Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Virginia
Laundromats in the Lynchburg, VA metro area
How the Lynchburg, VA 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #238 of 364 scored metro areas
#8 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $183.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,777 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.1M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 269,169
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Lynchburg metro area comes to about $183.8M a year: $1,777 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.1M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 13 laundromats on map listings in the Lynchburg metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 15%, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Lynchburg metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 8,617 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lynchburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Lynchburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #238 of 364 scored metro areas and #8 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Lynchburg metro area compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Lynchburg metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $14.1M | $19.7M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,617 | 12,151 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,777 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,996 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $171K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 269,169+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 103,401
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,121 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $68,996+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,223
- Median home value
- $239,700
- Jobs located here
- 98,871
- Daytime population
- 253,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for laundromats, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lynchburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charlottesville, VA | 83 | 5 | 0.6 | $39.2M | +3.1% | #9 of 364 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 71 | 258 | 1.1 | $23.4M | +3.3% | #54 of 364 |
| 2Richmond, VA | 70 | 60 | 1.1 | $18.4M | +5.5% | #66 of 364 |
| 3Winchester, VA-WV | 52 | 9 | 1.6 | $12.4M | +6.5% | #169 of 364 |
| 4Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 48 | 90 | 1.3 | $15.6M | +0.9% | #185 of 364 |
| 5Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 48 | 10 | 1.4 | $12.7M | −0.1% | #189 of 364 |
| 6Roanoke, VA | 43 | 15 | 1.1 | $16M | +0.4% | #218 of 364 |
| 7Harrisonburg, VA | 41 | 7 | 1.4 | $13.3M | +3.5% | #233 of 364 |
| 8Lynchburg, VA | 40 | 13 | 1.3 | $14.1M | +2.9% | #238 of 364 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 39 | 17 | 1.3 | $13M | +2.3% | #248 of 364 |
Other business types in the Lynchburg 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 laundry57
- Clothing and shoe stores55
- Laundromats40
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Lynchburg, VA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 laundromats in the Lynchburg metro area. 2 of them (15%) 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 Lynchburg, VA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $183.8M a year, or $1,777 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $14.1M 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 103,401 households in the Lynchburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lynchburg, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Lynchburg metro area has 1.3 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $14.1M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Lynchburg metro area would have about 15, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,617 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lynchburg, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lynchburg metro area at 269,169 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 103,401 households. Median household income in the Lynchburg metro area is $68,996, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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 Lynchburg metro area scores 40 for laundromats (lower middle), #238 of 364 scored metro areas.
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