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Laundromats in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area

The laundromats in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #106 of 364 scored metro areas
#1 of 6 scored metro areas based in West Virginia

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$260.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,713 a household
Spending per listing
$23.7M
89% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
365,965
−2.6% since 2020

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What this means

At $1,713 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Huntington-Ashland metro area spend about $260.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 11 laundromats, that is $23.7M per laundromat, 89% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

The Huntington-Ashland metro area has 11 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Huntington-Ashland metro area in 2023. That is one for every 50,722 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Huntington-Ashland metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Huntington-Ashland metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Huntington-Ashland metro area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #106 of 364 scored metro areas and #1 of 6 scored metro areas based in West Virginia.

How the Huntington-Ashland 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.

Laundromats in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHuntington-Ashland metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.71.41.6
Spending per listing$23.7M$12.4M$12.5M
Households per official establishment50,72222,77011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.3%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,713$1,698$2,055
Median household income$60,078$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score6232

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$128K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Huntington-Ashland 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 Huntington-Ashland metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
365,965−2.6% since 2020
Households
152,165
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,916 sq. mi.
People per square mile
127
Median household income
$60,078
Average household income
$80,719
Median home value
$154,700
Jobs located here
137,552
Daytime population
362,067Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across West Virginia

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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 Huntington-Ashland metro area marked.

Top metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in West Virginia ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV712581.1$23.4M+3.3%#54 of 364
1Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH62110.7$23.7M−2.6%#106 of 364
Winchester, VA-WV5291.6$12.4M+6.5%#169 of 364
2Morgantown, WV4481.4$13.1M+1.3%#213 of 364
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV33242.0$9.3M+7.1%#282 of 364
3Beckley, WV2951.1$14.2M−4.3%#304 of 364
4Parkersburg-Vienna, WV2451.3$12.6M−2.3%#330 of 364
5Wheeling, WV-OH1591.6$11.1M−3.6%#352 of 364
6Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH1581.6$10.5M−3.6%#353 of 364

Other business types in the Huntington-Ashland metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 laundromats in the Huntington-Ashland metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $260.6M a year, or $1,713 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $23.7M 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 152,165 households in the Huntington-Ashland metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Huntington-Ashland metro area has 0.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $23.7M, 89% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Huntington-Ashland metro area would have about 21, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 50,722 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Huntington-Ashland metro area at 365,965 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 152,165 households. Median household income in the Huntington-Ashland metro area is $60,078, 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 Huntington-Ashland metro area scores 62 for laundromats (upper middle), #106 of 364 scored metro areas.

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