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Laundromats in Essex County, MA
How Essex County, MA compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #356 of 785 scored counties
#7 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 68
- 20 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- +21.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $825.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,637 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.1M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,653
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Essex County comes to about $825.8M a year: $2,637 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. That works out to $12.1M per laundromat, 3% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
Essex County has 68 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.2, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in Essex County classed as coin-operated laundries, up 21.2% from 2019. That is one for every 7,829 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Essex County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Essex County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, Essex County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #356 of 785 scored counties and #7 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Essex County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Essex County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.1M | $13.4M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,829 | 9,841 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.2% | −1.0% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,637 | $2,675 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $101,883 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33 → 40+21.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 134
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6820 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,653+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 313,147
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $101,883+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $140,108
- Median home value
- $619,100
- Jobs located here
- 329,644
- Daytime population
- 736,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Massachusetts for laundromats, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Essex County marked.
Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Norfolk County, MA | 74 | 35 | 1.2 | $24.4M | +2.2% | #109 of 785 |
| 2Barnstable County, MA | 73 | 19 | 1.8 | $14.2M | +2.4% | #132 of 785 |
| 3Middlesex County, MA | 69 | 113 | 1.8 | $16.9M | +2.8% | #167 of 785 |
| 4Worcester County, MA | 68 | 59 | 1.8 | $14.4M | +3.7% | #182 of 785 |
| 5Hampshire County, MA | 63 | 16 | 2.6 | $9.3M | +10.4% | #233 of 785 |
| 6Plymouth County, MA | 58 | 43 | 2.1 | $13.1M | +3.5% | #295 of 785 |
| 7Essex County, MA | 52 | 68 | 2.2 | $12.1M | +2.3% | #356 of 785 |
| 8Berkshire County, MA | 49 | 11 | 1.9 | $11.8M | −1.2% | #391 of 785 |
| 9Hampden County, MA | 49 | 39 | 2.1 | $10.3M | +0.2% | #393 of 785 |
| 10Suffolk County, MA | 43 | 79 | 2.4 | $10.7M | +0.1% | #474 of 785 |
Other business types in Essex 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 laundry51
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats52
- Dry cleaners42
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Essex County, MA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 laundromats in Essex County. 20 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Essex County, MA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $825.8M a year, or $2,637 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.1M 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 313,147 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, MA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Essex County has 2.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.1M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Essex County would have about 66, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,829 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 826,653 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 313,147 households. Median household income in Essex County is $101,883, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Essex County scores 52 for laundromats (upper middle), #356 of 785 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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