Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Wisconsin
Laundromats in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area
The laundromats in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #317 of 364 scored metro areas
#13 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $128.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,916 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.6M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 166,472
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is 28 (lower middle), #317 of 364 scored metro areas and #13 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 laundromats in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Janesville-Beloit metro area comes to about $128.7M a year: $1,916 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.6M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 39% below 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 the Janesville-Beloit metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show the Janesville-Beloit metro area grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Janesville-Beloit metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Janesville-Beloit metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $7.6M | $11.3M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,098 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,916 | $2,003 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $75,673 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 40 |
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
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Janesville-Beloit metro area, 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 the Janesville-Beloit metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 166,472+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 67,201
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 229
- Median household income
- $75,673+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,984
- Median home value
- $231,600
- Jobs located here
- 69,632
- Daytime population
- 154,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for laundromats, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Janesville-Beloit metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 82 | 162 | 1.1 | $21.2M | +2.6% | #13 of 364 |
| 1Appleton, WI | 80 | 11 | 1.1 | $18.9M | +2.7% | #20 of 364 |
| 2Madison, WI | 77 | 46 | 1.5 | $14.3M | +4.1% | #30 of 364 |
| 3Wausau, WI | 57 | 8 | 1.4 | $14.2M | +1.0% | #132 of 364 |
| 4Green Bay, WI | 56 | 17 | 1.2 | $16M | +2.5% | #140 of 364 |
| 5Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 55 | 11 | 1.4 | $14.6M | +0.4% | #151 of 364 |
| 6Sheboygan, WI | 54 | 6 | 1.2 | $16M | 0.0% | #155 of 364 |
| 7La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 50 | 12 | 1.7 | $11.7M | +0.4% | #181 of 364 |
| 8Eau Claire, WI | 44 | 14 | 1.9 | $10M | +2.6% | #215 of 364 |
| 9Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 42 | 115 | 1.8 | $11.7M | 0.0% | #224 of 364 |
| 13Janesville-Beloit, WI | 28 | 17 | 2.5 | $7.6M | +1.7% | #317 of 364 |
Other business types in the Janesville-Beloit metro area
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 laundry68
- Clothing and shoe stores65
- Laundromats28
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area?
The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 17 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Janesville-Beloit metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $128.7M a year, or $1,916 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $7.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,201 households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 2.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $7.6M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Janesville-Beloit metro area would have about 10, against 17 on map listings.
How fast is the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Janesville-Beloit metro area at 166,472 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,201 households. The median household income in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is $75,673 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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. The Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 28 for laundromats (lower middle), #317 of 364 scored metro areas.
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