Groundwork

Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Ohio

Laundromats in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area

How the Youngstown-Warren, 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #292 of 364 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
36
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$321.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,742 a household
Spending per listing
$8.9M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
423,678
−1.4% since 2020

See the laundromats around any address in the Youngstown-Warren metro area

The site report maps the laundromats on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Youngstown-Warren metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For laundromats, the Youngstown-Warren metro area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #292 of 364 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Youngstown-Warren metro area spend about $321.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,742 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 36 laundromats, that is $8.9M per laundromat, 29% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

There are 36 laundromats on map listings in the Youngstown-Warren metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Youngstown-Warren metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 26,374 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $628K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Youngstown-Warren metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Youngstown-Warren metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Youngstown-Warren 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureYoungstown-Warren metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.01.31.6
Spending per listing$8.9M$14.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishment26,37418,42111,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,742$1,954$2,055
Median household income$56,713$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3252

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$388K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
360 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$628K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
423,678−1.4% since 2020
Households
184,615
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,029 sq. mi.
People per square mile
415
Median household income
$56,713
Average household income
$76,731
Median home value
$149,000
Jobs located here
155,417
Daytime population
405,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in the Youngstown-Warren metro area?

These figures cover the whole metro area. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the laundromats on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of the Youngstown-Warren metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Laundromats across Ohio

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 Youngstown-Warren 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

Other business types in the Youngstown-Warren metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 36 laundromats in the Youngstown-Warren metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

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

About $321.6M a year, or $1,742 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $8.9M 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 184,615 households in the Youngstown-Warren metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Youngstown-Warren metro area has 2.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $8.9M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Youngstown-Warren metro area would have about 26, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,374 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Youngstown-Warren metro area at 423,678 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 184,615 households. Median household income in the Youngstown-Warren metro area is $56,713, 30% 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 Youngstown-Warren metro area scores 32 for laundromats (lower middle), #292 of 364 scored metro areas.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Youngstown-Warren metro area. It maps the laundromats on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for laundromats · All 56 business types in the Youngstown-Warren metro area

Screening a site or an acquisition in the Youngstown-Warren metro area?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of the Youngstown-Warren metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.