Clothing and laundry · County · Virginia
Laundromats in Salem city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in Salem city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,841 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,816
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 laundromats in Salem city. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Households in Salem city spend about $18.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,841 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.3M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 50% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Salem city: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Salem city grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 laundromats on map listings, Salem city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Salem city 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 | Salem city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $19.7M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,151 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,841 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,725 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 66 |
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
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Salem city, 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 Salem city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,816+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 10,256
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 15 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,765
- Median household income
- $66,725+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,247
- Median home value
- $258,600
- Jobs located here
- 21,974
- Daytime population
- 36,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Loudoun County, VA | 95 | 11 | 0.8 | $39.6M | +6.4% | #1 of 785 |
| 2Chesterfield County, VA | 92 | 8 | 0.6 | $38.8M | +8.7% | #9 of 785 |
| 3Spotsylvania County, VA | 90 | 5 | 1.0 | $24.2M | +10.5% | #14 of 785 |
| 4Stafford County, VA | 81 | 6 | 1.1 | $22.9M | +8.3% | #55 of 785 |
| 5Alexandria city, VA | 79 | 6 | 0.8 | $31.2M | +1.0% | #69 of 785 |
| 6Fairfax County, VA | 78 | 32 | 0.8 | $36.2M | +1.7% | #77 of 785 |
| 7Henrico County, VA | 73 | 16 | 1.2 | $18.2M | +2.3% | #125 of 785 |
| 8Prince William County, VA | 69 | 25 | 1.6 | $16.2M | +4.2% | #170 of 785 |
| 9Chesapeake city, VA | 64 | 10 | 1.1 | $20.1M | +2.3% | #211 of 785 |
| 10Virginia Beach city, VA | 63 | 18 | 1.0 | $21.1M | −1.3% | #225 of 785 |
| Salem city, VA | Not scored | 3 | 2.9 | $6.3M | +1.7% |
Other business types in Salem city
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Questions
How many laundromats are in Salem city, VA?
There are 3 laundromats on map listings in Salem city as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Salem city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Salem city, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $18.9M a year, or $1,841 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $6.3M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,256 households in Salem city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salem city, VA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Salem city has 2.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $6.3M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Salem city would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Salem city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Salem city at 25,816 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,256 households. The median household income in Salem city is $66,725 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% 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. Salem city has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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