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Laundromats in the Toledo, OH metro area

The laundromats in the Toledo, OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #320 of 364 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
43
15 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
24
+9.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$477.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,877 a household
Spending per listing
$11.1M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
599,376
−1.0% since 2020

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What this means

For laundromats, the Toledo metro area has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #320 of 364 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 laundromats in the Toledo metro area. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Toledo metro area comes to about $477.8M a year: $1,877 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $11.1M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 11% below 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Toledo metro area was 24 in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 10,604 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $774K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Toledo metro area. Population estimates show the Toledo metro area declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Toledo 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.

Laundromats in Toledo, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureToledo metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.71.31.6
Spending per listing$11.1M$14.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishment10,60418,42111,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.5%+0.8%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,877$1,954$2,055
Median household income$65,486$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score2752

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24+9.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4315 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$774K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Toledo 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 Toledo metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
599,376−1.0% since 2020
Households
254,486
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,362 sq. mi.
People per square mile
442
Median household income
$65,486
Average household income
$90,812
Median home value
$176,300
Jobs located here
293,806
Daytime population
629,657Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Ohio

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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 Toledo metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH81780.9$23.4M+4.7%#15 of 364
2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN721011.1$18.6M+2.7%#52 of 364
3Cleveland, OH631051.1$17.5M−0.8%#100 of 364
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH62110.7$23.7M−2.6%#106 of 364
4Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH61451.3$14.9M+1.5%#112 of 364
5Springfield, OH5061.1$16.7M−0.4%#177 of 364
6Akron, OH46431.5$13.5M0.0%#201 of 364
7Canton-Massillon, OH43241.4$12.9M−0.2%#220 of 364
8Mansfield, OH4161.2$14.5M−0.1%#231 of 364
9Youngstown-Warren, OH32362.0$8.9M−1.4%#292 of 364
11Toledo, OH27431.7$11.1M−1.0%#320 of 364

Other business types in the Toledo metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Toledo, OH metro area?

There are 43 laundromats on map listings in the Toledo metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019.

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

About $477.8M a year, or $1,877 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $11.1M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 254,486 households in the Toledo metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Toledo, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Toledo metro area has 1.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $11.1M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Toledo metro area would have about 38, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,604 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +3.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Toledo, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Toledo metro area at 599,376 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 254,486 households. The median household income in the Toledo metro area is $65,486 a year, 19% 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 Toledo metro area scores 27 for laundromats (lower middle), #320 of 364 scored metro areas.

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