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Laundromats in Union County, OH

How Union County, OH 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$58M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,393 a household
Spending per listing
$19.3M
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
73,446
+16.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 laundromats in Union County. That comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in Union County spend about $58M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,393 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 laundromats, that is $19.3M per laundromat, 55% above 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 Union County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $189K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Union County.

Population estimates show Union County grew 16.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 laundromats on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Union 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 Union County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.21.31.6
Spending per listing$19.3M$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+16.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,393$1,954$2,055
Median household income$112,322$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
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$189K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
73,446+16.5% since 2020
Households
24,232
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
156
Median household income
$112,322+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,663
Median home value
$344,900
Jobs located here
37,111
Daytime population
68,956Residents 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 Union 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
Union County, OHNot scored31.2$19.3M+16.5%

Other business types in Union County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Union County, OH?

Union County has 3 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Union County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $58M a year, or $2,393 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $19.3M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,232 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Union County has 1.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $19.3M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Union County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Union County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 73,446 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,232 households. The median household income in Union County is $112,322 a year, 39% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% 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. Union County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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