Coin Operated
Laundromat Renaissance
The coin operated laundry industry is changing in response to several trends currently impacting the business. The first is that, for most of us, meeting the demands of work and our personal lives leads to a time crunch – there just aren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish everything we would like to.
Laundry owners are capitalising on this reality by offering their customers time-saving convenience in the form of wash-and fold (drop off service) and a dry-cleaning service. Many laundromats take on contract work from guesthouses, restaurants, coffee shops and factories where uniforms need to be laundered.
In addition, owners have realised that they can maximise their profits by providing customers with access to multiple services. Since they’re paying a set amount of rent on their commercial space, they might as well use that space to its fullest potential.Many owners around the country offer a variety of other related services. Because many new laundries are bigger now than they were in the past – overheads are higher, and owners are looking for ways to cover the cost.
These additional services demand little increase in overhead because the rent is already paid for. Customers benefit by being able to use several services all in one convenient locations.