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Laundromats in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area

The laundromats in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #247 of 364 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
15
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$140.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,936 a household
Spending per listing
$9.4M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
174,218
+1.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 laundromats in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

At $1,936 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area spend about $140.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $9.4M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 25% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 18,167 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #247 of 364 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.

How the Oshkosh-Neenah 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.

Laundromats in Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureOshkosh-Neenah metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.11.81.6
Spending per listing$9.4M$11.3M$12.5M
Households per official establishment18,16718,09811,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,936$2,003$2,055
Median household income$74,925$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4040

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$254K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
152 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Oshkosh-Neenah 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
174,218+1.4% since 2020
Households
72,667
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
395
Median household income
$74,925+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,286
Median home value
$225,800
Jobs located here
96,519
Daytime population
182,504Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Wisconsin

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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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI821621.1$21.2M+2.6%#13 of 364
1Appleton, WI80111.1$18.9M+2.7%#20 of 364
2Madison, WI77461.5$14.3M+4.1%#30 of 364
3Wausau, WI5781.4$14.2M+1.0%#132 of 364
4Green Bay, WI56171.2$16M+2.5%#140 of 364
5Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI55111.4$14.6M+0.4%#151 of 364
6Sheboygan, WI5461.2$16M0.0%#155 of 364
7La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN50121.7$11.7M+0.4%#181 of 364
8Eau Claire, WI44141.9$10M+2.6%#215 of 364
9Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI421151.8$11.7M0.0%#224 of 364
11Oshkosh-Neenah, WI40152.1$9.4M+1.4%#247 of 364

Other business types in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area?

The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has 15 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $140.7M a year, or $1,936 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $9.4M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,667 households in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has 2.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $9.4M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area would have about 11, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,167 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area at 174,218 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,667 households. The median household income in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area is $74,925 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area scores 40 for laundromats (lower middle), #247 of 364 scored metro areas.

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