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Laundromats in Kane County, IL
How Kane County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #380 of 785 scored counties
#9 of 24 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 35
- 6 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $435.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,358 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 525,757
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 laundromats in Kane County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Households in Kane County spend about $435.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,358 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $12.4M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, in line with 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 23 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Kane County in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 8,031 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $448K have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Kane County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kane County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, Kane County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #380 of 785 scored counties and #9 of 24 scored counties in Illinois.
How Kane County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Kane County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.4M | $12.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,031 | 10,625 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +3.3% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,358 | $2,141 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $103,163 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 23+9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 356 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $448K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Kane 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 Kane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 525,757+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 184,706
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 996
- Median household income
- $103,163+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,975
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 219,275
- Daytime population
- 474,484Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for laundromats, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Kane County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Will County, IL | 71 | 29 | 1.2 | $20.2M | +2.2% | #142 of 785 |
| 2McLean County, IL | 69 | 6 | 0.9 | $24.1M | +0.1% | #159 of 785 |
| 3DuPage County, IL | 69 | 54 | 1.5 | $16.2M | +0.3% | #168 of 785 |
| 4Champaign County, IL | 68 | 10 | 1.2 | $16.3M | +1.8% | #181 of 785 |
| 5Lake County, IL | 64 | 36 | 1.4 | $18M | +0.8% | #212 of 785 |
| 6McHenry County, IL | 64 | 16 | 1.4 | $17.3M | +2.5% | #215 of 785 |
| 7Peoria County, IL | 60 | 6 | 0.8 | $24.8M | −1.6% | #258 of 785 |
| 8Sangamon County, IL | 56 | 8 | 0.9 | $21.2M | −1.0% | #313 of 785 |
| 9Kane County, IL | 50 | 35 | 1.9 | $12.4M | +1.8% | #380 of 785 |
| 10Grundy County, IL | 50 | 5 | 2.4 | $9M | +2.9% | #384 of 785 |
Other business types in Kane County
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 laundry43
- Clothing and shoe stores45
- Laundromats50
- Dry cleaners51
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Kane County, IL?
There are 35 laundromats on map listings in Kane County as of September 2026. 6 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Kane County, IL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $435.5M a year, or $2,358 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.4M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,706 households in Kane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kane County, IL compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Kane County has 1.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,031 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Kane County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kane County at 525,757 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,706 households. The median household income in Kane County is $103,163 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Kane County scores 50 for laundromats (upper middle), #380 of 785 scored counties.
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