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Laundromats in the District of Columbia

Every metro area, small-town market and county in the District of Columbia, ranked by the Groundwork market score for laundromats, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
19
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$782.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services
Listings per 10k households
0.6
63% below the U.S.
Spending per listing
$41.2M
3.3 times the U.S.
Rank among states
#1 of 51
Market score 87 · High

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What this means

The District of Columbia has 19 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in the District of Columbia spend about $782.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,411 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $41.2M per laundromat, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the District of Columbia in 2023. That is one for every 23,178 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $190K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the District of Columbia.

Among the 50 states and DC, the District of Columbia ranks #1 for laundromats, with a Groundwork market score of 87 (high). The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, scores 71.

Every market in the District of Columbia for laundromats

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in the District of Columbia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching the District of Columbia, ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV712581.1$23.4M+3.3%#54 of 364

Counties

Counties in the District of Columbia, ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
District of ColumbiaNot scored190.6$41.2M+3.4%

Markets with fewer than 5 laundromats on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many laundromats are in the District of Columbia?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 laundromats in the District of Columbia. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the District of Columbia spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $782.4M a year, or $2,411 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $41.2M per laundromat. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 324,491 households in the District of Columbia and national spending patterns by income.

How does the District of Columbia compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The District of Columbia has 0.6 laundromats per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $41.2M, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the District of Columbia would have about 63, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,178 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Which market in the District of Columbia has the highest market score for laundromats?

The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia is the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, at 71 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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 District of Columbia scores 87 for laundromats (high), #1 of the 50 states and DC.

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