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Laundromats in Bristol County, RI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in Bristol County, RI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,763 a household
- Spending per listing
- $18.5M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,001
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 laundromats in Bristol County. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Households in Bristol County spend about $55.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,763 per household, 34% above the U.S. average. That is about $18.5M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 48% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Bristol County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 5,026 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Bristol County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 laundromats on map listings, Bristol County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bristol County compares
The same measures for Rhode Island 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 | Bristol County | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $18.5M | $8.7M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,026 | 5,888 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,763 | $2,383 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $114,490 | $87,796 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $592K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Bristol County, 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 Bristol County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,001−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 20,104
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 24 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,092
- Median household income
- $114,490+37.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $151,035
- Median home value
- $513,800
- Jobs located here
- 14,997
- Daytime population
- 43,058Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Rhode Island
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, RI | 59 | 9 | 1.7 | $15.5M | 0.0% | #273 of 785 |
| 2Kent County, RI | 38 | 21 | 2.9 | $8.5M | +1.8% | #533 of 785 |
| 3Providence County, RI | 34 | 86 | 3.3 | $6.8M | +2.8% | #571 of 785 |
| Bristol County, RI | Not scored | 3 | 1.5 | $18.5M | −1.5% |
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Questions
How many laundromats are in Bristol County, RI?
There are 3 laundromats on map listings in Bristol County as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in Bristol County, RI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $55.5M a year, or $2,763 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $18.5M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,104 households in Bristol County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bristol County, RI compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Bristol County has 1.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $18.5M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Bristol County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,026 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is Bristol County, RI growing?
Population estimates put Bristol County at 50,001 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,104 households. The median household income in Bristol County is $114,490 a year, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Bristol County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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