Laundry and dry cleaning services are among growing small business industries. That’s why there can be tough competition and so opening your own dry cleaning and laundry service can be challenging and labor intensive.
However, with careful planning, adequate financing and strong customer service skills, you can open and operate your own business successfully in this growing industry.
This article will sum up the steps to start your own small scale laundry service or dry cleaning business. Here goes the list:
1- Study the industry by working in a dry cleaner for a year before opening your own. While this is not a requirement, it will allow you to gain needed experience and to know what you need and don't need to purchase. You can also have a better idea about profitability of a home based laundry.
2- Must do market research, prior to starting your business. Find how many competitors are in your market, what they offer and what they charge for their services and what different you can offer to grab the market share.
3- Make sure to have a laundry business plan in hand to take start. It’s going to be a roadmap for success.
4- Get a complete list of equipment for laundry business and make sure you buy or lease durable one.
5- Get connected to local officials to get permits and licenses to operate your location.
6- Start operations and focus more on getting clients yourself.
7- Hire efficient people who deliver work on time, i.e. washers, delivery drivers etc.
8- Market your service to businesses in your community. Offer coupons, especially on social media, for individuals to try your service.
Starting a dry cleaning is almost same, however, you may need to see the profitability of small scale dry cleaning service in a different way. Also, the cost of home based dry cleaning service may vary depending upon the required equipment and space.
