NAICS 812310 · California overview

Laundromats & Coin Laundry in Fresno County

Fresno County had 16 Laundromats establishments in 2023, ranking 15 of 31 California counties and accounting for 1.3% of the statewide total.

Establishments (2023)
16
Rank 15 of 31 counties
Employees
71
Mid-March employment
Annual payroll
$2.5M
All establishments
Per 10k residents
0.2
1,035,456 residents

More recent reading

BLS QCEW, 2026Q1

The figures above are County Business Patterns, which carries the size distribution but runs about two years behind. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes quarterly, so this is the same industry roughly 3 years later. The two count different universes, Census counts establishments with paid employees in the March pay period and BLS counts worksites covered by unemployment insurance during the quarter, so the numbers are not directly comparable and either can be the larger.

Establishments
21
2026Q1
Employment
100
Quarter-end level
Average weekly wage
$701
Per covered worker
Quarterly trend
+31.3%
2025Q2 to 2026Q1
Concentration vs the national averageBLS, 2026Q1

0.89 location quotient. Laundromats is about as concentrated in Fresno County as it is nationally.

Computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not derived here. Above 1.0 means the industry is a larger share of local employment than of national employment.

Establishments by size

Employee-count distribution for Laundromats in Fresno County. 3 of 16 establishments (19%) employ 10 or more people, the practical floor for most acquisition financing.

EmployeesEstablishmentsShareDistribution
1-41168.8%
10-19318.8%

Establishment trend

Year-over-year establishment counts, County Business Patterns. Net growth of 14.3% since 2020.

YearEstablishmentsChange
202014n/a
202115+1
2022150
202316+1

How this market compares

Fresno County against every other county in California on the same measure. The median excludes places under 2,000 residents, where per-capita figures are arithmetically true but analytically useless.

Thinly served0.2 per 10,000 residents, against a state median of 0.3

Well below the state median. Either a genuine gap in provision or a market served from somewhere nearby. Worth checking the neighbouring places below before drawing a conclusion.

Vs state median
-50%
Businesses per resident
Rank by count
#15
of 31 counties
Rank by density
#28
of 31 ranked
Since 2020
+14%
Change in establishments

Density compares laundromats & coin laundry provision per resident. It does not measure revenue, profitability or whether a market is worth entering.

Business size mix

Fresno tracks the California size distribution closely.

Share of establishmentsFresnoCaliforniaDifference
Under 5 employeesOwner-operated, often no management layer68.8%71.7%-3.0%
5 to 49 employeesThe range most individual buyers target18.8%24.7%-5.9%
10 or more employeesPractical floor for acquisition financing18.8%4.0%+14.7%

What acquirers look at

Semi-absentee operation and cash-flow stability make these popular first acquisitions. Utility costs and machine age drive every real valuation.

Cities in Fresno

The figures above cover the county as a whole. These are the places within it.

Other industries in Fresno

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2026Q1). Quarterly establishment counts and employment for employers covered by unemployment insurance. Retrieved 2026-09-08.