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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Nebraska

Laundromats in the North Platte, NE area

How the North Platte, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #143 of 150 scored small-town markets
The only scored small-town market based in Nebraska

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$27.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,802 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
64% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
2.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,972
−3.6% 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

For laundromats, the North Platte area has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #143 of 150 scored small-town markets and the only scored small-town market based in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 laundromats in the North Platte area. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 4.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the North Platte area comes to about $27.4M a year: $1,802 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per laundromat, 64% 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 the North Platte area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show the North Platte area declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the North Platte area compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 North Platte, NE area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureNorth Platte areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.01.31.6
Spending per listing$4.6M$14.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a17,73011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.5%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,802$1,999$2,055
Median household income$65,430$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score1960

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
63 chain locations
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 the North Platte area, 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 the North Platte area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,972−3.6% since 2020
Households
15,189
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
3,135 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$65,430
Average household income
$79,648
Median home value
$189,500
Jobs located here
14,644
Daytime population
34,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many laundromats are in the North Platte, NE area?

The North Platte area has 6 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the North Platte area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the North Platte, NE area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $27.4M a year, or $1,802 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,189 households in the North Platte area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the North Platte, NE area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The North Platte area has 4.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $4.6M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the North Platte area would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the North Platte, NE area growing?

Population estimates put the North Platte area at 33,972 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,189 households. The median household income in the North Platte area is $65,430 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The North Platte area scores 19 for laundromats (low), #143 of 150 scored small-town markets.

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