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Laundromats in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #49 of 364 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Washington

Listings
18
4 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$420.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,769 a household
Spending per listing
$23.4M
87% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
608,012
+3.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 laundromats in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area comes to about $420.7M a year: $1,769 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 laundromats, that is $23.4M per laundromat, 87% above 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 9 businesses with payroll in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 26,419 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $412K have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area is 72 (upper middle), #49 of 364 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureSpokane-Spokane Valley metro areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.91.6
Spending per listing$23.4M$21.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishment26,41923,75811,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,769$2,048$2,055
Median household income$77,488$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score7283

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
108
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
184 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$412K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Spokane-Spokane Valley 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
608,012+3.5% since 2020
Households
237,769
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,241 sq. mi.
People per square mile
141
Median household income
$77,488+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,458
Median home value
$405,300
Jobs located here
253,696
Daytime population
597,141Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Washington

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for laundromats, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in Washington ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA861300.8$27.8M+3.3%#4 of 364
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA77870.9$23.4M+1.0%#26 of 364
2Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA7650.5$44.6M+2.7%#31 of 364
3Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA7550.4$45.6M+2.8%#37 of 364
4Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA72180.8$23.4M+3.5%#49 of 364
5Kennewick-Richland, WA66131.2$15.7M+6.5%#83 of 364
6Bellingham, WA63131.4$13.3M+3.9%#105 of 364
7Longview-Kelso, WA5351.1$15.1M+3.5%#162 of 364
8Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA5371.5$12.6M+5.0%#165 of 364
9Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA5251.0$19.7M+2.4%#168 of 364

Other business types in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area?

The Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area has 18 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $420.7M a year, or $1,769 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $23.4M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 237,769 households in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area has 0.8 laundromats per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $23.4M, 87% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area would have about 34, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,419 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area at 608,012 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 237,769 households. The median household income in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area is $77,488 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.4% 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. The Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area scores 72 for laundromats (upper middle), #49 of 364 scored metro areas.

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