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Laundromats in Montgomery County, TN

How Montgomery 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #285 of 785 scored counties
#8 of 19 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
8
4 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$159.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,814 a household
Spending per listing
$19.9M
59% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
249,935
+13.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 laundromats in Montgomery County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 50%, against 19% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Montgomery County comes to about $159.2M a year: $1,814 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $19.9M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 59% 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.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Montgomery County in 2023. That is one for every 6,751 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Montgomery County.

Population estimates show Montgomery County grew 13.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for laundromats in Montgomery County is 58 (upper middle), #285 of 785 scored counties and #8 of 19 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Montgomery 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.

Laundromats in Montgomery County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.31.6
Spending per listing$19.9M$14.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishment6,75120,76711,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.6%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,814$1,842$2,055
Median household income$75,613$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5859

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 13
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$722K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
84 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
249,935+13.0% since 2020
Households
87,759
Median age
33.6
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
539 sq. mi.
People per square mile
434
Median household income
$75,613+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,158
Median home value
$280,200
Jobs located here
60,154
Daytime population
210,460Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for laundromats, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Montgomery County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN9570.8$34.7M+9.0%#2 of 785
2Rutherford County, TN83141.1$18.1M+12.6%#46 of 785
3Sumner County, TN7991.1$17.8M+9.2%#75 of 785
4Blount County, TN7350.9$20.9M+6.0%#120 of 785
5Hamilton County, TN69211.4$14.3M+6.2%#173 of 785
6Knox County, TN67301.5$12.8M+6.5%#193 of 785
7Washington County, TN6261.1$16.5M+6.0%#236 of 785
8Montgomery County, TN5880.9$19.9M+13.0%#285 of 785
9Davidson County, TN57511.6$12.6M+4.2%#306 of 785
10Sullivan County, TN5481.2$14.8M+3.5%#333 of 785

Other business types in Montgomery County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Montgomery County, TN?

Montgomery County has 8 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (50%) 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 Montgomery County, TN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $159.2M a year, or $1,814 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $19.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 87,759 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montgomery County, TN compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Montgomery County has 0.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $19.9M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 13, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,751 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 249,935 people in 2025, up 13.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,759 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $75,613 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. Montgomery County scores 58 for laundromats (upper middle), #285 of 785 scored counties.

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