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Laundromats in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach, 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #250 of 364 scored metro areas
#20 of 20 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
16
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$161.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,838 a household
Spending per listing
$10.1M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
231,174
+15.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 laundromats in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $161.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,838 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.1M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 19% 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.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area in 2023. That is one for every 9,785 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #250 of 364 scored metro areas and #20 of 20 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Panama City-Panama City Beach 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.

Laundromats in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePanama City-Panama City Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.81.41.6
Spending per listing$10.1M$13.4M$12.5M
Households per official establishment9,78512,41511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.9%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,838$1,922$2,055
Median household income$71,514$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3950

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$983K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
160 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
231,174+15.7% since 2020
Households
88,065
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,343 sq. mi.
People per square mile
158
Median household income
$71,514
Average household income
$94,187
Median home value
$294,300
Jobs located here
85,476
Daytime population
211,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for laundromats, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL86260.8$24.2M+14.4%#6 of 364
2Punta Gorda, FL7780.9$20.4M+15.5%#28 of 364
3Naples-Marco Island, FL76140.8$25.6M+10.6%#34 of 364
4Tallahassee, FL75120.8$23.7M+3.1%#39 of 364
5Port St. Lucie, FL72201.0$19.4M+16.0%#50 of 364
6Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL711181.2$16.9M+10.3%#57 of 364
7Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL71331.3$15.2M+9.1%#58 of 364
8North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL70421.1$18.6M+13.2%#65 of 364
9Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL6950.7$27.2M+7.7%#69 of 364
10Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL68311.1$16.4M+19.8%#77 of 364
20Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL39161.8$10.1M+15.7%#250 of 364

Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area

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Questions

How many laundromats are in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?

There are 16 laundromats on map listings in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area as of September 2026. None of them 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 the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $161.9M a year, or $1,838 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $10.1M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 1.8 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $10.1M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,785 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 39 for laundromats (lower middle), #250 of 364 scored metro areas.

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