Wash me!

Opportunity: offering self-laundering services

I have to admit that the washing machine market in Romania is very well developed, and that a lot of people have them in their home.

That still leaves a margin of people who don’t own such machines and can’t afford to go to the dry cleaners. Here you can intervene by opening self-service laundry, with some washing machines and dryers, where people can wash their clothes themselves.

If you can also find a good location, like near a university campus, a tourist resort, etc you’re on your way to some handsome profits.

Written by Alex


5 Responses to “Wash me!”

  1. Arwen Says:
    January 23rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    I would have used such a service when I used to live in a students’campus… if it was close enought and worth the price… I guess there are also persons who live in rented apartments and don’t have a washing machine of their own who could become clients :)

  2. clean and sober? Well…at least the clean part. | Business Ideas in Romania Says:
    January 29th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    [...] My colleague Alex wrote recently about the good prospects for a Laundromat in Romania.   A few additions to this idea – already proven successful elsewhere – would make this even more successful. [...]

  3. Business Ideas in Romania » Laundry for the Domestically Impaired Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    [...] A few months ago my colleagues Alex and Steve wrote about the potential opportunity in self serve laundramats (see http://www.businessideas.ro/wash-me/ and http://www.businessideas.ro/clean-and-sober-wellat-least-the-clean-part/) complete with wireless access and bar service. Indeed, in my month in Bucharest I’ve noticed a dearth of dry cleaners and laudramats. It appears standard to either (1) launder one’s clothes in a small washing machine in the kitchen, that holds about four articles of clothing, and then adorn the apartment with drying clothes, or perhaps (2) ship one’s laundry off to a charitable relative. In addition to self serve laundramats there is a need for a higher tier of service that can same time for customers. [...]

  4. Business Ideas in Romania » A Blue Penguin loose in Bucharest Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 3:40 pm

    [...] My colleague Alex wrote about 10 months ago about how a self-laundering service would be a very profitable business idea, especially if it is located strategically, near an university campus. [...]

  5. Business Ideas in Romania » Get a sponsor for your laundromat Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    [...] Anca and Alex posted earlier about the need for laundromats in student dorms. [...]

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