Laundromat Profit Calculator: Turns, Utilities, and Payback
Model a coin laundry before you buy it — machines, turns per day, utility cost, rent, and years to break even
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Laundromat Profit Calculator: Turns, Utilities, and Payback
Printed 2026-10-27 from billorganizingapp.com/income/calculators/laundromat-profit/ — an estimate for planning, not financial or tax advice.
Turns per day is the number to verify with real meter or utility records before buying anything.
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Laundromats are bought and sold on one number: turns per day. Everything else — rent, staffing, the price of a wash — is secondary to how often each machine runs.
Verify Turns With Utility Bills
Sellers quote optimistic volume. Water and gas usage records are much harder to fake and let you back into the real number of cycles.
Utilities Are Your Biggest Variable Cost
Each cycle burns water, gas, and power. Older machines use far more, which is why re-equipping can improve profit even at unchanged prices.
Rent and Lease Length
A short remaining lease on a laundromat is a serious risk, because the equipment is expensive to move and the customer base is local. Lease terms affect the price you should pay.
Adding Services
Wash-dry-fold, commercial contracts, and vending raise revenue on the same rent. Most modernised laundromats make a large share of profit from drop-off service.
Official sources
Tax rules, limits and pay data change. Check the current figures with the primary source before acting on them.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much profit does a laundromat make?+
It comes from turns per day, price per turn, and utility cost per cycle, minus rent and staff. Enter real figures above rather than trusting a listing.
Is a laundromat passive income?+
Semi-passive at best. Machines break, coins and cards need handling, and the site needs cleaning and supervision.
How long until a laundromat pays for itself?+
The tool divides purchase price by annual profit. Anything unusually fast in a listing deserves close scrutiny of the volume claims.
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