Clothing and laundry · Metro area · New York
Laundromats in the Rochester, NY metro area
The laundromats in the Rochester, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #91 of 364 scored metro areas
#1 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 63
- 12 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $985.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,210 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.6M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,056,149
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,210 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in the Rochester metro area spend about $985.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 63 laundromats, that is $15.6M per laundromat, 25% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 63 laundromats on map listings in the Rochester metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Rochester metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 22,292 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $866K have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Rochester metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Rochester metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Rochester metro area scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #91 of 364 scored metro areas and #1 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Rochester 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.
| Measure | Rochester metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $15.6M | $8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 22,292 | 3,481 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,210 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $76,284 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6312 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $866K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Rochester 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 Rochester metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,056,149−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 445,836
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,928 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 362
- Median household income
- $76,284
- Average household income
- $100,943
- Median home value
- $204,600
- Jobs located here
- 501,944
- Daytime population
- 1,064,689Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for laundromats, numbered among those based in New York, with the Rochester metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochester, NY | 65 | 63 | 1.4 | $15.6M | −0.7% | #91 of 364 |
| 2Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 57 | 68 | 1.4 | $16M | −0.8% | #127 of 364 |
| 3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 56 | 77 | 2.0 | $11.8M | +1.9% | #150 of 364 |
| 4Ithaca, NY | 54 | 7 | 1.6 | $13.9M | −1.4% | #156 of 364 |
| 5Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 42 | 58 | 2.3 | $11.2M | +3.0% | #227 of 364 |
| 6Binghamton, NY | 40 | 20 | 2.0 | $10.5M | −1.3% | #244 of 364 |
| 7Utica-Rome, NY | 40 | 26 | 2.1 | $9.6M | −2.0% | #246 of 364 |
| 8Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 36 | 8 | 1.7 | $12M | −3.9% | #264 of 364 |
| 9Syracuse, NY | 36 | 50 | 1.8 | $11.9M | −1.3% | #265 of 364 |
| 10Glens Falls, NY | 29 | 11 | 2.0 | $10.7M | −1.9% | #305 of 364 |
Other business types in the Rochester metro 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 laundry67
- Clothing and shoe stores66
- Laundromats65
- Dry cleaners68
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Rochester, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 63 laundromats in the Rochester metro area. 12 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Rochester, NY metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $985.1M a year, or $2,210 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $15.6M 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 445,836 households in the Rochester metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rochester, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Rochester metro area has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $15.6M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Rochester metro area would have about 79, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,292 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Rochester, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rochester metro area at 1,056,149 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 445,836 households. Median household income in the Rochester metro area is $76,284, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Rochester metro area scores 65 for laundromats (upper middle), #91 of 364 scored metro areas.
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