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Laundromats in Knox County, TN
How Knox County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #193 of 785 scored counties
#6 of 19 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 30
- 7 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $385M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,914 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.8M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 511,453
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 laundromats in Knox County. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
At $1,914 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Knox County spend about $385M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $12.8M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 3% 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 Knox County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 22,350 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Knox County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Knox County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #193 of 785 scored counties and #6 of 19 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Knox County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Knox County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.8M | $14.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 22,350 | 20,767 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,914 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $74,222 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $575K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 307 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 511,453+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 201,146
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 972
- Median household income
- $74,222+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,460
- Median home value
- $320,900
- Jobs located here
- 270,203
- Daytime population
- 541,810Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williamson County, TN | 95 | 7 | 0.8 | $34.7M | +9.0% | #2 of 785 |
| 2Rutherford County, TN | 83 | 14 | 1.1 | $18.1M | +12.6% | #46 of 785 |
| 3Sumner County, TN | 79 | 9 | 1.1 | $17.8M | +9.2% | #75 of 785 |
| 4Blount County, TN | 73 | 5 | 0.9 | $20.9M | +6.0% | #120 of 785 |
| 5Hamilton County, TN | 69 | 21 | 1.4 | $14.3M | +6.2% | #173 of 785 |
| 6Knox County, TN | 67 | 30 | 1.5 | $12.8M | +6.5% | #193 of 785 |
| 7Washington County, TN | 62 | 6 | 1.1 | $16.5M | +6.0% | #236 of 785 |
| 8Montgomery County, TN | 58 | 8 | 0.9 | $19.9M | +13.0% | #285 of 785 |
| 9Davidson County, TN | 57 | 51 | 1.6 | $12.6M | +4.2% | #306 of 785 |
| 10Sullivan County, TN | 54 | 8 | 1.2 | $14.8M | +3.5% | #333 of 785 |
Other business types in Knox 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
- Clothing, shoes and laundry44
- Clothing and shoe stores44
- Laundromats67
- Dry cleaners66
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Knox County, TN?
There are 30 laundromats on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. 7 of them (23%) 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 Knox County, TN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $385M a year, or $1,914 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.8M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 201,146 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, TN compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Knox County has 1.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.8M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Knox County would have about 31, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,350 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 511,453 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,146 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,222 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Knox County scores 67 for laundromats (upper middle), #193 of 785 scored counties.
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