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Laundromats in Prince George’s County, MD

The laundromats in Prince George’s County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #528 of 785 scored counties
#12 of 15 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
76
29 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
65
+12.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$771.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,219 a household
Spending per listing
$10.2M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
970,374
+0.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Prince George’s County comes to about $771.5M a year: $2,219 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $10.2M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Prince George’s County has 76 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 29 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 65 businesses with payroll in Prince George’s County classed as coin-operated laundries, up 12.1% from 2019. That is one for every 5,350 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $8.5M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Prince George’s County.

Population estimates put the population change in Prince George’s County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Prince George’s County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #528 of 785 scored counties and #12 of 15 scored counties in Maryland.

How Prince George’s County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Prince George’s County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasurePrince George’s CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.21.31.6
Spending per listing$10.2M$17.5M$12.5M
Households per official establishment5,35010,79011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.1%+7.9%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,219$2,283$2,055
Median household income$101,798$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score3860

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
58 → 65+12.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
371
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7629 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$8.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Prince George’s 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 Prince George’s County

Population, 2025 estimate
970,374+0.5% since 2020
Households
347,744
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,989
Median household income
$101,798+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,138
Median home value
$426,000
Jobs located here
318,010
Daytime population
849,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Maryland

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for laundromats, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Prince George’s County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Howard County, MD8680.7$41.8M+1.9%#25 of 785
2Harford County, MD8090.9$26.2M+2.0%#63 of 785
3St. Mary’s County, MD7951.2$20.6M+2.4%#71 of 785
4Anne Arundel County, MD75221.0$25.5M+1.7%#99 of 785
5Montgomery County, MD74280.7$36.4M+1.3%#107 of 785
6Cecil County, MD7151.2$16.8M+3.2%#145 of 785
7Carroll County, MD6971.1$22.2M+2.2%#160 of 785
8Charles County, MD6971.1$21.2M+5.9%#161 of 785
9Frederick County, MD69161.5$16.2M+11.0%#169 of 785
10Baltimore County, MD64321.0$22.2M−0.7%#210 of 785
12Prince George’s County, MD38762.2$10.2M+0.5%#528 of 785

Other business types in Prince George’s County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Prince George’s County, MD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 laundromats in Prince George’s County. 29 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019.

How much do households in Prince George’s County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $771.5M a year, or $2,219 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $10.2M 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 347,744 households in Prince George’s County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Prince George’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Prince George’s County has 2.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $10.2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Prince George’s County would have about 62, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,350 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Prince George’s County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Prince George’s County at 970,374 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 347,744 households. Median household income in Prince George’s County is $101,798, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Prince George’s County scores 38 for laundromats (lower middle), #528 of 785 scored counties.

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