Clothing and laundry · Metro area · South Carolina
Laundromats in the Sumter, SC metro area
How the Sumter, SC 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #336 of 364 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $68.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,661 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.4M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,067
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Sumter metro area is 22 (low), #336 of 364 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Sumter metro area spend about $68.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,661 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11.4M per laundromat, 9% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Sumter metro area has 6 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Sumter metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sumter metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sumter 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.
| Measure | Sumter metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $11.4M | $15.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 20,365 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,661 | $1,838 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $56,693 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 68 |
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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,067−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 41,083
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $56,693
- Average household income
- $74,835
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 37,301
- Daytime population
- 101,774Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →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 Sumter metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 83 | 12 | 1.3 | $16.3M | +12.0% | #10 of 364 |
| 2Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 78 | 40 | 1.2 | $17.1M | +10.7% | #23 of 364 |
| 3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 75 | 41 | 1.1 | $17.3M | +9.0% | #40 of 364 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 74 | 108 | 1.0 | $20.4M | +10.1% | #42 of 364 |
| 4Columbia, SC | 65 | 34 | 1.0 | $18.2M | +6.0% | #86 of 364 |
| 5Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 63 | 21 | 1.3 | $13.3M | +20.9% | #104 of 364 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 58 | 33 | 1.4 | $12.9M | +4.7% | #125 of 364 |
| 6Spartanburg, SC | 56 | 18 | 1.3 | $13.9M | +14.3% | #145 of 364 |
| 7Florence, SC | 26 | 11 | 1.4 | $12M | +0.9% | #326 of 364 |
| 8Sumter, SC | 22 | 6 | 1.5 | $11.4M | −0.3% | #336 of 364 |
Other business types in the Sumter 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 laundry28
- Clothing and shoe stores27
- Laundromats22
- Dry cleaners22
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Sumter, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 laundromats in the Sumter metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Sumter metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sumter, SC metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $68.2M a year, or $1,661 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $11.4M 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 41,083 households in the Sumter metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sumter, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Sumter metro area has 1.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $11.4M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.
How fast is the Sumter, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sumter metro area at 105,067 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,083 households. Median household income in the Sumter metro area is $56,693, 30% 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 Sumter metro area scores 22 for laundromats (low), #336 of 364 scored metro areas.
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