Remember. Your laundromat isn’t about you. Clients don’t care about your dream to build a store. They walk in focused on what your store does for them. Give them what they need. That’s the whole business.

"Recession-proof" is the industry's favorite bedtime story. COVID proved laundromats are essential. It also proved essential doesn't mean profitable.

$749K. What the average new laundromat sold for in 2024. Up 78% from $421K in 2021. However, in 2023, it was $808K. Not seeing any discussions on why it dropped. That's a thread worth pulling. Source: American Coin-Op Annual Distributor Survey

Saw a laundromat listed for $700,000 cash. No income info in the listing. Just equipment count and square footage. That's not a business listing. That's a brochure.

Tell me you run a great laundromat without saying it's clean, bright, or that the bathrooms are clean. I'll wait.

A one percent improvement in your laundry business every week can have an exponential affect on your clients experiences.

“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou This isn’t about a spa day. It’s about the client who walks in stressed, carrying a week’s worth of laundry, and leaves feeling like somebody

Love the photo Alastair Hilton Reminds me of my dad’s laundromat when I was a kid running around in it collecting quarters.

Do they even know what a lint trap is Mark Vlaskamp? Yet to see one in the sales vid courses online. 🤷‍♂️

The majority of our industry is made up of single laundromat owners. But we praise and celebrate the large multi-laundromat owners. So backwards.

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What happens when the independent laundry distributors become the minority?

Had a conversation I can't stop thinking about. An operator picks up 800-1,000 lbs of laundry a day. No storefront. No software. No POS. No laundry app. A van and a freaking notepad. He broke down the whole operation. All of it. That's why I built The Mat — Standing on the

What if for 60 days you just ignored every stereotype and preconceived notion about a laundromat client. Treated every one of them as if they were spending $1,000 every time they visited your laundromat? What would your business look like on the 61st day?

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