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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Vermont

Laundromats in the Rutland, VT area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Rutland, VT area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #66 of 150 scored small-town markets
#2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Vermont

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,095 a household
Spending per listing
$7.6M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
75% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,653
−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

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 laundromats in the Rutland area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in the Rutland area spend about $53M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,095 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7 laundromats, that is $7.6M per laundromat, 39% below 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 3 businesses with payroll in the Rutland area classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 8,440 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rutland area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Rutland area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #66 of 150 scored small-town markets and #2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Vermont.

How the Rutland 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 Rutland, VT area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureRutland areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.82.51.6
Spending per listing$7.6M$9.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishment8,44011,39211,865
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$2,095$2,281$2,055
Median household income$68,616$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score5326

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$270K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 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 the Rutland 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 Rutland area

Population, 2025 estimate
59,653−1.4% since 2020
Households
25,321
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
931 sq. mi.
People per square mile
65
Median household income
$68,616+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,636
Median home value
$229,400
Jobs located here
27,134
Daytime population
57,388Residents 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 Rutland 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 Rutland area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Rutland, VT area?

The Rutland area has 7 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

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

About $53M a year, or $2,095 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $7.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,321 households in the Rutland area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Rutland area has 2.8 laundromats per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $7.6M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Rutland area would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,440 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Rutland, VT area growing?

Population estimates put the Rutland area at 59,653 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,321 households. The median household income in the Rutland area is $68,616 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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. 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 Rutland area scores 53 for laundromats (upper middle), #66 of 150 scored small-town markets.

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