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Laundromats in Plymouth County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in Plymouth County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,002 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.9M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,697
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Plymouth County spend about $20.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,002 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.9M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 3 laundromats on map listings in Plymouth County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 81% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Plymouth County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Plymouth County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 laundromats on map listings, Plymouth County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Plymouth County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Plymouth County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $6.9M | $11.9M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 28,602 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.5% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,002 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $83,251 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,6970.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,313
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 863 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $83,251+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,116
- Median home value
- $228,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,334
- Daytime population
- 23,763Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IA | 73 | 8 | 1.3 | $16.2M | +4.6% | #130 of 785 |
| 2Polk County, IA | 67 | 35 | 1.7 | $12.4M | +4.8% | #194 of 785 |
| 3Scott County, IA | 62 | 9 | 1.2 | $16.5M | +0.4% | #237 of 785 |
| 4Linn County, IA | 60 | 16 | 1.7 | $12.1M | +0.7% | #266 of 785 |
| 5Black Hawk County, IA | 33 | 11 | 2.0 | $9.3M | +0.4% | #576 of 785 |
| 6Woodbury County, IA | 27 | 12 | 2.9 | $6.4M | +0.7% | #655 of 785 |
| 7Jasper County, IA | 26 | 5 | 3.3 | $5.7M | +0.9% | #665 of 785 |
| 8Webster County, IA | 18 | 5 | 3.3 | $5.6M | −0.4% | #721 of 785 |
| 9Muscatine County, IA | 15 | 6 | 3.5 | $5.4M | −3.0% | #747 of 785 |
| Plymouth County, IA | Not scored | 3 | 2.9 | $6.9M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Plymouth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Plymouth County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 laundromats in Plymouth County. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Plymouth County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Plymouth County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $20.6M a year, or $2,002 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $6.9M 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 10,313 households in Plymouth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Plymouth County, IA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Plymouth County has 2.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $6.9M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Plymouth County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Plymouth County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Plymouth County at 25,697 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,313 households. Median household income in Plymouth County is $83,251, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. Plymouth County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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