Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Laundromats in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #95 of 364 scored metro areas
#3 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 175
- 22 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,233 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.6M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,421,992
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 175 laundromats in the Pittsburgh metro area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Pittsburgh metro area comes to about $2.4B a year: $2,233 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $13.6M per laundromat, 8% 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 30 businesses with payroll in the Pittsburgh metro area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 35,390 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $3.8M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Pittsburgh metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Pittsburgh metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Pittsburgh metro area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #95 of 364 scored metro areas and #3 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.
How the Pittsburgh metro area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Pittsburgh metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $13.6M | $12.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 35,390 | 17,071 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,233 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $75,762 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30
- Employees, 2023
- 167
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17522 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 190The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $3.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,421,992−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,061,705
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 5,640 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 433
- Median household income
- $75,762
- Average household income
- $103,604
- Median home value
- $215,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,169,523
- Daytime population
- 2,467,515Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for laundromats, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Pittsburgh metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York-Hanover, PA | 75 | 31 | 1.7 | $13.3M | +3.6% | #41 of 364 |
| 2State College, PA | 71 | 6 | 1.0 | $21.9M | −0.4% | #55 of 364 |
| 3Pittsburgh, PA | 64 | 175 | 1.6 | $13.6M | −1.3% | #95 of 364 |
| 4Lancaster, PA | 64 | 38 | 1.8 | $13.1M | +1.9% | #96 of 364 |
| 5Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 58 | 410 | 1.7 | $14.7M | +1.4% | #121 of 364 |
| 6Gettysburg, PA | 57 | 8 | 2.0 | $11.5M | +3.6% | #136 of 364 |
| 7Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 51 | 50 | 2.0 | $11.2M | +4.2% | #174 of 364 |
| 8Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 48 | 72 | 2.1 | $11M | +3.0% | #191 of 364 |
| 9Chambersburg, PA | 45 | 15 | 2.4 | $9.2M | +3.0% | #211 of 364 |
| 10Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 44 | 52 | 2.2 | $9.2M | +1.4% | #216 of 364 |
Other business types in the Pittsburgh 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 laundry66
- Clothing and shoe stores65
- Laundromats64
- Dry cleaners64
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area?
There are 175 laundromats on map listings in the Pittsburgh metro area as of September 2026. 22 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $2.4B a year, or $2,233 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $13.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,061,705 households in the Pittsburgh metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pittsburgh, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Pittsburgh metro area has 1.6 laundromats per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $13.6M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Pittsburgh metro area would have about 190, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 35,390 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pittsburgh, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pittsburgh metro area at 2,421,992 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,061,705 households. The median household income in the Pittsburgh metro area is $75,762 a year, 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 Pittsburgh metro area scores 64 for laundromats (upper middle), #95 of 364 scored metro areas.
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