Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Laundromats in the Laconia, NH area
The laundromats in the Laconia, NH area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #71 of 150 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 9
- 3 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $63.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,396 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,147
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,396 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in the Laconia area spend about $63.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $7M per laundromat, 44% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 9 laundromats on map listings in the Laconia area as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 3.4 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Laconia area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 4,390 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Laconia area grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Laconia area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #71 of 150 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire.
How the Laconia area compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Laconia area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $13.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,390 | 10,293 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,396 | $2,540 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $92,783 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $266K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 93 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 the Laconia 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 Laconia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,147+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,337
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 161
- Median household income
- $92,783+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,878
- Median home value
- $374,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,593
- Daytime population
- 60,550Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Concord, NH | 74 | 12 | 2.0 | $12.5M | +2.6% | #19 of 150 |
| 2Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 71 | 29 | 3.2 | $7.3M | +1.5% | #29 of 150 |
| 3Keene, NH | 66 | 8 | 2.6 | $8.7M | +2.3% | #36 of 150 |
| 4Laconia, NH | 50 | 9 | 3.4 | $7M | +2.1% | #71 of 150 |
Other business types in the Laconia area
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 laundry49
- Clothing and shoe stores52
- Laundromats50
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Laconia, NH area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 laundromats in the Laconia area. 3 of them (33%) 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 Laconia, NH area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $63.1M a year, or $2,396 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $7M 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 26,337 households in the Laconia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laconia, NH area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Laconia area has 3.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $7M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Laconia area would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,390 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Laconia, NH area growing?
Population estimates put the Laconia area at 65,147 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,337 households. Median household income in the Laconia area is $92,783, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Laconia area scores 50 for laundromats (upper middle), #71 of 150 scored small-town markets.
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