Clothing and laundry · County · Oklahoma
Laundromats in Kay County, OK
How Kay County, OK compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #757 of 785 scored counties
#10 of 10 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 5
- 3 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,660 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 88% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,490
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in Kay County is 13 (low), #757 of 785 scored counties and #10 of 10 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Kay County comes to about $27.9M a year: $1,660 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.6M per laundromat, 55% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
Kay County has 5 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 88% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Kay County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Kay County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kay County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Kay County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $10.4M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,740 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,660 | $1,773 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $58,423 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 32 |
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
- 53 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 Kay 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 Kay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,490−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,776
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 920 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,308
- Median home value
- $124,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,500
- Daytime population
- 42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Canadian County, OK | 84 | 5 | 0.9 | $23.1M | +20.4% | #37 of 785 |
| 2Cleveland County, OK | 72 | 12 | 1.0 | $18.3M | +2.6% | #139 of 785 |
| 3Tulsa County, OK | 45 | 46 | 1.7 | $11M | +4.2% | #447 of 785 |
| 4Oklahoma County, OK | 42 | 61 | 1.9 | $9.8M | +3.0% | #488 of 785 |
| 5Creek County, OK | 40 | 5 | 1.8 | $9.7M | +4.4% | #510 of 785 |
| 6Pottawatomie County, OK | 33 | 5 | 1.9 | $9M | +3.5% | #577 of 785 |
| 7Payne County, OK | 26 | 7 | 2.1 | $7.6M | +2.8% | #664 of 785 |
| 8Muskogee County, OK | 20 | 5 | 1.9 | $8.1M | +0.7% | #704 of 785 |
| 9Carter County, OK | 17 | 7 | 3.7 | $4.7M | +1.8% | #729 of 785 |
| 10Kay County, OK | 13 | 5 | 3.0 | $5.6M | −0.3% | #757 of 785 |
Other business types in Kay 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
- Clothing, shoes and laundry24
- Clothing and shoe stores26
- Laundromats13
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Kay County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 laundromats in Kay County. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Kay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kay County, OK spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $27.9M a year, or $1,660 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 16,776 households in Kay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kay County, OK compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Kay County has 3.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $5.6M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Kay County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Kay County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Kay County at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in Kay County is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Kay County scores 13 for laundromats (low), #757 of 785 scored counties.
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