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Laundromats in the Spartanburg, SC metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Spartanburg, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #145 of 364 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
18
6 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$249.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,741 a household
Spending per listing
$13.9M
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
407,656
+14.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 laundromats in the Spartanburg metro area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Spartanburg metro area comes to about $249.4M a year: $1,741 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 laundromats, that is $13.9M per laundromat, 11% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Spartanburg metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 15,920 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Spartanburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Spartanburg metro area is 56 (upper middle), #145 of 364 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.

How the Spartanburg metro area compares

The same measures for South 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.

Laundromats in Spartanburg, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureSpartanburg metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.31.21.6
Spending per listing$13.9M$15.8M$12.5M
Households per official establishment15,92020,36511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,741$1,838$2,055
Median household income$64,382$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5668

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$365K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
186 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
407,656+14.3% since 2020
Households
143,283
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,322 sq. mi.
People per square mile
283
Median household income
$64,382
Average household income
$85,260
Median home value
$225,000
Jobs located here
167,419
Daytime population
371,898Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for laundromats, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Spartanburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC83121.3$16.3M+12.0%#10 of 364
2Charleston-North Charleston, SC78401.2$17.1M+10.7%#23 of 364
3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC75411.1$17.3M+9.0%#40 of 364
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC741081.0$20.4M+10.1%#42 of 364
4Columbia, SC65341.0$18.2M+6.0%#86 of 364
5Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC63211.3$13.3M+20.9%#104 of 364
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC58331.4$12.9M+4.7%#125 of 364
6Spartanburg, SC56181.3$13.9M+14.3%#145 of 364
7Florence, SC26111.4$12M+0.9%#326 of 364
8Sumter, SC2261.5$11.4M−0.3%#336 of 364

Other business types in the Spartanburg metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Spartanburg, SC metro area?

There are 18 laundromats on map listings in the Spartanburg metro area as of September 2026. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

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

About $249.4M a year, or $1,741 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $13.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 143,283 households in the Spartanburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Spartanburg, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Spartanburg metro area has 1.3 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $13.9M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Spartanburg metro area would have about 20, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,920 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Spartanburg, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Spartanburg metro area at 407,656 people in 2025, up 14.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,283 households. The median household income in the Spartanburg metro area is $64,382 a year, 20% 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 Spartanburg metro area scores 56 for laundromats (upper middle), #145 of 364 scored metro areas.

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