Analysis
NAICS 812310 is the 2022 national industry for coin-operated laundries and drycleaners, part of 81231 (Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners). Census lists 11 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 10,890 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 41,351 people at an average annual payroll of $26,359 per employee (2nd percentile of national industries). 75% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include automatic laundries, coin-operated, coin-operated drycleaners and laundries, coin-operated laundry and drycleaning routes (i.e.… and drycleaning machine routes (i.e., concession operators)…, among 11 in all.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 2% and employment rose 3%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) operating facilities with coin- or card-operated or similar self-service laundry and drycleaning equipment for customer use on the premises and/or (2) supplying and servicing coin- or card-operated or similar self-service laundry and drycleaning equipment for customer use in places of business operated by others, such as apartments and dormitories.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (11)
- Automatic laundries, coin-operated
- Coin-operated drycleaners and laundries
- Coin-operated laundry and drycleaning routes (i.e., concession operators)
- Drycleaning machine routes (i.e., concession operators), coin-operated or similar self-service
- Drycleaning services, coin-operated or similar self-service
- Launderettes
- Laundries, coin-operated or similar self-service
- Laundromats
- Laundry machine routes (i.e., concession operators), coin-operated or similar self-service
- Laundry services, coin-operated or similar self-service
- Self-service drycleaners and laundries