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Laundromats in Minnehaha County, SD

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #191 of 785 scored counties
#1 of 2 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$170.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,007 a household
Spending per listing
$13.1M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
212,691
+7.6% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Minnehaha County comes to about $170.2M a year: $2,007 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.1M per laundromat, 5% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Minnehaha County has 13 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Minnehaha County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Minnehaha County.

Population estimates show Minnehaha County grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, Minnehaha County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #191 of 785 scored counties and #1 of 2 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Minnehaha County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Minnehaha County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMinnehaha CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.31.6
Spending per listing$13.1M$14.6M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a21,50311,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,007$1,951$2,055
Median household income$76,880$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score6763

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
130 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
212,691+7.6% since 2020
Households
84,814
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
807 sq. mi.
People per square mile
252
Median household income
$76,880+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,921
Median home value
$287,600
Jobs located here
135,684
Daytime population
228,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for laundromats, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Minnehaha County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Minnehaha County, SD67131.5$13.1M+7.6%#191 of 785
2Pennington County, SD6351.1$18.1M+6.6%#228 of 785

Other business types in Minnehaha County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Minnehaha County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 laundromats in Minnehaha County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Minnehaha County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Minnehaha County, SD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $170.2M a year, or $2,007 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $13.1M 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 84,814 households in Minnehaha County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Minnehaha County, SD compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Minnehaha County has 1.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $13.1M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Minnehaha County would have about 14, against 13 on map listings.

How fast is Minnehaha County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Minnehaha County at 212,691 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,814 households. Median household income in Minnehaha County is $76,880, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Minnehaha County scores 67 for laundromats (upper middle), #191 of 785 scored counties.

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