4% since 2020
- Households
- 327,803
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 781 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,047
- Median household income
- $76,107+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,469
- Median home value
- $362,200
- Jobs located here
- 293,056
- Daytime population
- 793,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 86 | 26 | 0.8 | $24.2M | +14.4% | #6 of 364 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 77 | 8 | 0.9 | $20.4M | +15.5% | #28 of 364 |
| 3Naples-Marco Island, FL | 76 | 14 | 0.8 | $25.6M | +10.6% | #34 of 364 |
| 4Tallahassee, FL | 75 | 12 | 0.8 | $23.7M | +3.1% | #39 of 364 |
| 5Port St. Lucie, FL | 72 | 20 | 1.0 | $19.4M | +16.0% | #50 of 364 |
| 6Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 71 | 118 | 1.2 | $16.9M | +10.3% | #57 of 364 |
| 7Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 71 | 33 | 1.3 | $15.2M | +9.1% | #58 of 364 |
| 8North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 70 | 42 | 1.1 | $18.6M | +13.2% | #65 of 364 |
| 9Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 69 | 5 | 0.7 | $27.2M | +7.7% | #69 of 364 |
| 10Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 68 | 31 | 1.1 | $16.4M | +19.8% | #77 of 364 |
Other business types in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry47
- Clothing and shoe stores47
- Laundromats86
- Dry cleaners62
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 laundromats in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $628.8M a year, or $1,918 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $24.2M 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 327,803 households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has 0.8 laundromats per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $24.2M, 93% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area would have about 50, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 27,317 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area at 875,607 people in 2025, up 14.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,803 households. Median household income in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area is $76,107, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area scores 86 for laundromats (high), #6 of 364 scored metro areas.
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