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Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Eddie Gonzales Eddie Gonzales New York, United States Last Updated: February 2025 NAICS OD4896

Revenue

$526.3m

2025

$526.3m

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xm

Employees

1,159

Businesses

23

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry analysis

Over the past five years, the commercial washing machine manufacturing industry has experienced growth driven by increasing demand for energy-efficient and sustainable solutions. Key sectors such as hospitality, healthcare and education are striving to reduce operational costs and meet stringent environmental standards, prompting durable machinery manufacturers to innovate with advanced technologies. This heightened demand for modern, efficient machines has translated into industry revenue growing at a CAGR of 2.1% to $526.3 million over the five years to 2025, including a 1.5% increase in 2025 alone. Despite these gains, the industry faces challenges from rising commodity costs and intensified competition, which has put pressure on industry profit.

Trends and Insights

  • The commercial washing machine industry has experienced growth due to rising demand for energy-efficient machines in sectors such as hospitality, healthcare and education. This demand has prompted manufacturers to innovate with advanced technologies, although challenges like rising commodity costs and competition still impact profits.
  • The export and import patterns in the commercial washing machine industry are influenced by currency fluctuations, notably the strong US dollar. A strong dollar has made US exports less attractive due to higher costs, while boosting imports by making foreign products. Changes in currency values could reverse these trends and affect manufacturers' strategies.
  • The Great Lakes region serves as a key hub for commercial washing machine manufacturers, thanks to its industrial base and proximity to raw materials like steel. This region hosts industry-relevant companies such as Whirlpool and Alliance Laundry Systems, benefiting from urban centers like Chicago and Detroit that provide a steady customer base and efficient distribution networks across North America.
  • Entering the commercial washing machine industry involves overcoming several barriers, such as complex legal compliance and high start-up costs. New entrants face challenges from the need for significant capital investment in manufacturing facilities and skilled labor, alongside the task of innovating to differentiate their brand in a competitive market dominated by established players.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 2.1 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $526.3m in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Demand for energy-efficient and technologically advanced washing machines drives market growth

  • Demand for commercial washing machines is on the rise as industries like hospitality, healthcare and education prioritize energy efficiency and sustainability. This focus has spurred manufacturers to innovate, creating products that meet contemporary needs for cost-effectiveness and environmental responsibility.
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Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Sustainability and efficiency will catalyze continuous innovation

  • As environmental regulations become more stringent and consumer preferences increasingly favor sustainable products, manufacturers will continue focusing on developing energy-efficient, low-carbon machines. Integrating smart technologies is crucial for optimizing resource management and ensuring compliance, driving the next wave of industry innovation.

Biggest companies in the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Profit ($m)
2025
Profit Margin (%)
2025
95.0
6.5
6.8
93.9
10.6
11.3
71.9
6.1
8.5

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Products & Services Segmentation

Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Front-load washers, Top-load washers and Service parts. Front-load washers is the largest segment of the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US.

Trends and Insights

Front-load washing machines are driving demand due to their efficiency and durability in commercial settings

  • Front-load washing machines are gaining favor in commercial environments such as laundromats, hotels and multifamily housing due to their superior energy and water efficiency. The design utilizes gravity to tumble clothes, which minimizes water and energy use compared to top-load models. This efficiency is particularly important for commercial users looking to reduce operational costs and meet sustainability goals.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry manufactures commercial washing machines. Commercial washing machines are most commonly used in laundromats and multifamily homes and are typically coin-operated. Excluded from this industry are automated or continuous tunnel washers, which are used in the textile manufacturing and healthcare markets.

What's included in this industry?

Manufacturing of top load commercial washing machinesManufacturing of frontload commercial washing machinesManufacturing of washer-extractors

Companies

Whirlpool CorpAlliance Laundry Holdings LlcPellerin Milnor Corporation

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Related Terms

ENERGY STARTOP-LOAD WASHING MACHINESFRONTLOAD WASHING MACHINEDRUM CAPACITY

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 333249 - Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

The commercial washing machine industry has experienced growth due to rising demand for energy-efficient machines in sectors such as hospitality, healthcare and education. Th...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The export and import patterns in the commercial washing machine industry are influenced by currency fluctuations, notably the strong US dollar. A strong dollar has made US e...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

The Great Lakes region serves as a key hub for commercial washing machine manufacturers, thanks to its industrial base and proximity to raw materials like steel. This region ...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Entering the commercial washing machine industry involves overcoming several barriers, such as complex legal compliance and high start-up costs. New entrants face challenges ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Whirlpool focuses on innovation and sustainability, ensuring its market relevance and profitability. By investing in R&D and optimizing manufacturing processes, it meets eco-...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025
  • Overview of Whirlpool Corp's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Alliance Laundry Holdings Llc's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Pellerin Milnor Corporation's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Whirlpool Corp, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Alliance Laundry Holdings Llc, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Pellerin Milnor Corporation, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Government-imposed tariffs on imported washing machines can benefit domestic manufacturers by making overseas products more expensive. This protection allows local companies ...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Average industry profit is under pressure from rising commodity costs and falling demand from traditional buyers like laundromats. Manufacturers are focusing on promoting ene...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2018-2023)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2018-2023)
  • Income Statement (2018-2023)
  • Balance Sheet (2018-2023)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Coverage Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2018-2023)
  • Operating Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States in 2025?

The market size of the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is $526.3m in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in 2025?

There are 23 businesses in the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 3.2 % between 2020 and 2025.

Has the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States has been growing at a CAGR of 2.1 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing market in United States are Whirlpool Corp, Alliance Laundry Holdings Llc and Pellerin Milnor Corporation

What does the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US in United States include?

Manufacturing of top load commercial washing machines and Manufacturing of frontload commercial washing machines are part of the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Whirlpool Corp.

How competitive is the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Commercial Washing Machine Manufacturing in the US industry in United States.

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