Clothing and laundry · Metro area · West Virginia
Laundromats in the Charleston, WV metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Charleston, WV metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $147.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,692 a household
- Spending per listing
- $49.3M
- 3.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 81% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 200,170
- −4.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,692 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Charleston metro area spend about $147.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $49.3M per laundromat, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 3 laundromats on map listings in the Charleston metro area as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.3, 81% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Charleston metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Charleston metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Charleston metro area declined 4.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 laundromats on map listings, the Charleston metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Charleston metro area compares
The same measures for West 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 | Charleston metro area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $49.3M | $12.4M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,770 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.3% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.7% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,692 | $1,698 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,117 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 32 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Charleston 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 Charleston metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 200,170−4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 87,358
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,746 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $60,117
- Average household income
- $81,990
- Median home value
- $141,100
- Jobs located here
- 110,278
- Daytime population
- 231,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for laundromats, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Charleston metro area marked.
Top metro areas in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 71 | 258 | 1.1 | $23.4M | +3.3% | #54 of 364 |
| 1Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 62 | 11 | 0.7 | $23.7M | −2.6% | #106 of 364 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 52 | 9 | 1.6 | $12.4M | +6.5% | #169 of 364 |
| 2Morgantown, WV | 44 | 8 | 1.4 | $13.1M | +1.3% | #213 of 364 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 33 | 24 | 2.0 | $9.3M | +7.1% | #282 of 364 |
| 3Beckley, WV | 29 | 5 | 1.1 | $14.2M | −4.3% | #304 of 364 |
| 4Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 24 | 5 | 1.3 | $12.6M | −2.3% | #330 of 364 |
| 5Wheeling, WV-OH | 15 | 9 | 1.6 | $11.1M | −3.6% | #352 of 364 |
| 6Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 15 | 8 | 1.6 | $10.5M | −3.6% | #353 of 364 |
| Charleston, WV | Not scored | 3 | 0.3 | $49.3M | −4.7% |
Other business types in the Charleston 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 laundry45
- Clothing and shoe stores41
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners49
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Charleston, WV metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 laundromats in the Charleston metro area. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Charleston metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Charleston, WV metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $147.8M a year, or $1,692 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $49.3M 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 87,358 households in the Charleston metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Charleston, WV metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Charleston metro area has 0.3 laundromats per 10,000 households, 81% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $49.3M, 3.9 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Charleston metro area would have about 12, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is the Charleston, WV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Charleston metro area at 200,170 people in 2025, down 4.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 87,358 households. Median household income in the Charleston metro area is $60,117, 26% below 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 Charleston metro area has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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