Clothing and laundry · Metro area · North Carolina
Laundromats in the Asheville, NC metro area
The laundromats in the Asheville, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #99 of 364 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $301.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $17.8M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 422,345
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Asheville metro area spend about $301.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,872 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $17.8M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 42% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Asheville metro area has 17 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Asheville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 16,126 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Asheville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Asheville metro area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Asheville metro area is 63 (upper middle), #99 of 364 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Asheville metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Asheville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $17.8M | $16.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,126 | 13,859 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,872 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,838 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $730K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Asheville 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 Asheville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 422,345+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 161,264
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $71,838
- Average household income
- $100,473
- Median home value
- $370,900
- Jobs located here
- 190,451
- Daytime population
- 429,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for laundromats, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Asheville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Raleigh-Cary, NC | 82 | 47 | 0.8 | $27.3M | +12.6% | #12 of 364 |
| 2Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79 | 22 | 0.9 | $23.6M | +7.5% | #22 of 364 |
| 3Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 74 | 108 | 1.0 | $20.4M | +10.1% | #42 of 364 |
| 4Wilmington, NC | 72 | 20 | 1.0 | $19.1M | +15.9% | #51 of 364 |
| 5Jacksonville, NC | 64 | 9 | 1.2 | $14.5M | +6.0% | #94 of 364 |
| 6Asheville, NC | 63 | 17 | 1.1 | $17.8M | +3.6% | #99 of 364 |
| 7Greensboro-High Point, NC | 56 | 41 | 1.3 | $13.8M | +4.1% | #146 of 364 |
| 8Winston-Salem, NC | 50 | 39 | 1.4 | $12.9M | +5.3% | #178 of 364 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 48 | 90 | 1.3 | $15.6M | +0.9% | #185 of 364 |
| 9Rocky Mount, NC | 41 | 6 | 1.0 | $16.4M | +2.8% | #230 of 364 |
Other business types in the Asheville 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 laundry32
- Clothing and shoe stores33
- Laundromats63
- Dry cleaners75
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Asheville, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 laundromats in the Asheville metro area. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Asheville, NC metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $301.9M a year, or $1,872 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $17.8M 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 161,264 households in the Asheville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Asheville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Asheville metro area has 1.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $17.8M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Asheville metro area would have about 24, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,126 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Asheville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Asheville metro area at 422,345 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,264 households. Median household income in the Asheville metro area is $71,838, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Asheville metro area scores 63 for laundromats (upper middle), #99 of 364 scored metro areas.
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