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Laundromats in Phelps County, MO
How Phelps County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $30.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 45,247
- +1.6% since 2020
See the laundromats around any address in Phelps County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 laundromats in Phelps County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
At $1,757 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Phelps County spend about $30.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $15.2M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings. 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 Phelps County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Phelps County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 laundromats on map listings, Phelps County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Phelps County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Phelps County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $15.2M | $13.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,002 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,757 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $58,396 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 21 chain location
- 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 Phelps 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 Phelps County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,247+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,329
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 67
- Median household income
- $58,396+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,261
- Median home value
- $206,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,214
- Daytime population
- 46,987Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Charles County, MO | 88 | 15 | 0.9 | $25.1M | +4.9% | #18 of 785 |
| 2Cass County, MO | 75 | 6 | 1.4 | $15.1M | +7.1% | #105 of 785 |
| 3St. Louis County, MO | 65 | 50 | 1.2 | $18M | −1.2% | #204 of 785 |
| 4Clay County, MO | 62 | 14 | 1.4 | $15.3M | +4.3% | #241 of 785 |
| 5Jefferson County, MO | 62 | 12 | 1.4 | $14.8M | +2.7% | #244 of 785 |
| 6Jackson County, MO | 59 | 41 | 1.3 | $14.3M | +2.1% | #276 of 785 |
| 7Greene County, MO | 49 | 18 | 1.4 | $13.1M | +3.3% | #386 of 785 |
| 8St. Louis city, MO | 35 | 23 | 1.6 | $11.3M | −7.4% | #556 of 785 |
| 9Jasper County, MO | 30 | 13 | 2.6 | $6.7M | +3.7% | #621 of 785 |
| 10Taney County, MO | 27 | 5 | 2.2 | $8M | +1.7% | #652 of 785 |
| Phelps County, MO | Not scored | 2 | 1.2 | $15.2M | +1.6% |
Other business types in Phelps 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
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Phelps County, MO?
Phelps County has 2 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Phelps County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Phelps County, MO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $30.4M a year, or $1,757 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $15.2M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,329 households in Phelps County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Phelps County, MO compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Phelps County has 2 laundromats on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.
How fast is Phelps County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Phelps County at 45,247 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,329 households. The median household income in Phelps County is $58,396 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Phelps County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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