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Laundromats in Wicomico County, MD
How Wicomico County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #463 of 785 scored counties
#11 of 15 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $76.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.6M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,899
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 laundromats in Wicomico County. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Wicomico County comes to about $76.6M a year: $1,892 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.6M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 23% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Wicomico County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wicomico County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, Wicomico County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #463 of 785 scored counties and #11 of 15 scored counties in Maryland.
How Wicomico 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.
| Measure | Wicomico County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $9.6M | $17.5M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,790 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.9% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,892 | $2,283 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $76,210 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 60 |
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
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Wicomico 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 Wicomico County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,899+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,470
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 374 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $76,210+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,023
- Median home value
- $254,700
- Jobs located here
- 43,883
- Daytime population
- 101,796Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Howard County, MD | 86 | 8 | 0.7 | $41.8M | +1.9% | #25 of 785 |
| 2Harford County, MD | 80 | 9 | 0.9 | $26.2M | +2.0% | #63 of 785 |
| 3St. Mary’s County, MD | 79 | 5 | 1.2 | $20.6M | +2.4% | #71 of 785 |
| 4Anne Arundel County, MD | 75 | 22 | 1.0 | $25.5M | +1.7% | #99 of 785 |
| 5Montgomery County, MD | 74 | 28 | 0.7 | $36.4M | +1.3% | #107 of 785 |
| 6Cecil County, MD | 71 | 5 | 1.2 | $16.8M | +3.2% | #145 of 785 |
| 7Carroll County, MD | 69 | 7 | 1.1 | $22.2M | +2.2% | #160 of 785 |
| 8Charles County, MD | 69 | 7 | 1.1 | $21.2M | +5.9% | #161 of 785 |
| 9Frederick County, MD | 69 | 16 | 1.5 | $16.2M | +11.0% | #169 of 785 |
| 10Baltimore County, MD | 64 | 32 | 1.0 | $22.2M | −0.7% | #210 of 785 |
| 11Wicomico County, MD | 44 | 8 | 2.0 | $9.6M | +3.2% | #463 of 785 |
Other business types in Wicomico 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 laundry36
- Clothing and shoe stores38
- Laundromats44
- Dry cleaners39
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Wicomico County, MD?
Wicomico County has 8 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Wicomico County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wicomico County, MD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $76.6M a year, or $1,892 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $9.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,470 households in Wicomico County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wicomico County, MD compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Wicomico County has 2.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $9.6M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Wicomico County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Wicomico County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Wicomico County at 106,899 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,470 households. The median household income in Wicomico County is $76,210 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Wicomico County scores 44 for laundromats (lower middle), #463 of 785 scored counties.
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