Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Iowa
Laundromats in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area
How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #157 of 364 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 23
- 6 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $314.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,946 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.7M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 380,452
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area spend about $314.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,946 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.7M per laundromat, 9% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 23 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 26%, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 23,100 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $616K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #157 of 364 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Iowa.
How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $13.7M | $11.9M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 23,100 | 28,602 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.5% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,946 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,738 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $498K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 236 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
- 1
- Amount
- $616K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 380,452−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 161,702
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $72,738+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,004
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 174,294
- Daytime population
- 383,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for laundromats, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA | 77 | 42 | 1.1 | $19.7M | +4.2% | #29 of 364 |
| 1Iowa City, IA | 72 | 9 | 1.2 | $16.4M | +4.1% | #53 of 364 |
| 2Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 71 | 47 | 1.6 | $13.4M | +6.7% | #61 of 364 |
| 3Cedar Rapids, IA | 59 | 19 | 1.7 | $12.1M | +1.0% | #119 of 364 |
| 4Ames, IA | 56 | 7 | 1.4 | $14M | +2.2% | #144 of 364 |
| 5Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 54 | 23 | 1.4 | $13.7M | −0.9% | #157 of 364 |
| 6Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 34 | 12 | 1.7 | $11M | +0.5% | #276 of 364 |
| 7Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 34 | 19 | 3.4 | $5.6M | +1.0% | #280 of 364 |
Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 laundry57
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats54
- Dry cleaners61
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 laundromats in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. 6 of them (26%) 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $314.6M a year, or $1,946 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $13.7M 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 161,702 households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $13.7M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 25, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,100 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area at 380,452 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,702 households. Median household income in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 54 for laundromats (upper middle), #157 of 364 scored metro areas.
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