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Laundromats in the Bay City, MI metro area
How the Bay City, MI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $80.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,781 a household
- Spending per listing
- $26.8M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,123
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 laundromats in the Bay City metro area. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
At $1,781 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Bay City metro area spend about $80.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $26.8M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 2.1 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Bay City metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 9,021 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bay City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 laundromats on map listings, the Bay City metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Bay City metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Bay City metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $26.8M | $15.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,021 | 15,042 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,781 | $1,975 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,763 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $821K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Bay City 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 Bay City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,123−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 45,103
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 442 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 233
- Median household income
- $61,763+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,153
- Median home value
- $152,200
- Jobs located here
- 31,089
- Daytime population
- 93,442Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 76 | 8 | 0.7 | $26.5M | +0.8% | #33 of 364 |
| 2Ann Arbor, MI | 75 | 12 | 0.8 | $28.2M | −0.4% | #38 of 364 |
| 3Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 68 | 20 | 1.0 | $18.8M | +1.4% | #75 of 364 |
| 4Traverse City, MI | 66 | 9 | 1.4 | $14.7M | +2.2% | #84 of 364 |
| 5Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 65 | 55 | 1.2 | $16.5M | +2.8% | #89 of 364 |
| 6Monroe, MI | 63 | 6 | 1.0 | $21M | +0.7% | #97 of 364 |
| 7Flint, MI | 62 | 16 | 1.0 | $19M | −1.1% | #108 of 364 |
| 8Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 58 | 209 | 1.2 | $17.3M | +0.1% | #120 of 364 |
| 9Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 56 | 7 | 1.0 | $17.2M | +1.8% | #137 of 364 |
| 10Saginaw, MI | 49 | 8 | 1.0 | $17.6M | −1.1% | #182 of 364 |
| Bay City, MI | Not scored | 3 | 0.7 | $26.8M | −1.6% |
Other business types in the Bay City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many laundromats are in the Bay City, MI metro area?
The Bay City metro area has 3 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Bay City, MI metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $80.3M a year, or $1,781 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $26.8M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,103 households in the Bay City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bay City, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Bay City metro area has 0.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $26.8M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Bay City metro area would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,021 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bay City, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bay City metro area at 102,123 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,103 households. The median household income in the Bay City metro area is $61,763 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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 Bay City metro area has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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