Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Missouri
Laundromats in the Columbia, MO metro area
How the Columbia, MO 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #21 of 364 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $169.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $28.2M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 219,062
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Columbia metro area scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #21 of 364 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for laundromats.
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 laundromats in the Columbia metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Columbia metro area comes to about $169.5M a year: $1,962 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 laundromats, that is $28.2M per laundromat, 2.3 times 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Columbia metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 21,598 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Columbia metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Columbia metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Columbia metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $28.2M | $13.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 21,598 | 19,002 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,962 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,340 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $142K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 219,062+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 86,393
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $72,340+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,624
- Median home value
- $258,700
- Jobs located here
- 114,165
- Daytime population
- 231,692Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for laundromats, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Columbia metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia, MO | 79 | 6 | 0.7 | $28.2M | +3.9% | #21 of 364 |
| 2Jefferson City, MO | 70 | 5 | 0.9 | $22.4M | +2.2% | #63 of 364 |
| 3Kansas City, MO-KS | 69 | 113 | 1.3 | $16.7M | +3.4% | #72 of 364 |
| 4St. Louis, MO-IL | 56 | 158 | 1.4 | $15.3M | −0.2% | #141 of 364 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 56 | 25 | 1.3 | $14.6M | +5.1% | #142 of 364 |
| 6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 38 | 6 | 1.6 | $11.7M | +1.7% | #252 of 364 |
| 7St. Joseph, MO-KS | 36 | 6 | 1.3 | $14.1M | −2.0% | #263 of 364 |
| 8Joplin, MO-KS | 33 | 18 | 2.3 | $7.8M | +3.9% | #284 of 364 |
Other business types in the Columbia 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 laundry64
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats79
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Columbia, MO metro area?
The Columbia metro area has 6 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Columbia, MO metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $169.5M a year, or $1,962 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $28.2M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 86,393 households in the Columbia metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbia, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Columbia metro area has 0.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $28.2M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Columbia metro area would have about 14, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,598 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Columbia, MO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbia metro area at 219,062 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,393 households. The median household income in the Columbia metro area is $72,340 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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 Columbia metro area scores 79 for laundromats (high), #21 of 364 scored metro areas.
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