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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Vermont

Laundromats in the Brattleboro, VT area

How the Brattleboro, VT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #95 of 150 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Vermont

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,169 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,204
−1.4% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Brattleboro area comes to about $42.9M a year: $2,169 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

The Brattleboro area has 7 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Brattleboro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 6,595 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Brattleboro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Brattleboro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #95 of 150 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Vermont.

How the Brattleboro area compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Brattleboro, VT area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureBrattleboro areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.52.51.6
Spending per listing$6.1M$9.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishment6,59511,39211,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−11.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,169$2,281$2,055
Median household income$72,217$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score4126

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
6
Annual payroll, 2023
$95K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Brattleboro 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 Brattleboro area

Population, 2025 estimate
45,204−1.4% since 2020
Households
19,784
Median age
46.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
786 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$72,217
Average household income
$99,781
Median home value
$279,600
Jobs located here
21,744
Daytime population
48,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Vermont

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for laundromats, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brattleboro area marked.

Top small-town markets in Vermont

Small-town markets in Vermont ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT71293.2$7.3M+1.5%#29 of 150
1Barre, VT5493.5$6.6M−0.2%#64 of 150
2Rutland, VT5372.8$7.6M−1.4%#66 of 150
3Brattleboro, VT4173.5$6.1M−1.4%#95 of 150

Other business types in the Brattleboro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Brattleboro, VT area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 laundromats in the Brattleboro area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Brattleboro, VT area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $42.9M a year, or $2,169 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 19,784 households in the Brattleboro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brattleboro, VT area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Brattleboro area has 3.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $6.1M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Brattleboro area would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,595 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Brattleboro, VT area growing?

Population estimates put the Brattleboro area at 45,204 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,784 households. Median household income in the Brattleboro area is $72,217, 11% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Brattleboro area scores 41 for laundromats (lower middle), #95 of 150 scored small-town markets.

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