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Laundromats in Sauk County, WI

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #518 of 785 scored counties
#17 of 27 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$55M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,965 a household
Spending per listing
$9.2M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,652
+1.3% 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 6 laundromats in Sauk County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in Sauk County spend about $55M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,965 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 laundromats, that is $9.2M per laundromat, 27% 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 Sauk County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Sauk County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, Sauk County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #518 of 785 scored counties and #17 of 27 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Sauk County 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 Sauk County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureSauk CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.11.81.6
Spending per listing$9.2M$11.3M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,09811,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,965$2,003$2,055
Median household income$79,541$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score3940

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
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Sauk 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 Sauk County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,652+1.3% since 2020
Households
27,987
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
832 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$79,541+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,005
Median home value
$258,600
Jobs located here
36,015
Daytime population
65,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waukesha County, WI83160.9$25.2M+2.4%#42 of 785
2Dane County, WI81351.4$15.9M+4.9%#61 of 785
3Outagamie County, WI7881.0$20.3M+2.6%#82 of 785
4St. Croix County, WI7461.6$14.5M+4.7%#116 of 785
5Ozaukee County, WI7161.6$15M+3.0%#147 of 785
6Washington County, WI6291.6$13.9M+1.8%#248 of 785
7Marathon County, WI6081.4$14.2M+1.0%#263 of 785
8Racine County, WI59111.4$14.6M+0.4%#275 of 785
9Sheboygan County, WI5861.2$16M0.0%#287 of 785
10Brown County, WI57141.3$15.9M+2.6%#300 of 785
17Sauk County, WI3962.1$9.2M+1.3%#518 of 785

Other business types in Sauk County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Sauk County, WI?

There are 6 laundromats on map listings in Sauk County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Sauk County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Sauk County, WI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $55M a year, or $1,965 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $9.2M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,987 households in Sauk County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sauk County, WI compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Sauk County has 2.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $9.2M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Sauk County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Sauk County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Sauk County at 66,652 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,987 households. The median household income in Sauk County is $79,541 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. Sauk County scores 39 for laundromats (lower middle), #518 of 785 scored counties.

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