Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Louisiana
Laundromats in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area
How the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #325 of 364 scored metro areas
#10 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 22
- 8 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $266.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,696 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.1M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 383,474
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For laundromats, the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #325 of 364 scored metro areas and #10 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 laundromats in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 36%, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
At $1,696 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area spend about $266.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $12.1M per laundromat, 3% below 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.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area in 2023. That is one for every 12,085 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Shreveport-Bossier City metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.1M | $12.9M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,085 | 22,845 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,696 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $55,925 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 228 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Shreveport-Bossier City 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 Shreveport-Bossier City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 383,474−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 157,101
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,596 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $55,925+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,202
- Median home value
- $191,600
- Jobs located here
- 164,574
- Daytime population
- 392,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for laundromats, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 82 | 10 | 1.0 | $21M | +5.3% | #14 of 364 |
| 2Lafayette, LA | 61 | 20 | 1.2 | $14.4M | +3.8% | #113 of 364 |
| 3Baton Rouge, LA | 60 | 48 | 1.4 | $13M | +2.1% | #115 of 364 |
| 4Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 47 | 7 | 0.9 | $19.9M | −3.5% | #192 of 364 |
| 5Alexandria, LA | 43 | 5 | 0.9 | $19.2M | −2.5% | #217 of 364 |
| 6Hammond, LA | 38 | 9 | 1.7 | $9.8M | +5.8% | #254 of 364 |
| 7Lake Charles, LA | 37 | 12 | 1.3 | $13.9M | −3.8% | #257 of 364 |
| 8New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 31 | 64 | 1.6 | $11.2M | −3.4% | #299 of 364 |
| 9Monroe, LA | 28 | 17 | 2.0 | $8.4M | −1.9% | #316 of 364 |
| 10Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 26 | 22 | 1.4 | $12.1M | −2.3% | #325 of 364 |
Other business types in the Shreveport-Bossier City 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 laundry12
- Clothing and shoe stores12
- Laundromats26
- Dry cleaners25
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area?
The Shreveport-Bossier City metro area has 22 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $266.4M a year, or $1,696 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.1M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 157,101 households in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Shreveport-Bossier City metro area has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.1M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area would have about 21, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,085 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area at 383,474 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 157,101 households. The median household income in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area is $55,925 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.5% 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 Shreveport-Bossier City metro area scores 26 for laundromats (lower middle), #325 of 364 scored metro areas.
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