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Laundromats in Union County, SC

How Union County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,494 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
26,799
−1.4% 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

At $1,494 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $17.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no laundromats in Union County. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Union County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Union County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Union County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no laundromats on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Union County 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 Union County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.21.6
Spending per listingn/a$15.8M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a20,36511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,494$1,838$2,055
Median household income$41,621$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

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
0
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 Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,799−1.4% since 2020
Households
11,611
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
514 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$41,621+1.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$60,230
Median home value
$103,600
Jobs located here
7,601
Daytime population
22,110Residents 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 counties in South Carolina for laundromats, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Union County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, SC8280.9$22.7M+18.7%#50 of 785
2Dorchester County, SC8150.8$24.4M+10.1%#54 of 785
3Lexington County, SC80121.0$19.1M+7.7%#66 of 785
4Beaufort County, SC80101.2$17.2M+8.9%#67 of 785
5Greenville County, SC73241.1$17.9M+10.6%#126 of 785
6Aiken County, SC7171.0$18.3M+7.3%#144 of 785
7York County, SC70161.4$14.8M+8.1%#155 of 785
8Horry County, SC67211.3$13.3M+20.9%#190 of 785
9Charleston County, SC66271.5$14.1M+6.4%#199 of 785
10Anderson County, SC62101.2$14.8M+7.7%#242 of 785
Union County, SCNot scored00.0n/a−1.4%

Other business types in Union County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Union County, SC?

There are no laundromats on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Union County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Union County, SC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $17.4M a year, or $1,494 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 11,611 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Union County, SC compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Union County has no laundromats on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Union County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Union County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 26,799 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,611 households. Median household income in Union County is $41,621, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 1.1%, 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. Union County has no market score for laundromats, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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