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Laundromats in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area
How the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #199 of 364 scored metro areas
#7 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 532
- 80 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 252
- +19.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.5B
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,054 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.3M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,904,627
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 532 laundromats in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. 80 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area spend about $5.5B a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,054 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $10.3M per laundromat, 18% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 252 businesses with payroll in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area classed as coin-operated laundries, up 19.1% from 2019. That is one for every 10,562 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $24.6M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area.
Population estimates show the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #199 of 364 scored metro areas and #7 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $10.3M | $11.5M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,562 | 12,650 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.1% | +10.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,054 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $82,168 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 252+19.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 913
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 53280 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 437The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 21
- Amount
- $24.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,904,627+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,661,739
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 8,839 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 842
- Median household income
- $82,168
- Average household income
- $117,837
- Median home value
- $298,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,347,878
- Daytime population
- 7,510,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for laundromats, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area marked.
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 |
Other business types in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands 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 laundry52
- Clothing and shoe stores59
- Laundromats47
- Dry cleaners38
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area?
The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has 532 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 80 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 252 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 19.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $5.5B a year, or $2,054 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 532 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $10.3M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,661,739 households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has 2.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $10.3M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area would have about 437, against 532 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,562 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area at 7,904,627 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,661,739 households. The median household income in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area is $82,168 a year, 2% above 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area scores 47 for laundromats (lower middle), #199 of 364 scored metro areas.
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