Knowing how to start your own laundry business will help you to become self employed. Laundry services are always necessary for both commercial businesses and the public. If you add a delivery service to your business, it will grow because of the convenience. You can also offer a drive up service for customers who want to pick up their laundry on the go.
Print Cards
Print business cards and brochures for your new company. You will want to pass them out to friends, relatives and business acquaintances. You will not appear very professional unless you have an official business card to hand out to potential customers.
Knowing how to start your own laundry business will help you become a new entrepreneur.
Buy Equipment
Buy the necessary equipment to start up your laundry business. You will need to purchase industrial size machines. If you plan to open up to self service customers, you will need machines that use coins.
You will also need vending machines to offer your customers laundry items such as laundry detergent and dryer sheets and possibly a second machine that offers snacks.
Delivery Service
Offer delivery service to your customers. You may want to offer it free at first, then charge only a small fee. You can raise it later if necessary. Do not start out with a huge delivery fee, it will turn customers off.
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Start Up
Visit your local county recorders office to find out what is required to start your business. You will definitely need to file a fictitious business name statement, announce it in the newspaper and pay a fee. With the fictitious business name statement, you can open up a bank account in your company name.
You may also want to secure a business location, telephone number and other potential requirements such as a business license, insurance and bonding, registering with the state and applying for a resale license.
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Advertise
Advertise your new laundry business in the yellow pages, online with a website, in the weekly newspaper and in fliers. Advertising is very important to a new business, you need to get the word out that you offer the best and most reliable laundry business in town.
A laundry business is easy to start up and operate. You may even be able to run it out of your own home if it is allowed in your county, check with your county recorder's office.
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Drive Up Window
Set up a drive up window so that your customers can easily pick up their clean laundry.
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