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Laundromats in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area

How the Colorado Springs, 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #147 of 364 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado

Listings
45
11 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$580.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,922 a household
Spending per listing
$12.9M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
781,796
+3.1% 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 45 laundromats in the Colorado Springs metro area. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

At $1,922 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Colorado Springs metro area spend about $580.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $12.9M per laundromat, 3% 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.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Colorado Springs metro area in 2023. That is one for every 18,878 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Colorado Springs metro area.

Population estimates show the Colorado Springs metro area grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Colorado Springs metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #147 of 364 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado.

How the Colorado Springs 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.

Laundromats in Colorado Springs, CO metro area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureColorado Springs metro areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.21.6
Spending per listing$12.9M$16.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishment18,87814,74711,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.0%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,922$2,010$2,055
Median household income$90,144$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5665

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
71
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4511 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Colorado Springs 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 Colorado Springs metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
781,796+3.1% since 2020
Households
302,050
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,684 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$90,144+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,390
Median home value
$461,800
Jobs located here
292,224
Daytime population
748,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Colorado

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for laundromats, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Colorado Springs metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in Colorado ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Greeley, CO81110.9$22M+14.2%#16 of 364
2Boulder, CO77100.7$29.7M−0.7%#25 of 364
3Fort Collins-Loveland, CO76110.7$27.6M+4.8%#32 of 364
4Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO731201.0$21.6M+4.1%#45 of 364
5Colorado Springs, CO56451.5$12.9M+3.1%#147 of 364
6Grand Junction, CO4691.4$12.5M+4.4%#203 of 364
7Pueblo, CO17111.6$10M+0.6%#349 of 364

Other business types in the Colorado Springs metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area?

The Colorado Springs metro area has 45 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $580.6M a year, or $1,922 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 302,050 households in the Colorado Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Colorado Springs metro area has 1.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.9M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Colorado Springs metro area would have about 46, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,878 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Colorado Springs, CO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Colorado Springs metro area at 781,796 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 302,050 households. The median household income in the Colorado Springs metro area is $90,144 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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 Colorado Springs metro area scores 56 for laundromats (upper middle), #147 of 364 scored metro areas.

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