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Laundromats in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #151 of 364 scored metro areas
#5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$160.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,997 a household
Spending per listing
$14.6M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
198,919
+0.4% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area comes to about $160.6M a year: $1,997 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 laundromats, that is $14.6M per laundromat, 17% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area has 11 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area in 2023. That is one for every 16,081 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $706K have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area.

Population estimates show the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #151 of 364 scored metro areas and #5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.

How the Racine-Mount Pleasant 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureRacine-Mount Pleasant metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.81.6
Spending per listing$14.6M$11.3M$12.5M
Households per official establishment16,08118,09811,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,997$2,003$2,055
Median household income$78,096$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5540

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$395K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$706K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Racine-Mount Pleasant 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
198,919+0.4% since 2020
Households
80,406
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
333 sq. mi.
People per square mile
594
Median household income
$78,096+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,261
Median home value
$251,400
Jobs located here
75,599
Daytime population
171,951Residents 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant 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

Other business types in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area

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Questions

How many laundromats are in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 laundromats in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $160.6M a year, or $1,997 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $14.6M 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 80,406 households in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $14.6M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,081 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area at 198,919 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 80,406 households. Median household income in the Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area is $78,096, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. The Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area scores 55 for laundromats (upper middle), #151 of 364 scored metro areas.

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