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Laundromats in the Bend, OR metro area

How the Bend, OR 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #43 of 364 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
13
4 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$201.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,924 a household
Spending per listing
$15.5M
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
266,376
+7.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 laundromats in the Bend metro area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 31%, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in the Bend metro area spend about $201.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,924 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 laundromats, that is $15.5M per laundromat, 24% above 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Bend metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 26,132 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Bend metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Bend metro area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #43 of 364 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Bend metro area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Bend, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureBend metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.21.21.6
Spending per listing$15.5M$15.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment26,13223,86711,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.0%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,924$1,858$2,055
Median household income$89,788$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score7458

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
35
Annual payroll, 2023
$646K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
134 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Bend 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 Bend metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
266,376+7.0% since 2020
Households
104,529
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
7,778 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$89,788
Average household income
$121,236
Median home value
$602,600
Jobs located here
104,129
Daytime population
248,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Oregon

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for laundromats, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Bend metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA77870.9$23.4M+1.0%#26 of 364
2Bend, OR74131.2$15.5M+7.0%#43 of 364
3Corvallis, OR5651.3$14.1M+4.4%#143 of 364
4Albany, OR5351.0$16.8M+3.0%#161 of 364
5Salem, OR45261.6$10.9M+2.7%#210 of 364
6Medford, OR36111.2$14.3M−0.9%#262 of 364
7Eugene-Springfield, OR32221.4$12.2M−0.7%#287 of 364
8Grants Pass, OR882.2$7.4M−0.4%#361 of 364

Other business types in the Bend metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Bend, OR metro area?

The Bend metro area has 13 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

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

About $201.2M a year, or $1,924 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $15.5M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,529 households in the Bend metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bend, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Bend metro area has 1.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $15.5M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Bend metro area would have about 16, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,132 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bend, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Bend metro area at 266,376 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,529 households. The median household income in the Bend metro area is $89,788 a year, 11% above 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 Bend metro area scores 74 for laundromats (upper middle), #43 of 364 scored metro areas.

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