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Laundromats in Wayne County, TN

How Wayne County, TN 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,586 a household
Spending per listing
$9.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,416
+1.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 laundromat in Wayne County. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.

Households in Wayne County spend about $9.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,586 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.5M per laundromat. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Wayne County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wayne County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 laundromat on map listings, Wayne County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Wayne 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 Wayne County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.71.31.6
Spending per listing$9.5M$14.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a20,76711,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.6%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,586$1,842$2,055
Median household income$52,294$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

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
10 chain locations
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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,416+1.2% since 2020
Households
5,982
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
734 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$52,294+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,516
Median home value
$130,700
Jobs located here
4,044
Daytime population
13,981Residents 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 Wayne 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
Wayne County, TNNot scored11.7$9.5M+1.2%

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Wayne County, TN?

There is 1 laundromat on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Wayne County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Wayne County, TN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $9.5M a year, or $1,586 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 laundromat on map listings, it comes to $9.5M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,982 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wayne County has 1 laundromat on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.

How fast is Wayne County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 16,416 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,982 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $52,294 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Wayne County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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