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Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Missouri

Laundromats in the Jefferson City, MO metro area

How the Jefferson City, 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #63 of 364 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
5
3 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$112.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,914 a household
Spending per listing
$22.4M
79% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
152,712
+2.2% 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

Households in the Jefferson City metro area spend about $112.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,914 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $22.4M per laundromat, 79% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

There are 5 laundromats on map listings in the Jefferson City metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 60%, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Jefferson City metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jefferson City metro area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Jefferson City metro area scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #63 of 364 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Jefferson City 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.

Laundromats in Jefferson City, MO metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson City metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.41.6
Spending per listing$22.4M$13.8M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a19,00211,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.5%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,914$1,939$2,055
Median household income$74,030$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7049

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
53 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
152,712+2.2% since 2020
Households
58,587
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,248 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$74,030+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,629
Median home value
$217,500
Jobs located here
80,011
Daytime population
160,422Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Missouri

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for laundromats, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Jefferson City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbia, MO7960.7$28.2M+3.9%#21 of 364
2Jefferson City, MO7050.9$22.4M+2.2%#63 of 364
3Kansas City, MO-KS691131.3$16.7M+3.4%#72 of 364
4St. Louis, MO-IL561581.4$15.3M−0.2%#141 of 364
5Springfield, MO56251.3$14.6M+5.1%#142 of 364
6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL3861.6$11.7M+1.7%#252 of 364
7St. Joseph, MO-KS3661.3$14.1M−2.0%#263 of 364
8Joplin, MO-KS33182.3$7.8M+3.9%#284 of 364

Other business types in the Jefferson City metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Jefferson City, MO metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 laundromats in the Jefferson City metro area. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Jefferson City metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Jefferson City, MO metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $112.2M a year, or $1,914 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $22.4M 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 58,587 households in the Jefferson City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jefferson City, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Jefferson City metro area has 0.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $22.4M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Jefferson City metro area would have about 9, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is the Jefferson City, MO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Jefferson City metro area at 152,712 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,587 households. Median household income in the Jefferson City metro area is $74,030, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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 Jefferson City metro area scores 70 for laundromats (upper middle), #63 of 364 scored metro areas.

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