Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Texas
Laundromats in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area
The laundromats in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #312 of 364 scored metro areas
#18 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 26
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $268.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.3M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 399,310
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is 28 (lower middle), #312 of 364 scored metro areas and #18 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,796 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area spend about $268.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $10.3M per laundromat, 17% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area has 26 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.7, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area in 2023. That is one for every 12,456 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.4M has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $10.3M | $11.5M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,456 | 12,650 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,796 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,659 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $527K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 265 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Beaumont-Port Arthur 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 399,310+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 149,466
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,101 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 189
- Median household income
- $64,659+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,951
- Median home value
- $173,600
- Jobs located here
- 151,181
- Daytime population
- 386,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 86 | 89 | 0.9 | $25M | +14.0% | #5 of 364 |
| 2Midland, TX | 69 | 9 | 1.3 | $16.7M | +9.8% | #71 of 364 |
| 3College Station-Bryan, TX | 68 | 11 | 1.0 | $17.1M | +6.9% | #76 of 364 |
| 4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 67 | 429 | 1.5 | $14.3M | +10.6% | #79 of 364 |
| 5Lubbock, TX | 65 | 16 | 1.1 | $15.6M | +4.6% | #90 of 364 |
| 6Sherman-Denison, TX | 52 | 9 | 1.6 | $11.4M | +12.8% | #172 of 364 |
| 7Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 47 | 532 | 2.0 | $10.3M | +10.3% | #199 of 364 |
| 8Tyler, TX | 47 | 16 | 1.9 | $9.8M | +7.8% | #200 of 364 |
| 9Abilene, TX | 46 | 9 | 1.4 | $12.9M | +4.8% | #202 of 364 |
| 10San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 43 | 174 | 1.8 | $10.7M | +9.5% | #221 of 364 |
| 18Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 28 | 26 | 1.7 | $10.3M | +0.5% | #312 of 364 |
Other business types in the Beaumont-Port Arthur 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 laundry29
- Clothing and shoe stores32
- Laundromats28
- Dry cleaners18
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 laundromats in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $268.4M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $10.3M 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 149,466 households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area has 1.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $10.3M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area would have about 22, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,456 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area at 399,310 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,466 households. Median household income in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is $64,659, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area scores 28 for laundromats (lower middle), #312 of 364 scored metro areas.
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