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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Arkansas

Laundromats in the Searcy, AR area

How the Searcy, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #60 of 150 scored small-town markets
#1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$47.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,608 a household
Spending per listing
$7.9M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,085
+4.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 laundromats in the Searcy area. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Searcy area comes to about $47.6M a year: $1,608 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.9M per laundromat, 37% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Searcy area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Searcy area grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Searcy area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #60 of 150 scored small-town markets and #1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.

How the Searcy 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.

Laundromats in Searcy, AR area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSearcy areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.01.41.6
Spending per listing$7.9M$12.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,75411,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.4%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,608$1,725$2,055
Median household income$55,249$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score5444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Searcy 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 Searcy area

Population, 2025 estimate
80,085+4.2% since 2020
Households
29,629
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,034 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$55,249+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,679
Median home value
$163,600
Jobs located here
25,976
Daytime population
72,590Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for laundromats, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Searcy area marked.

Top small-town markets in Arkansas

Small-town markets in Arkansas ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Searcy, AR5462.0$7.9M+4.2%#60 of 150
2Pine Bluff, AR3351.9$8.5M−5.6%#121 of 150
3Mountain Home, AR3063.1$5.1M+3.1%#128 of 150

Other business types in the Searcy area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Searcy, AR area?

The Searcy area has 6 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Searcy area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Searcy, AR area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $47.6M a year, or $1,608 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $7.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,629 households in the Searcy area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Searcy, AR area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Searcy area has 2.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $7.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Searcy area would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the Searcy, AR area growing?

Population estimates put the Searcy area at 80,085 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,629 households. The median household income in the Searcy area is $55,249 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Searcy area scores 54 for laundromats (upper middle), #60 of 150 scored small-town markets.

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