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Laundromats in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area

How the Brunswick-St. Simons, 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #82 of 364 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$85.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,814 a household
Spending per listing
$17.1M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.1
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,524
+4.4% 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 5 laundromats in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.1 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area comes to about $85.6M a year: $1,814 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $17.1M per laundromat, 37% 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.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #82 of 364 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Brunswick-St. Simons 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.

Laundromats in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBrunswick-St. Simons metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.11.31.6
Spending per listing$17.1M$15.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a15,79211,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,814$1,958$2,055
Median household income$66,623$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6661

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
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
118,524+4.4% since 2020
Households
47,209
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,294 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,637
Median home value
$242,500
Jobs located here
42,696
Daytime population
112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Georgia

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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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Athens-Clarke County, GA7080.9$19.7M+3.9%#64 of 364
2Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA702781.2$17.6M+5.9%#67 of 364
Chattanooga, TN-GA67321.4$13.5M+5.3%#80 of 364
3Brunswick-St. Simons, GA6651.1$17.1M+4.4%#82 of 364
4Savannah, GA60271.7$11.4M+8.1%#117 of 364
5Warner Robins, GA59111.5$12.8M+8.2%#118 of 364
6Gainesville, GA58101.4$14.6M+11.4%#122 of 364
7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC58331.4$12.9M+4.7%#125 of 364
8Columbus, GA-AL48141.1$15.6M−1.3%#186 of 364
9Valdosta, GA4871.2$13.4M+3.3%#188 of 364

Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 5 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $85.6M a year, or $1,814 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $17.1M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 1.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $17.1M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 66 for laundromats (upper middle), #82 of 364 scored metro areas.

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