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Laundromats in Aroostook County, ME
How Aroostook County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #711 of 785 scored counties
#10 of 10 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $57M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,904 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 59% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,609
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Aroostook County scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #711 of 785 scored counties and #10 of 10 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Aroostook County comes to about $57M a year: $1,904 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.2M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 59% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
Aroostook County 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 3.7, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Aroostook County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Aroostook County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Aroostook County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Aroostook County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $10.6M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,484 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −17.5% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,904 | $2,189 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $56,700 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 40 |
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
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Aroostook County, 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 Aroostook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,609−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,932
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 6,671 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $56,700+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,175
- Median home value
- $149,700
- Jobs located here
- 24,240
- Daytime population
- 64,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, ME | 62 | 17 | 1.9 | $12.5M | +4.8% | #249 of 785 |
| 2Androscoggin County, ME | 62 | 8 | 1.7 | $12M | +4.8% | #250 of 785 |
| 3Cumberland County, ME | 61 | 27 | 2.0 | $12.2M | +4.5% | #256 of 785 |
| 4Kennebec County, ME | 59 | 9 | 1.7 | $12.5M | +3.5% | #282 of 785 |
| 5Hancock County, ME | 47 | 5 | 2.0 | $10.9M | +3.0% | #417 of 785 |
| 6Penobscot County, ME | 46 | 12 | 1.8 | $11.3M | +3.8% | #436 of 785 |
| 7Franklin County, ME | 35 | 5 | 3.9 | $4.9M | +4.6% | #564 of 785 |
| 8Knox County, ME | 30 | 6 | 3.2 | $6.8M | +1.1% | #620 of 785 |
| 9Somerset County, ME | 30 | 7 | 3.0 | $6.3M | +2.3% | #622 of 785 |
| 10Aroostook County, ME | 20 | 11 | 3.7 | $5.2M | −0.7% | #711 of 785 |
Other business types in Aroostook County
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 laundry69
- Clothing and shoe stores72
- Laundromats20
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Aroostook County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 laundromats in Aroostook County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Aroostook County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Aroostook County, ME spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $57M a year, or $1,904 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 29,932 households in Aroostook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aroostook County, ME compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Aroostook County has 3.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $5.2M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Aroostook County would have about 5, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Aroostook County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Aroostook County at 66,609 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,932 households. Median household income in Aroostook County is $56,700, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Aroostook County scores 20 for laundromats (low), #711 of 785 scored counties.
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