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Laundromats in the Billings, MT metro area

How the Billings, MT 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #175 of 364 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Montana

Listings
13
4 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$139.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,782 a household
Spending per listing
$10.7M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
193,603
+4.8% 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 Billings metro area comes to about $139.6M a year: $1,782 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.7M per laundromat, 14% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

There are 13 laundromats on map listings in the Billings metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Billings metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 26,124 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Billings metro area grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Billings metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #175 of 364 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Montana.

How the Billings metro area compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Billings, MT metro area compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureBillings metro areaMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.71.61.6
Spending per listing$10.7M$11M$12.5M
Households per official establishment26,12415,29511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.7%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,782$1,721$2,055
Median household income$77,194$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market score5134

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$603K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
134 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Billings 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 Billings metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
193,603+4.8% since 2020
Households
78,371
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
6,478 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$77,194+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,451
Median home value
$355,200
Jobs located here
97,581
Daytime population
192,076Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Montana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Montana for laundromats, numbered among those based in Montana, with the Billings metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Montana

Metro areas in Montana ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bozeman, MT6771.4$14.5M+7.7%#78 of 364
2Billings, MT51131.7$10.7M+4.8%#175 of 364
3Missoula, MT4871.3$13.7M+4.7%#187 of 364

Other business types in the Billings metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Billings, MT metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 laundromats in the Billings metro area. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

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

About $139.6M a year, or $1,782 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $10.7M 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 78,371 households in the Billings metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Billings, MT metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Billings metro area has 1.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $10.7M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Billings metro area would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,124 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Billings, MT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Billings metro area at 193,603 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,371 households. Median household income in the Billings metro area is $77,194, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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 Billings metro area scores 51 for laundromats (upper middle), #175 of 364 scored metro areas.

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