Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Alabama
Laundromats in the Montgomery, AL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Montgomery, AL 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 #152 of 364 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 20
- 3 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $266.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.3M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 388,747
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 laundromats in the Montgomery metro area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Montgomery metro area comes to about $266.7M a year: $1,761 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $13.3M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 7% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Montgomery metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 50,479 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Montgomery metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Montgomery metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Montgomery metro area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #152 of 364 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Montgomery metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama 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.
| Measure | Montgomery metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $13.3M | $13.3M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 50,479 | 25,938 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,761 | $1,778 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,010 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $201K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 203 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Montgomery 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 Montgomery metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 388,747+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 151,438
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 142
- Median household income
- $64,010+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,716
- Median home value
- $191,900
- Jobs located here
- 168,224
- Daytime population
- 403,321Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for laundromats, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Montgomery metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 92 | 17 | 0.8 | $24.8M | +12.5% | #1 of 364 |
| 2Auburn-Opelika, AL | 73 | 7 | 0.9 | $19.4M | +7.1% | #46 of 364 |
| 3Tuscaloosa, AL | 66 | 10 | 0.9 | $18.4M | +2.9% | #81 of 364 |
| 4Birmingham, AL | 64 | 57 | 1.2 | $15.4M | +1.4% | #93 of 364 |
| 5Decatur, AL | 56 | 7 | 1.1 | $16.1M | +2.5% | #139 of 364 |
| 6Montgomery, AL | 55 | 20 | 1.3 | $13.3M | +0.9% | #152 of 364 |
| 7Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 49 | 20 | 2.0 | $9.5M | +14.8% | #184 of 364 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 48 | 14 | 1.1 | $15.6M | −1.3% | #186 of 364 |
| 8Mobile, AL | 37 | 28 | 1.7 | $9.9M | −0.7% | #261 of 364 |
| 9Dothan, AL | 28 | 12 | 2.0 | $8.5M | +3.4% | #314 of 364 |
Other business types in the Montgomery metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry28
- Clothing and shoe stores27
- Laundromats55
- Dry cleaners18
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Montgomery, AL metro area?
There are 20 laundromats on map listings in the Montgomery metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Montgomery, AL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $266.7M a year, or $1,761 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $13.3M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 151,438 households in the Montgomery metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Montgomery, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Montgomery metro area has 1.3 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $13.3M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Montgomery metro area would have about 21, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 50,479 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Montgomery, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Montgomery metro area at 388,747 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 151,438 households. The median household income in the Montgomery metro area is $64,010 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. The Montgomery metro area scores 55 for laundromats (upper middle), #152 of 364 scored metro areas.
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