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Laundromats in Martin County, NC
The laundromats in Martin County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,539 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 21,601
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 laundromats in Martin County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.
Households in Martin County spend about $14.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,539 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.3M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Martin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Martin County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 laundromats on map listings, Martin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Martin County 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 | Martin County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $16.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,859 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,539 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $48,578 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Martin County, 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 Martin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,601−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,502
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $48,578+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,879
- Median home value
- $109,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,663
- Daytime population
- 18,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Martin County?
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wake County, NC | 84 | 35 | 0.8 | $30.4M | +11.2% | #34 of 785 |
| 2Brunswick County, NC | 83 | 5 | 0.7 | $25.9M | +26.5% | #41 of 785 |
| 3Johnston County, NC | 81 | 8 | 0.9 | $20.8M | +17.9% | #57 of 785 |
| 4Iredell County, NC | 79 | 8 | 1.0 | $19M | +12.9% | #74 of 785 |
| 5Cabarrus County, NC | 77 | 10 | 1.2 | $17.6M | +9.9% | #90 of 785 |
| 6Durham County, NC | 73 | 15 | 1.1 | $19.3M | +7.7% | #124 of 785 |
| 7Mecklenburg County, NC | 72 | 43 | 0.9 | $23M | +10.5% | #134 of 785 |
| 8Onslow County, NC | 66 | 9 | 1.2 | $14.5M | +6.0% | #198 of 785 |
| 9Buncombe County, NC | 64 | 11 | 1.1 | $17.7M | +2.9% | #213 of 785 |
| 10Davidson County, NC | 64 | 7 | 1.0 | $17.4M | +6.6% | #214 of 785 |
| Martin County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 2.1 | $7.3M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Martin County
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
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Martin County, NC?
Martin County has 2 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Martin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Martin County, NC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $14.6M a year, or $1,539 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $7.3M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,502 households in Martin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Martin County, NC compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Martin County has 2 laundromats on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Martin County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Martin County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Martin County at 21,601 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,502 households. The median household income in Martin County is $48,578 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. Martin County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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