Business phone system for coin-operated laundries and drycleaners in Mississippi

How many coin-operated laundries and drycleaners operate in Mississippi

The Census Bureau counted 41 coin-operated laundries and drycleaners in Mississippi in its 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS 812310). They employed 113 people in mid-March and reported $2,123,000 in annual payroll. That is the 39th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Coin-operated laundries and drycleaners make up 0.07% of the 60,465 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Mississippi has 1.4 coin-operated laundries and drycleaners, 56.5% below the national rate of 3.2. The average establishment has 2.8 employees against 3.8 nationally. Payroll per employee is $18,788, 28.7% below the U.S. figure of $26,359.

Coin-operated laundries and drycleaners by metro area in Mississippi

Census published laundromat counts for 6 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Mississippi. The largest is Memphis, TN-MS-AR, with 33 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 66% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at coin-operated laundries and drycleaners in Mississippi

87.5% of Mississippi's coin-operated laundries and drycleaners with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 75.4% nationally. 100.0% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a laundromat in Mississippi has to catch

Laundromats take calls about hours, machine availability and wash-and-fold service. Wash-and-fold and pickup services rely on phone and text.

Calls a laundromat in Mississippi might handle in a typical week include:

• A customer calls about hours.
• A customer calls about a machine that took money.
• A business calls about laundry service.

After-hours calls

After-hours calls are mostly hours questions.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Phone system pricing for a 3-person laundromat

Coin-operated laundries and drycleaners in Mississippi average 2.8 employees, so the comparison uses a 3-person team. On a per-user plan that headcount sets the bill: $74.85 a month on Ooma Office Pro or $90.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core at list price (checked September 28, 2026). Callata is $99.00 a month with 5 users included, which is more than either per-seat plan for 3 people; it becomes the lower price at 4 users or more.

At this team size the per-seat plans cost less than Callata's $99 base price, which already covers 5 users; Callata becomes the lower price from 4 users.

Area codes in Mississippi

Mississippi has 5 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your customers know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for coin-operated laundries and drycleaners in Mississippi

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Mississippi, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.