Laundry & Linen Services: United States

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2022 and 2026 US laundry and linen service revenues in nominal US dollars. Total revenues are segmented by establishment type: uniform laundries, dry cleaners and laundries, linen laundries, and laundromats and route operators. Revenues are also presented by market: business (i.e., uniform and linen laundries) and household (i.e., dry cleaners and laundries, and laundromats and route operators).

To illustrate historical trends, total revenues and the various segments are provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021.

This report represents the revenues of employer and nonemployer establishments. Excluded from the scope of this report are revenues from coin-operated laundries in multiple-unit housing operated by property managers. However, revenues from coin-operated laundries in multiple-unit housing managed by route operators (also referred to as laundry-service providers or LSPs) are included.

This report includes the results of a proprietary national online consumer survey of US adults (age 18+). This Freedonia Focus Reports National Survey has a sample size of approximately 2,000, screened for response quality and representative of the US population on the demographic measures of age, gender, geographic region, race/ethnicity, household income, and the presence/absence of children in the household.

Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided with quantified trends. Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading companies, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Related NAICS Codes:
812310 Coin-Operated Laundries and Drycleaners
812320 Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated)
812331 Linen Supply
812332 Industrial Launderers

Table of Contents

• Historical Trends
• Key Economic Indicators
• Environmental & Regulatory Factors

• Uniform Laundries
• Dry Cleaners & Laundries
• Laundromats & Route Operators
• Linen Laundries

• Industry Characteristics
• Market Leaders

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Freedonia Methodology
• Resources

• Figure 1 | Key Trends in US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues, 2021 - 2026
• Figure 2 | US Laundry & Linen Services Revenue Trends, 2011 - 2021
• Table 1 | Key Indicators for US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues, 2011 - 2026
• Figure 3 | US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues by Establishment Type, 2011 - 2026 (US$ bil)
• Table 2 | US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues by Establishment Type, 2011 - 2026 (US$ mil)
• Figure 4 | US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues by Establishment Type, 2011 - 2026 (%)
• Figure 5 | US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues by Market, 2011 - 2026 (US$ bil)
• Table 3 | US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues by Market, 2011 - 2026 (US$ mil)
• Figure 6 | US Uniform Laundries Revenues w/ Leisure & Hospitality Employment, 2011 - 2026
• Figure 7 | US Uniform Laundries Employer-Firm Revenues by Source, 2017 (%)
• Figure 8 | US Dry Cleaners & Laundries Revenues w/ Finance, Professional, & Business Services Employment, 2011 - 2026
• Figure 9 | US Dry Cleaners & Laundries Employer-Firm Revenues by Source, 2017 (%)
• Figure 10 | US Survey: Use of Self Drop-Off/Pick-Up Laundry Services, 2022 (%)
• Figure 11 | US Survey: Use of Delivery Laundry Services, 2022 (%)
• Figure 12 | US Laundromats & Route Operators Revenues w/ Multiple Unit Housing Stock, 2011 - 2026
• Figure 13 | US Laundromats & Route Operators Employer-Firm Revenues by Source, 2017 (%)
• Figure 14 | US Survey: Presence of Washer & Dryer in Residence, 2022 (%)
• Figure 15 | US Survey: Primary Location of Laundry Facilities Used for Regular Laundering, 2022 (%)
• Table 4 | US Survey: Washing Machine Ownership & Homeownership by Age of Household Head, 2022 (%)
• Figure 16 | US Survey: Washing Machine Ownership & Homeownership by Age of Household Head, 2022 (%)
• Figure 17 | US Linen Laundries Revenues w/ Healthcare, Accommodations, & Food Establishments, 2011 - 2026
• Figure 18 | US Linen Laundries Employer-Firm Revenues by Source, 2017 (%)
• Figure 19 | US Laundry & Linen Services Revenues by Employer & Nonemployer Establishments, 2020
• Figure 20 | US Laundry & Linen Services Firms, Establishments, & Employment, 2010 - 2020
• Table 5 | US Laundry & Linen Services Firms, Establishments, & Employment, 2010 - 2020
• Figure 21 | US Laundry & Linen Services Employer Firm Revenue Concentration, 2007 - 2017
• Figure 22 | US Laundry & Linen Services Employer Firm Revenue Concentration by Establishment Type, 2017 (%)
• Figure 23 | US Laundry & Linen Services Employer Firms Net Profit Margin by Establishment, 2011 - 2021 (%)
• Table 6 | US Laundry & Linen Services Employer Firms Net Profit Margin by Establishment Type, 2011 - 2021 (%)
• Table 7 | Leading Participants the US Laundry & Linen Services Industry by Establishment Type
• Table 8 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Laundry & Linen Services