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Laundromats in Travis County, TX

How Travis County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #49 of 785 scored counties
#10 of 57 scored counties in Texas

Listings
57
17 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
37
+32.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,271 a household
Spending per listing
$23.3M
86% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
37% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,389,670
+7.2% 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

Travis County scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #49 of 785 scored counties and #10 of 57 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for laundromats.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Travis County comes to about $1.3B a year: $2,271 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $23.3M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 86% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Travis County has 57 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Travis County was 37 in 2023, up 32.1% from 2019. That is one for every 15,777 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4.9M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Travis County. Population estimates show Travis County grew 7.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Travis County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Travis County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTravis CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.01.71.6
Spending per listing$23.3M$11.5M$12.5M
Households per official establishment15,77712,65011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+32.1%+10.4%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,271$1,983$2,055
Median household income$99,611$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8246

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28 → 37+32.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
161
Annual payroll, 2023
$5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5717 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$4.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,389,670+7.2% since 2020
Households
583,747
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
994 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,338
Median household income
$99,611+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$143,003
Median home value
$523,000
Jobs located here
947,590
Daytime population
1,630,736Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Collin County, TX94210.5$49.2M+20.6%#3 of 785
2Williamson County, TX94150.6$39.4M+22.3%#4 of 785
3Denton County, TX94300.8$28.5M+16.9%#5 of 785
4Hays County, TX9370.7$29.9M+24.8%#6 of 785
5Comal County, TX9360.8$26.7M+27.9%#8 of 785
6Fort Bend County, TX86170.6$40.9M+17.4%#26 of 785
7Johnson County, TX8460.9$21.7M+20.5%#38 of 785
8Montgomery County, TX83261.1$21.2M+24.9%#43 of 785
9Guadalupe County, TX8371.1$19.2M+15.8%#45 of 785
10Travis County, TX82571.0$23.3M+7.2%#49 of 785

Other business types in Travis County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Travis County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 laundromats in Travis County. 17 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 32.1% from 2019.

How much do households in Travis County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $1.3B a year, or $2,271 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $23.3M 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 583,747 households in Travis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Travis County, TX compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Travis County has 1.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $23.3M, 86% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Travis County would have about 106, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,777 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Travis County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Travis County at 1,389,670 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 583,747 households. Median household income in Travis County is $99,611, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.3%, 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. Travis County scores 82 for laundromats (high), #49 of 785 scored counties.

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