Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Iowa
Laundromats in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area
How the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #280 of 364 scored metro areas
#7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 19
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $106.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,928 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,738
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Sioux City metro area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #280 of 364 scored metro areas and #7 of 7 scored metro areas based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 laundromats in the Sioux City metro area. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Sioux City metro area comes to about $106.9M a year: $1,928 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 laundromats, that is $5.6M per laundromat, 55% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Sioux City metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 18,489 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Sioux City metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sioux City metro area grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Sioux City metro area 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 | Sioux City metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $11.9M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 18,489 | 28,602 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.5% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,928 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $75,192 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $270K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 192 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Sioux City 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 Sioux City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,738+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 55,468
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,599 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $75,192
- Average household income
- $95,336
- Median home value
- $193,100
- Jobs located here
- 75,324
- Daytime population
- 149,603Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for laundromats, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sioux City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA | 77 | 42 | 1.1 | $19.7M | +4.2% | #29 of 364 |
| 1Iowa City, IA | 72 | 9 | 1.2 | $16.4M | +4.1% | #53 of 364 |
| 2Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 71 | 47 | 1.6 | $13.4M | +6.7% | #61 of 364 |
| 3Cedar Rapids, IA | 59 | 19 | 1.7 | $12.1M | +1.0% | #119 of 364 |
| 4Ames, IA | 56 | 7 | 1.4 | $14M | +2.2% | #144 of 364 |
| 5Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 54 | 23 | 1.4 | $13.7M | −0.9% | #157 of 364 |
| 6Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 34 | 12 | 1.7 | $11M | +0.5% | #276 of 364 |
| 7Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 34 | 19 | 3.4 | $5.6M | +1.0% | #280 of 364 |
Other business types in the Sioux City metro area
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 laundry36
- Clothing and shoe stores33
- Laundromats34
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area?
There are 19 laundromats on map listings in the Sioux City metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $106.9M a year, or $1,928 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,468 households in the Sioux City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Sioux City metro area has 3.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $5.6M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Sioux City metro area would have about 9, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,489 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sioux City metro area at 145,738 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,468 households. The median household income in the Sioux City metro area is $75,192 a year, 7% 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 Sioux City metro area scores 34 for laundromats (lower middle), #280 of 364 scored metro areas.
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