Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Tennessee
Laundromats in the Knoxville, TN metro area
How the Knoxville, TN 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #60 of 364 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 49
- 10 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $704.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,863 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.4M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 968,137
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Knoxville metro area spend about $704.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,863 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 laundromats, that is $14.4M per laundromat, 15% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 49 laundromats on map listings in the Knoxville metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Knoxville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 29,095 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Knoxville metro area grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Knoxville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #60 of 364 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Knoxville metro area 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 | Knoxville metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $14.4M | $14.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 29,095 | 20,767 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,863 | $1,842 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $72,422 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $765K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4910 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 Knoxville 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 Knoxville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 968,137+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 378,234
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 266
- Median household income
- $72,422
- Average household income
- $98,653
- Median home value
- $290,200
- Jobs located here
- 432,193
- Daytime population
- 955,487Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for laundromats, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Knoxville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 78 | 100 | 1.2 | $16.9M | +8.7% | #24 of 364 |
| 2Knoxville, TN | 71 | 49 | 1.3 | $14.4M | +6.9% | #60 of 364 |
| 3Chattanooga, TN-GA | 67 | 32 | 1.4 | $13.5M | +5.3% | #80 of 364 |
| 4Johnson City, TN | 56 | 9 | 1.0 | $16.6M | +4.3% | #138 of 364 |
| 5Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 47 | 65 | 1.2 | $14.7M | −0.3% | #194 of 364 |
| 6Cleveland, TN | 46 | 7 | 1.4 | $12.4M | +6.1% | #204 of 364 |
| 7Clarksville, TN-KY | 45 | 16 | 1.3 | $13.7M | +8.5% | #205 of 364 |
| 8Jackson, TN | 42 | 11 | 1.5 | $11.1M | +2.2% | #228 of 364 |
| 9Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 39 | 17 | 1.3 | $13M | +2.3% | #248 of 364 |
| 10Morristown, TN | 29 | 10 | 2.1 | $8.1M | +7.9% | #309 of 364 |
Other business types in the Knoxville 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 laundry65
- Clothing and shoe stores62
- Laundromats71
- Dry cleaners76
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Knoxville, TN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 laundromats in the Knoxville metro area. 10 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Knoxville, TN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $704.5M a year, or $1,863 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $14.4M 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 378,234 households in the Knoxville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Knoxville, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Knoxville metro area has 1.3 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $14.4M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Knoxville metro area would have about 56, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 29,095 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Knoxville, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Knoxville metro area at 968,137 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 378,234 households. Median household income in the Knoxville metro area is $72,422, 10% 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 Knoxville metro area scores 71 for laundromats (upper middle), #60 of 364 scored metro areas.
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