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Laundromats in Yellowstone County, MT

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #318 of 785 scored counties
#3 of 4 scored counties in Montana

Listings
12
4 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$124.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,775 a household
Spending per listing
$10.3M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
172,692
+4.5% 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 Yellowstone County comes to about $124.1M a year: $1,775 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 laundromats, that is $10.3M per laundromat, 17% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Yellowstone County has 12 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Yellowstone County in 2023. That is one for every 23,299 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Yellowstone County grew 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Yellowstone County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #318 of 785 scored counties and #3 of 4 scored counties in Montana.

How Yellowstone County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Yellowstone County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureYellowstone CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.71.61.6
Spending per listing$10.3M$11M$12.5M
Households per official establishment23,29915,29511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.7%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,775$1,721$2,055
Median household income$76,570$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market score5634

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$603K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
124 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County

Population, 2025 estimate
172,692+4.5% since 2020
Households
69,897
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,633 sq. mi.
People per square mile
64
Median household income
$76,570+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,900
Median home value
$349,500
Jobs located here
90,871
Daytime population
173,526Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Montana

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

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gallatin County, MT7071.4$14.5M+7.7%#156 of 785
2Missoula County, MT5761.1$15.4M+4.4%#301 of 785
3Yellowstone County, MT56121.7$10.3M+4.5%#318 of 785
4Flathead County, MT4681.8$9.6M+10.1%#441 of 785

Other business types in Yellowstone County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Yellowstone County, MT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 laundromats in Yellowstone County. 4 of them (33%) 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 Yellowstone County, MT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $124.1M a year, or $1,775 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $10.3M 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 69,897 households in Yellowstone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Yellowstone County, MT compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Yellowstone County has 1.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $10.3M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Yellowstone County would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,299 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Yellowstone County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Yellowstone County at 172,692 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,897 households. Median household income in Yellowstone County is $76,570, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Yellowstone County scores 56 for laundromats (upper middle), #318 of 785 scored counties.

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