Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Georgia
Laundromats in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area
How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #67 of 364 scored metro areas
#2 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 278
- 42 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 171
- −1.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.9B
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $17.6M
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,482,182
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area comes to about $4.9B a year: $2,114 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 278 laundromats, that is $17.6M per laundromat, 41% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 278 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 42 are chain locations, or 15%, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts show 171 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019. That is one for every 13,527 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $12.2M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area.
Population estimates show the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area grew 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #67 of 364 scored metro areas and #2 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $17.6M | $15.1M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,527 | 15,792 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.9% | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,114 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $89,724 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 171−1.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 526
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27842 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 391The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 22
- Amount
- $12.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,482,182+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,313,055
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,784 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 712
- Median household income
- $89,724
- Average household income
- $122,540
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,999,529
- Daytime population
- 6,397,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for laundromats, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens-Clarke County, GA | 70 | 8 | 0.9 | $19.7M | +3.9% | #64 of 364 |
| 2Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 70 | 278 | 1.2 | $17.6M | +5.9% | #67 of 364 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 67 | 32 | 1.4 | $13.5M | +5.3% | #80 of 364 |
| 3Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 66 | 5 | 1.1 | $17.1M | +4.4% | #82 of 364 |
| 4Savannah, GA | 60 | 27 | 1.7 | $11.4M | +8.1% | #117 of 364 |
| 5Warner Robins, GA | 59 | 11 | 1.5 | $12.8M | +8.2% | #118 of 364 |
| 6Gainesville, GA | 58 | 10 | 1.4 | $14.6M | +11.4% | #122 of 364 |
| 7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 58 | 33 | 1.4 | $12.9M | +4.7% | #125 of 364 |
| 8Columbus, GA-AL | 48 | 14 | 1.1 | $15.6M | −1.3% | #186 of 364 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 48 | 7 | 1.2 | $13.4M | +3.3% | #188 of 364 |
Other business types in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell 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 laundry47
- Clothing and shoe stores50
- Laundromats70
- Dry cleaners39
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 278 laundromats in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area. 42 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 171 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, down 1.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $4.9B a year, or $2,114 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 278 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $17.6M 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 2,313,055 households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 1.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $17.6M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area would have about 391, against 278 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,527 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area at 6,482,182 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,313,055 households. Median household income in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area is $89,724, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area scores 70 for laundromats (upper middle), #67 of 364 scored metro areas.
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