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Laundromats in Johnson County, KS

The laundromats in Johnson County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #21 of 785 scored counties
#1 of 6 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
17
2 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$612.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,454 a household
Spending per listing
$36M
2.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
636,906
+4.2% since 2020

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What this means

Johnson County scores 87 (high) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #21 of 785 scored counties and #1 of 6 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for laundromats.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Johnson County comes to about $612.4M a year: $2,454 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That works out to $36M per laundromat, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Johnson County has 17 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Johnson County classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 20,794 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Johnson County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Johnson County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.71.41.6
Spending per listing$36M$14.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment20,79418,34511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.9%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,454$1,989$2,055
Median household income$109,208$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score8750

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 12
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
172 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County

Population, 2025 estimate
636,906+4.2% since 2020
Households
249,531
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
474 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,310
Median household income
$109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$146,207
Median home value
$391,200
Jobs located here
379,207
Daytime population
678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS87170.7$36M+4.2%#21 of 785
2Shawnee County, KS59101.3$14.2M0.0%#277 of 785
3Douglas County, KS5871.4$14.3M+1.8%#291 of 785
4Sedgwick County, KS57331.6$12M+2.6%#307 of 785
5Wyandotte County, KS21162.6$6.9M+1.0%#697 of 785
6Reno County, KS1962.3$7.5M−0.6%#715 of 785

Other business types in Johnson County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Johnson County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 laundromats in Johnson County. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $612.4M a year, or $2,454 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $36M 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 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Johnson County has 0.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $36M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Johnson County would have about 49, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,794 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 87 for laundromats (high), #21 of 785 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for laundromats · All 56 business types in Johnson County

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