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Laundromats in Shelby County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in Shelby County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$36.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,929 a household
Spending per listing
$36.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
48,065
−0.2% 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

At $1,929 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $36.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $36.5M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Shelby County has 1 laundromat on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Shelby County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Shelby County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 laundromat on map listings, Shelby County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Shelby County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Shelby County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureShelby CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.51.31.6
Spending per listing$36.5M$14.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,42111,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,929$1,954$2,055
Median household income$73,978$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
48,065−0.2% since 2020
Households
18,906
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$73,978+15.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,849
Median home value
$208,100
Jobs located here
26,886
Daytime population
50,791Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, OH9170.8$32.2M+5.7%#11 of 785
2Fairfield County, OH8050.8$25.9M+6.5%#64 of 785
3Greene County, OH7971.0$21.1M+3.7%#70 of 785
4Clermont County, OH78111.3$16.2M+3.9%#84 of 785
5Lorain County, OH76131.0$19.5M+3.1%#94 of 785
6Franklin County, OH75520.9$21.7M+2.8%#100 of 785
7Licking County, OH7481.2$18M+3.8%#112 of 785
8Medina County, OH7381.1$20.3M+1.3%#122 of 785
9Hamilton County, OH67341.0$21.1M+1.0%#185 of 785
10Butler County, OH67191.3$16M+2.4%#188 of 785
Shelby County, OHNot scored10.5$36.5M−0.2%

Other business types in Shelby County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Shelby County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 laundromat in Shelby County. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Shelby County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Shelby County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $36.5M a year, or $1,929 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 laundromat on map listings, it comes to $36.5M 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 18,906 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Shelby County, OH compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Shelby County has 1 laundromat on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Shelby County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Shelby County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 48,065 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,906 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $73,978, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.9%, 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. Shelby County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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