Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Colorado
Laundromats in the Boulder, CO metro area
How the Boulder, CO 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #25 of 364 scored metro areas
#2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $296.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,164 a household
- Spending per listing
- $29.7M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,560
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For laundromats, the Boulder metro area has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #25 of 364 scored metro areas and #2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for laundromats.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 laundromats in the Boulder metro area. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
At $2,164 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in the Boulder metro area spend about $296.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $29.7M per laundromat, 2.4 times 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.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Boulder metro area in 2023. That is one for every 27,402 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Boulder metro area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Boulder metro area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Boulder metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $29.7M | $16.9M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 27,402 | 14,747 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.0% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,164 | $2,010 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $103,994 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $656K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Boulder 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 Boulder metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,560−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 137,008
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 453
- Median household income
- $103,994+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,846
- Median home value
- $756,300
- Jobs located here
- 190,563
- Daytime population
- 376,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 81 | 11 | 0.9 | $22M | +14.2% | #16 of 364 |
| 2Boulder, CO | 77 | 10 | 0.7 | $29.7M | −0.7% | #25 of 364 |
| 3Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 76 | 11 | 0.7 | $27.6M | +4.8% | #32 of 364 |
| 4Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 73 | 120 | 1.0 | $21.6M | +4.1% | #45 of 364 |
| 5Colorado Springs, CO | 56 | 45 | 1.5 | $12.9M | +3.1% | #147 of 364 |
| 6Grand Junction, CO | 46 | 9 | 1.4 | $12.5M | +4.4% | #203 of 364 |
| 7Pueblo, CO | 17 | 11 | 1.6 | $10M | +0.6% | #349 of 364 |
Other business types in the Boulder 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 laundry38
- Clothing and shoe stores43
- Laundromats77
- Dry cleaners27
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Boulder, CO metro area?
There are 10 laundromats on map listings in the Boulder metro area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Boulder, CO metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $296.5M a year, or $2,164 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $29.7M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 137,008 households in the Boulder metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boulder, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Boulder metro area has 0.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $29.7M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Boulder metro area would have about 24, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 27,402 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Boulder, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boulder metro area at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. The median household income in the Boulder metro area is $103,994 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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 Boulder metro area scores 77 for laundromats (high), #25 of 364 scored metro areas.
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