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Laundromats in the Peoria, IL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Peoria, IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #101 of 364 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois

Listings
18
4 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$302.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,965 a household
Spending per listing
$16.8M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
363,505
−1.3% 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

Households in the Peoria metro area spend about $302.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,965 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $16.8M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

There are 18 laundromats on map listings in the Peoria metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Peoria metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 25,645 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $222K have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Peoria metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Peoria metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Peoria metro area scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #101 of 364 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.

How the Peoria metro area compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Peoria, IL metro area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasurePeoria metro areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.21.71.6
Spending per listing$16.8M$12.8M$12.5M
Households per official establishment25,64510,62511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.3%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,965$2,141$2,055
Median household income$71,857$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6332

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$356K
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
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$222K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
363,505−1.3% since 2020
Households
153,870
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,468 sq. mi.
People per square mile
148
Median household income
$71,857
Average household income
$95,895
Median home value
$164,200
Jobs located here
167,885
Daytime population
365,155Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Illinois

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

Top metro areas in Illinois

Metro areas in Illinois ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bloomington, IL7260.9$24.1M+0.1%#48 of 364
2Champaign-Urbana, IL65131.3$14.4M+1.5%#92 of 364
3Peoria, IL63181.2$16.8M−1.3%#101 of 364
St. Louis, MO-IL561581.4$15.3M−0.2%#141 of 364
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL54231.4$13.7M−0.9%#157 of 364
4Springfield, IL5391.0$20M−1.2%#159 of 364
5Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN446141.7$13.3M0.0%#212 of 364
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL3861.6$11.7M+1.7%#252 of 364
6Rockford, IL30221.6$11.6M−0.3%#301 of 364
7Kankakee, IL2392.2$8.9M−1.7%#334 of 364

Other business types in the Peoria metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Peoria, IL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 laundromats in the Peoria metro area. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Peoria, IL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $302.3M a year, or $1,965 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $16.8M 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 153,870 households in the Peoria metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Peoria, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Peoria metro area has 1.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $16.8M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Peoria metro area would have about 24, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,645 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Peoria, IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Peoria metro area at 363,505 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 153,870 households. Median household income in the Peoria metro area is $71,857, 11% 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 Peoria metro area scores 63 for laundromats (upper middle), #101 of 364 scored metro areas.

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