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Laundromats in the Savannah, GA metro area

The laundromats in the Savannah, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #117 of 364 scored metro areas
#4 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
27
2 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$308.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,913 a household
Spending per listing
$11.4M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
438,314
+8.1% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Savannah metro area comes to about $308.5M a year: $1,913 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11.4M per laundromat, 9% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

The Savannah metro area has 27 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Savannah metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 23,039 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Savannah metro area grew 8.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Savannah metro area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #117 of 364 scored metro areas and #4 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Savannah 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 Savannah, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureSavannah metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.71.31.6
Spending per listing$11.4M$15.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment23,03915,79211,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,913$1,958$2,055
Median household income$77,180$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6061

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$498K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
272 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Savannah 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 Savannah metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
438,314+8.1% since 2020
Households
161,273
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,349 sq. mi.
People per square mile
310
Median household income
$77,180+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,786
Median home value
$302,000
Jobs located here
189,059
Daytime population
431,545Residents 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 Savannah 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 Savannah metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Savannah, GA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 laundromats in the Savannah metro area. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Savannah, GA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $308.5M a year, or $1,913 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $11.4M 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 161,273 households in the Savannah metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Savannah, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Savannah metro area has 1.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $11.4M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Savannah metro area would have about 25, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,039 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Savannah, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Savannah metro area at 438,314 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,273 households. Median household income in the Savannah metro area is $77,180, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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 Savannah metro area scores 60 for laundromats (upper middle), #117 of 364 scored metro areas.

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