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Laundromats in the Kingston, NY metro area

How the Kingston, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #324 of 364 scored metro areas
#13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
26
4 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$177.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,389 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
183,330
+1.1% 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

The Kingston metro area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #324 of 364 scored metro areas and #13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $2,389 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in the Kingston metro area spend about $177.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

The Kingston metro area has 26 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 15%, against 19% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Kingston metro area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 5,306 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Kingston metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Kingston metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Kingston, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKingston metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.53.11.6
Spending per listing$6.8M$8M$12.5M
Households per official establishment5,3063,48111,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.4%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,389$2,448$2,055
Median household income$86,271$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score2720

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$687K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
264 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Kingston 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 Kingston metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
183,330+1.1% since 2020
Households
74,278
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,124 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$86,271+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,353
Median home value
$352,500
Jobs located here
57,240
Daytime population
161,256Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for laundromats, numbered among those based in New York, with the Kingston metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rochester, NY65631.4$15.6M−0.7%#91 of 364
2Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY57681.4$16M−0.8%#127 of 364
3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY56772.0$11.8M+1.9%#150 of 364
4Ithaca, NY5471.6$13.9M−1.4%#156 of 364
5Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY42582.3$11.2M+3.0%#227 of 364
6Binghamton, NY40202.0$10.5M−1.3%#244 of 364
7Utica-Rome, NY40262.1$9.6M−2.0%#246 of 364
8Watertown-Fort Drum, NY3681.7$12M−3.9%#264 of 364
9Syracuse, NY36501.8$11.9M−1.3%#265 of 364
10Glens Falls, NY29112.0$10.7M−1.9%#305 of 364
13Kingston, NY27263.5$6.8M+1.1%#324 of 364

Other business types in the Kingston metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Kingston, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 laundromats in the Kingston metro area. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

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

About $177.5M a year, or $2,389 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 74,278 households in the Kingston metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kingston, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Kingston metro area has 3.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $6.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Kingston metro area would have about 14, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,306 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Kingston, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kingston metro area at 183,330 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,278 households. Median household income in the Kingston metro area is $86,271, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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 Kingston metro area scores 27 for laundromats (lower middle), #324 of 364 scored metro areas.

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