Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Ohio
Laundromats in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area
How the Canton-Massillon, OH 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #220 of 364 scored metro areas
#7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 24
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $309.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,850 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.9M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 400,246
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,850 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Canton-Massillon metro area spend about $309.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 24 laundromats, that is $12.9M per laundromat, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 24 laundromats on map listings in the Canton-Massillon metro area as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Canton-Massillon metro area in 2023. That is one for every 16,716 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $836K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Canton-Massillon metro area.
Population estimates show the Canton-Massillon metro area declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For laundromats, the Canton-Massillon metro area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #220 of 364 scored metro areas and #7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.
How the Canton-Massillon metro area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Canton-Massillon metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.9M | $14.9M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,716 | 18,421 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,850 | $1,954 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $67,801 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $919K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $836K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Canton-Massillon 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 Canton-Massillon metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 400,246−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 167,161
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 970 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 413
- Median household income
- $67,801+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,722
- Median home value
- $186,200
- Jobs located here
- 167,864
- Daytime population
- 384,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for laundromats, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Canton-Massillon metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, OH | 81 | 78 | 0.9 | $23.4M | +4.7% | #15 of 364 |
| 2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 72 | 101 | 1.1 | $18.6M | +2.7% | #52 of 364 |
| 3Cleveland, OH | 63 | 105 | 1.1 | $17.5M | −0.8% | #100 of 364 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 62 | 11 | 0.7 | $23.7M | −2.6% | #106 of 364 |
| 4Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 61 | 45 | 1.3 | $14.9M | +1.5% | #112 of 364 |
| 5Springfield, OH | 50 | 6 | 1.1 | $16.7M | −0.4% | #177 of 364 |
| 6Akron, OH | 46 | 43 | 1.5 | $13.5M | 0.0% | #201 of 364 |
| 7Canton-Massillon, OH | 43 | 24 | 1.4 | $12.9M | −0.2% | #220 of 364 |
| 8Mansfield, OH | 41 | 6 | 1.2 | $14.5M | −0.1% | #231 of 364 |
| 9Youngstown-Warren, OH | 32 | 36 | 2.0 | $8.9M | −1.4% | #292 of 364 |
Other business types in the Canton-Massillon 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 laundry57
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats43
- Dry cleaners61
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 laundromats in the Canton-Massillon metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $309.2M a year, or $1,850 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.9M 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 167,161 households in the Canton-Massillon metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Canton-Massillon metro area has 1.4 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.9M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Canton-Massillon metro area would have about 25, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,716 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Canton-Massillon metro area at 400,246 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 167,161 households. Median household income in the Canton-Massillon metro area is $67,801, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.6%, 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. 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 Canton-Massillon metro area scores 43 for laundromats (lower middle), #220 of 364 scored metro areas.
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