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Laundromats in Benton County, WA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #92 of 785 scored counties
#5 of 18 scored counties in Washington

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$148.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,900 a household
Spending per listing
$21.2M
69% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
221,722
+6.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 laundromats in Benton County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in Benton County spend about $148.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,900 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $21.2M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 69% 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.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Benton County in 2023. That is one for every 19,512 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Benton County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Benton County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #92 of 785 scored counties and #5 of 18 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Benton County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.90.91.6
Spending per listing$21.2M$21.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishment19,51223,75811,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,900$2,048$2,055
Median household income$89,874$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score7683

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$336K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Benton 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 Benton County

Population, 2025 estimate
221,722+6.9% since 2020
Households
78,046
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,700 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$89,874+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,863
Median home value
$407,800
Jobs located here
96,177
Daytime population
214,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Washington

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

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1King County, WA87680.7$32.6M+3.1%#22 of 785
2Clark County, WA85150.8$26M+5.3%#29 of 785
3Snohomish County, WA85280.9$24.6M+4.9%#30 of 785
4Kitsap County, WA7850.5$44.6M+2.7%#76 of 785
5Benton County, WA7670.9$21.2M+6.9%#92 of 785
6Thurston County, WA7550.4$45.6M+2.8%#96 of 785
7Pierce County, WA75341.0$20.7M+2.5%#101 of 785
8Spokane County, WA73150.7$25.9M+3.2%#117 of 785
9Whatcom County, WA66131.4$13.3M+3.9%#201 of 785
10Cowlitz County, WA5551.1$15.1M+3.5%#321 of 785

Other business types in Benton County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Benton County, WA?

There are 7 laundromats on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Benton County, WA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $148.3M a year, or $1,900 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $21.2M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,046 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Benton County, WA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Benton County has 0.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $21.2M, 69% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Benton County would have about 12, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,512 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Benton County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 221,722 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,046 households. The median household income in Benton County is $89,874 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Benton County scores 76 for laundromats (high), #92 of 785 scored counties.

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