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Laundromats in Pinellas County, FL

How Pinellas County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #541 of 785 scored counties
#33 of 36 scored counties in Florida

Listings
93
15 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
29
+20.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$820.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,914 a household
Spending per listing
$8.8M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
948,563
−1.2% 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 93 laundromats in Pinellas County. 15 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

At $1,914 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Pinellas County spend about $820.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $8.8M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 29% 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 Pinellas County was 29 in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. That is one for every 14,775 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Pinellas County.

Population estimates show Pinellas County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Pinellas County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #541 of 785 scored counties and #33 of 36 scored counties in Florida.

How Pinellas County 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 Pinellas County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePinellas CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.21.41.6
Spending per listing$8.8M$13.4M$12.5M
Households per official establishment14,77512,41511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.8%+11.9%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,914$1,922$2,055
Median household income$72,646$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3750

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 29+20.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
9315 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
948,563−1.2% since 2020
Households
428,473
Median age
48.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
274 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3,518
Median household income
$72,646+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,876
Median home value
$355,100
Jobs located here
491,465
Daytime population
1,008,495Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for laundromats, numbered among those based in Florida, with Pinellas County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Santa Rosa County, FL8850.7$29.7M+11.7%#16 of 785
2Pasco County, FL85180.8$24.6M+19.1%#31 of 785
3Lee County, FL85260.8$24.2M+14.4%#32 of 785
4Flagler County, FL8151.0$20.3M+21.0%#58 of 785
5Collier County, FL78140.8$25.6M+10.6%#80 of 785
6Charlotte County, FL7780.9$20.4M+15.5%#87 of 785
7St. Lucie County, FL75130.9$19.2M+21.4%#103 of 785
8Lake County, FL74181.1$16.9M+18.1%#114 of 785
9Sarasota County, FL73180.8$23.9M+10.0%#118 of 785
10Orange County, FL73591.1$17.7M+6.7%#129 of 785
33Pinellas County, FL37932.2$8.8M−1.2%#541 of 785

Other business types in Pinellas County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Pinellas County, FL?

There are 93 laundromats on map listings in Pinellas County as of September 2026. 15 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019.

How much do households in Pinellas County, FL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $820.3M a year, or $1,914 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $8.8M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 428,473 households in Pinellas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pinellas County, FL compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Pinellas County has 2.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $8.8M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Pinellas County would have about 66, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,775 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Pinellas County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Pinellas County at 948,563 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 428,473 households. The median household income in Pinellas County is $72,646 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.3% 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. Pinellas County scores 37 for laundromats (lower middle), #541 of 785 scored counties.

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