Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Arkansas
Laundromats in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area
How the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #35 of 364 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 24
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $430M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,995 a household
- Spending per listing
- $17.9M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 622,177
- +13.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #35 of 364 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for laundromats.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 laundromats in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
At $1,995 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area spend about $430M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $17.9M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 43% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 17,964 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +13.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $17.9M | $12.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 17,964 | 22,754 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,995 | $1,725 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $81,650 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $670K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 240 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 622,177+13.1% since 2020
- Households
- 215,566
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,624 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 220
- Median household income
- $81,650+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,263
- Median home value
- $307,200
- Jobs located here
- 282,187
- Daytime population
- 595,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arkansas for laundromats, numbered among those based in Arkansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 76 | 24 | 1.1 | $17.9M | +13.1% | #35 of 364 |
| 2Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 57 | 37 | 1.2 | $15.2M | +3.8% | #129 of 364 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 47 | 65 | 1.2 | $14.7M | −0.3% | #194 of 364 |
| 3Jonesboro, AR | 35 | 8 | 1.5 | $11.3M | +3.6% | #272 of 364 |
| 4Fort Smith, AR-OK | 34 | 16 | 1.8 | $9.5M | +3.1% | #277 of 364 |
| 5Hot Springs, AR | 32 | 5 | 1.1 | $14.4M | −0.6% | #285 of 364 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 29 | 9 | 1.6 | $10.4M | −0.4% | #306 of 364 |
Other business types in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 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 laundry53
- Clothing and shoe stores51
- Laundromats76
- Dry cleaners65
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area?
There are 24 laundromats on map listings in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $430M a year, or $1,995 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $17.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 215,566 households in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area has 1.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $17.9M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area would have about 34, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,964 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area at 622,177 people in 2025, up 13.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 215,566 households. The median household income in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area is $81,650 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.8% 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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area scores 76 for laundromats (high), #35 of 364 scored metro areas.
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