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Laundromats in Dougherty County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in Dougherty County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 3 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #782 of 785 scored counties
#27 of 27 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $52.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 65% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,616
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in Dougherty County is 3 (very low), #782 of 785 scored counties and #27 of 27 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Dougherty County comes to about $52.5M a year: $1,533 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 laundromats, that is $4.4M per laundromat, 65% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 12 laundromats on map listings in Dougherty County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Dougherty County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Dougherty County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dougherty County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Dougherty County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $15.1M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,792 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,533 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $49,044 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 3 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Dougherty 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 Dougherty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,616−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 34,280
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 253
- Median household income
- $49,044+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,820
- Median home value
- $134,400
- Jobs located here
- 43,701
- Daytime population
- 96,519Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia County, GA | 84 | 5 | 0.9 | $23.9M | +7.9% | #36 of 785 |
| 2Cherokee County, GA | 79 | 12 | 1.2 | $19.3M | +11.6% | #73 of 785 |
| 3Fulton County, GA | 77 | 48 | 1.0 | $21.6M | +2.7% | #86 of 785 |
| 4Walton County, GA | 69 | 5 | 1.4 | $13.9M | +16.0% | #174 of 785 |
| 5Houston County, GA | 69 | 9 | 1.4 | $13.5M | +8.5% | #176 of 785 |
| 6Cobb County, GA | 68 | 41 | 1.4 | $16.4M | +3.5% | #180 of 785 |
| 7Carroll County, GA | 66 | 5 | 1.1 | $15.9M | +9.8% | #197 of 785 |
| 8Gwinnett County, GA | 63 | 44 | 1.3 | $15.4M | +6.2% | #229 of 785 |
| 9Hall County, GA | 60 | 10 | 1.4 | $14.6M | +11.4% | #262 of 785 |
| 10Rockdale County, GA | 59 | 5 | 1.5 | $13M | +5.2% | #280 of 785 |
| 27Dougherty County, GA | 3 | 12 | 3.5 | $4.4M | −3.0% | #782 of 785 |
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Questions
How many laundromats are in Dougherty County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 laundromats in Dougherty County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Dougherty County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dougherty County, GA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $52.5M a year, or $1,533 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 34,280 households in Dougherty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dougherty County, GA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Dougherty County has 3.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $4.4M, 65% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Dougherty County would have about 4, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Dougherty County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dougherty County at 82,616 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,280 households. Median household income in Dougherty County is $49,044, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Dougherty County scores 3 for laundromats (very low), #782 of 785 scored counties.
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