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Laundromats in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area

How the Eugene-Springfield, OR 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #287 of 364 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
22
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$268.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,674 a household
Spending per listing
$12.2M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
381,584
−0.7% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Eugene-Springfield metro area is 32 (lower middle), #287 of 364 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $1,674 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Eugene-Springfield metro area spend about $268.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 22 laundromats, that is $12.2M per laundromat, 2% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

The Eugene-Springfield metro area has 22 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Eugene-Springfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 16,045 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $405K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. Population estimates show the Eugene-Springfield metro area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Eugene-Springfield metro area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureEugene-Springfield metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.21.6
Spending per listing$12.2M$15.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment16,04523,86711,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.0%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,674$1,858$2,055
Median household income$71,544$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score3258

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
222 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$405K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Eugene-Springfield 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 Eugene-Springfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
381,584−0.7% since 2020
Households
160,445
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
84
Median household income
$71,544+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,524
Median home value
$430,600
Jobs located here
156,880
Daytime population
382,221Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Oregon

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for laundromats, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Eugene-Springfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA77870.9$23.4M+1.0%#26 of 364
2Bend, OR74131.2$15.5M+7.0%#43 of 364
3Corvallis, OR5651.3$14.1M+4.4%#143 of 364
4Albany, OR5351.0$16.8M+3.0%#161 of 364
5Salem, OR45261.6$10.9M+2.7%#210 of 364
6Medford, OR36111.2$14.3M−0.9%#262 of 364
7Eugene-Springfield, OR32221.4$12.2M−0.7%#287 of 364
8Grants Pass, OR882.2$7.4M−0.4%#361 of 364

Other business types in the Eugene-Springfield metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 laundromats in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. 2 of them (9%) 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 Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $268.6M a year, or $1,674 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.2M 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 160,445 households in the Eugene-Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Eugene-Springfield metro area has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.2M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,045 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Eugene-Springfield metro area at 381,584 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 160,445 households. Median household income in the Eugene-Springfield metro area is $71,544, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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 Eugene-Springfield metro area scores 32 for laundromats (lower middle), #287 of 364 scored metro areas.

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