The cost items of each month
We won't give you "typical" ranges: every location is different, and an invented figure would give you a nice-looking but false result. These are the cost items, what each one depends on and where to get the real figure.
| Item | What it depends on | Where to get the figure |
|---|---|---|
| Premises rent | The location and the floor area. It is the fixed cost that weighs the most. | The landlord's offer. |
| Electricity | The consumption per cycle of each machine and the contract: energy term and power term. | Data sheets of the washing machines and dryers, and your electricity offer. |
| Gas (if applicable) | Only if the dryers are gas-fired. | Consumption from the dryer's data sheet × the price in your offer. |
| Water and sewerage | The litres per wash and the commercial rate in your municipality. | The washing machine's data sheet and the website of the town council or the water company. |
| Detergent and softener | The kilos in each wash, the dose on the technical data sheet and the price of the product. | We calculate it for you from the data sheets of our products. |
| Maintenance | The number of machines and the technical service contract. | Offer from the manufacturer or the technical service. |
| Insurance | Public liability and multi-risk. | Quote from your insurer. |
| Cleaning and attendance | Whether you do it yourself or pay someone. | What you pay, or what your time is worth. |
| Accountancy, internet and payment system | Accountancy fees, connection, payment unit or telemetry, and alarm. | Quotes for each service. |
| Loan instalment | Only if you finance the machines or the fit-out. | The bank's or the leasing company's offer. |
Notes
- ✓Chemical spend is one of the few costs you can control once you are open: it depends on the dosing being well calibrated. With the data-sheet doses, an 11 kg washing machine at 5–10 g/kg uses 55–110 g of detergent per cycle.
- ✓Electricity depends a lot on the contract and on the programmes used.
- ✓Rent is the most important fixed cost: choose the location carefully.
- ✓Preventive maintenance is better than corrective maintenance.
For the initial investment (machines, fit-out, licences…) and to find out how much it costs to set up a self-service laundry (in Spanish), use the calculator. If what you want to know is whether it pays off, continue with is a self-service laundry profitable?
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Price per pack size for self-service laundries and recommended dosage. We will reply to your request.