What is dry cleaning? Why is this direction of the service sector the most promising business even in today's difficult economic conditions and so many people in this industry? How to properly organize dry cleaning business, spending exactly as much as you need and consistently receive a decent profit? You will find answers to these and many other questions below.
About own profitable business many dream. But aspiring entrepreneurs face the question of how to effectively invest money in a business. The most beaten track is trade.
However, buying something is not a problem now, but selling ... Maybe someone will be interested alternative solution: production, but even here there are pitfalls, and the main one is initial capital, which at best is measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
And here is the time to recall a special field of activity located at the junction of production and trade - about, which are one of the most promising industries and are characterized by growing demand.
One of the options is a dry cleaning service.
When we talk about dry cleaning, we traditionally mean cleaning clothes. In fact, they rent out carpets, curtains, soft toys, and even blankets and pillows for cleaning. The technology of their processing includes irradiation with special bactericidal lamps, which, coupled with mechanical influences and proper cleaning with chemicals, allows you to get rid of various microorganisms and their metabolic products that cause allergies.
This business can change under the influence of a crisis, a change of government and other things, but it will never completely fade away! Still, each of us prefers clean clothes, fresh tablecloths and bed sheets. “And besides a freshly washed shirt, I can honestly say that I don’t need anything,” wrote Vladimir Mayakovsky.
IN Soviet years the opening of dry cleaners was a planned event. According to master plan construction, it had to function in each microdistrict with a certain number of inhabitants. For obvious reasons, the industry was subsidized, but the employees and chief leaders of the "strongholds of purity" did not complain - the sphere household services the state spared no money.
With the transition to the market rails of steel dry cleaning commercial enterprises, and now the owners of this business began to have a headache about how to make the company make a profit. In parallel, newcomers began to enter the business, creating additional tension and increasing competition in the industry.
Currently, in Europe there is one dry cleaner per 5,000 inhabitants, in the USA - per 10,000, and in Russia one collection point serves over 160,000 people. These figures are pre-crisis. Experts estimate the market capacity of dry cleaners in Moscow at about 110-130 million dollars a year. At the same time, there is a clear prospect for the growth of this type of business.
In Milan, there are 4,000 dry cleaners for 4,000,000 inhabitants, and, for example, in Novosibirsk, for approximately the same number of inhabitants, there are only 10. How many dry cleaners should there be in one city? There is no point in arguing on this topic, but it is obvious that in Russia there are good prospects for a wider distribution of dry cleaners. This profitable view business but, of course, in normal economic conditions.
According to various estimates, 20-30% of companies in the field of personal services did not reach the bottom of the crisis, having gone bankrupt last year. The increase in electricity tariffs and the freezing of business lending programs also played their role. Although demand - perhaps the most important business stimulus - remains high. People in times of crisis also need dry cleaners and laundries. And if in Moscow large chains covered almost all sleeping areas, in the regions the market for personal services sank heavily.
Now is the time to start
Right now, when conditions are generally most favorable! The shock wave of the crisis will not hurt you, the market is slowly growing (and you will grow with it), some competitors have gone bankrupt, and the departments of entrepreneurship development have finally begun to receive the money promised by the state for a long time. Unless the banks are being cautious, but now getting a loan is still easier than six months ago.
The profitability of a business, even in the worst of times, rarely falls below 10-15%, and in some enterprises it reaches 40%.
Of course, this business has many nuances, ranging from strict requirements for the premises to the peculiarities of choosing a reliable supplier who will offer high-quality equipment for laundries and dry cleaners, and organizing an effective advertising campaign.
The cost of opening a dry cleaner depends on the size of the business. When opening a “full cycle” dry cleaning, be patient: the costs pay off in 1.5-2 years, and you will need to invest at least 100,000 Euros.
Where to begin? As in any business, from planning
There are three things to understand before entering the clothes cleaning business. The first is how much investment you are capable of. The second is whether you want independence, or are you ready to work under someone else's guidance, in a team. Third - will this business be the only and main one for you, or a side one.
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First of all, decide what kind of business you need, whether it will be a franchise or an independent enterprise, whether you plan to expand.
The advantage of self-employment is endless opportunities for business expansion. It all depends on the owner. First, one mini-workshop and one or two receiving points, and then, you see, large enterprise cleaning clothes and dozens of collection points. By promoting your brand, you can eventually sell the franchise on your own. Franchise buyers have no such prospects. To some extent, they work "for their uncle." But the risks and expenses are much lower.
The main advantages of franchising are known - it is an opportunity to organize a serious business, even as a completely unprepared beginner. All the hassle of opening a new business, training staff and management, selecting premises, setting up equipment is the responsibility of the franchisor. For this, he takes interest both at the start of the business and during its subsequent supervision. The owner will not have any headache either with paperwork, or with setting up equipment, or with the promotion of a new enterprise. After all, he becomes a cog of some large operator, who will issue documents along the knurled path, and in promotions will include a new point.
You can not look for easy ways, but organize your own mini-dry cleaning, and then a network of collection points on your own. The main thing is to get all the permissions to organize a mini-workshop. You can go through the bureaucratic corridors yourself, or you can negotiate with an intermediary law firm that will draw up all the documents promptly, but for money.
After that, come up with a name, write down all types of equipment, installation and maintenance costs, the type and cost of chemicals that will be used.
If you do not have a specialized education, you will have to study the materiel. There are specialized magazines and Internet sites (preferably Western), where there is enough information about modern technologies in the field of dry cleaning. A license to open such an enterprise is not needed, but permission from public services required. In order not to waste time, in parallel with the preparation of a business plan, send letters to the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision and Gospozhnadzor. If you are on a budget, contact law firm and shift all the hassle of registration to her. You still have time to talk with officials: state commissions check dry cleaners regularly.
You can draw up a business plan yourself or entrust this matter to a specialist.
If you have firmly decided to open a dry cleaner, then the first thing you should start with is finding a room for it. You won’t be able to choose a room solely on the basis of price: according to the standards, a dry-cleaning shop cannot be located in residential buildings, grocery stores, cafes, restaurants, as well as on floors above the first one (the main substances used in cleaning are heavier than air and therefore fall down). The production premises, of course, do not have to be “tied” to the reception point (which, by the way, is more profitable to place on the first floors of residential buildings and in shopping centers). The main thing is that from point A (workshop) to point B (reception point) can be easily reached by car. The required area for a medium-sized dry cleaner is 100 sq. m. The height of the production room (from floor to ceiling) must be at least 3 m.
Dry cleaning can be located in the first, basement or basement floor of public buildings, in separate buildings.
According to SES regulations, a mini-dry cleaner cannot be placed in the basement or ground floor residential building. You can not open a cleaning shop in the immediate vicinity of food stores and enterprises Catering. A license, as already mentioned, is not needed for such a case, but you will have to run around with the issuance of permits for the opening of production.
Production sites necessary for the organization of work:
1. Acceptance of things and ordering.
2. Pre-treatment and sorting, where things are sorted by type of dirt, color, type of fabric, etc., stains are removed - the site is located in a common production room.
3. Cleaning (items grouped in batches are cleaned in a special dry-cleaning machine).
4. Finishing (at this site, the cleaned things are steamed, ironed, packed) - the site is located in a common production room.
In addition, uninterrupted supply of water and electricity, well-equipped drains and a well-functioning heating and ventilation system are very important for the premises in which it is planned to place dry cleaning. Add to this not the smallest size of the required area (preferably from 100 sq.m.) and the importance of locating dry cleaning in densely populated areas with no competitors in the vicinity, and you will understand why it is necessary to start with finding a room.
However, if you are going to open a high-capacity dry cleaner, then the problem of finding the perfect premises can be completely bypassed. Find a suitable dry cleaning building on the outskirts of the city (with an appropriate rental price), and open collection points in densely populated areas. In this case, you immediately increase your turnover and get access to places where competitors who combine a collection point with a production workshop are denied access. As Moscow practice shows, it is precisely such networks of dry cleaners that are the most viable. And yet, the proposed path has its own difficulties.
First of all, it is the need to rent a large number premises for reception points. Each such point should have staff who also do not work for free.
Accepted clothes will have to be taken to the workshop daily, which means that add transport costs here. All this greatly increases operating costs and is only justified if you are confident that you can significantly increase turnover.
According to the rules of fire safety, it is mandatory to have two emergency exits.
So, the premises have been selected, you can begin to draw up documents and purchase equipment for dry cleaning, laundry equipment
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You will need: staining booth or table, perchlorethylene dry cleaning machine, steam-air ironing dummies for outerwear and trousers, a universal ironing table, an ironing press, a compressor, a steam generator, equipment for packing and storing clothes.
>Equipment for a mini-dry cleaner costs approximately 65,000 Euros. It must be understood that approximately 45% of the total cost of the equipment kit is the price of the dry cleaning machine itself, so the final cost of the kit depends on the load of the machine you have chosen. Installation and debugging of equipment will cost 5-10% of the cost of equipment, and if you have never worked in this industry on installation, you should not save. Special attention you should pay attention to the choice of equipment supplier, since many unscrupulous organizations involved in the supply of similar equipment, in order to attract a client, indicate in their advertisements that they offer a set of equipment for mini-dry cleaning for only 40,000 Euros, in this case you risk purchasing a set, to put it mildly, defective. Moreover: often the choice of a supplier is more important than the choice of the equipment manufacturer itself. Globalization is successfully doing its job, and the machines of the world's leading manufacturers do not differ much in quality and functionality. But the equipment supplier should become your reliable partner for the entire duration of your dry cleaning operation. It is he who will promptly and promptly support you with consumables and components, advise you in technical and technological terms. Without such support, no dry cleaner will be able to work.
Where to buy equipment? The easiest way is to purchase it from distributors of the world's leading manufacturers of specialized equipment (in particular, the Italian companies TeknoZen, Camptel - Anghinetti and many others).
Standard kit for mini dry cleaning:
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1. Dry cleaning machine
* Nominal load - 15 - 17 kg
* 2 self-cleaning tanks
* 1 self-cleaning nylon filter
* drum volume - 241l
* pneumatic stretching of sleeves
* digital control panel (3 modes)
*pneumatic leg stretch
*digital control panel
4. Ironing table
* electrically heated work surface
* vacuum, pressurization, steaming (mandatory option)
* swivel heating sleeve
* electric steam iron with suspension
*table lighting
7. Wall Packing Machine
8. Hung in the amount of 4 pieces
9. Trolleys for dirty linen in the amount of 4 pcs.
10. Steam generator (30 kW)
You also need to purchase chemicals, brushes, hangers, films, labels, etc. Yes, and we also did not take into account the repair of the premises - but it will have to be done without fail: for industrial premises everything is clearly determined, down to the paint used and the tiles on the floor.
Let's take a closer look at production facilities. In the regions, while the consumer services market is not particularly developed, you should not buy cars with a large load. It is better to purchase more economical installations with a capacity of 15 kg per hour. For an eight hour work shift you can handle up to 120 kg. What if you work two shifts?
However, today such workload in most peripheral cities is more of a fantasy, and if it resembles reality, then only in the fall, when dry cleaners are in season.
Staff
For one workshop and one reception point, 5-7 people are enough: a technologist, two ironers, two workshop workers, one accountant (if you do not plan to outsource accounting) and a driver. It is desirable to find a technologist with work experience. It is difficult: there are few professionals in this field, salaries are below average. When opening a dry cleaner, try to recruit employees who already have experience in similar work. At the initial stage, the technologist can act as an order taker.
In this case, you will significantly save on staff training and get confidence that the work will be done efficiently, and you will not have to return money to customers for a damaged item.
And the problem of dissatisfied customers is always there. You can insure yourself only by carefully filling out a receipt for the receipt of clothes and always warning the client about possible risks.
This is especially important when, for some reason, there is no labeling with care symbols (a label with icons that prescribe or prohibit cleaning, washing, drying and ironing operations) of this item. In this case, it is better to refuse to accept this thing for cleaning.
If the current state of affairs does not allow you to scatter orders, then be sure to demand that the client indicate on the receipt that he is aware of all possible risks and has no complaints about dry cleaning.
Promotion
Dry cleaning refers to the so-called "related" institutions, such as a bakery or a pharmacy. They are part of a person's daily life, so all residents of nearby houses are your potential customers. You can enhance the effect of presence with flyers, distributing them near the metro or at the entrance to shopping mall. Advertising on local television works well in the regions. The system of discounts on the card has also proven itself well. regular customer- this marketing ploy is used by almost all major dry cleaners.
Unusual solutions are only welcome. Not so long ago, one of the major Moscow chains organized its show "Behind the Glass". The walls of the workshop where clothes are cleaned were made transparent, and everyone could see the impressive equipment, conveyors with clothes, and watch the work of technologists.
One of the promising areas in the segment is ordering via the Internet and by phone. Delivery is practiced mainly by "elite" dry cleaners, who specialize in complex and expensive textiles. Clients choose them not according to the principle “the closer to home, the better”, but based on a set of services. And for their loyalty they receive a bonus in the form of home delivery of the order.
Who is responsible?
Not a single dry cleaner, even the most respected one, can do without conflicts with customers. The textile industry is developing rapidly, new fabrics appear that require special care. The specialist needs time to conduct an examination and select cleaning products. Impatient customers give the dry cleaner a choice: either take the risk and process the item without prior evaluation, or lose the order. Most workers choose the former.
Another problem is the fakes that have flooded clothing market. Not only labels are fake on them, but also labels with information about care. At the same time, the law of the Russian Federation "On the Protection of Consumer Rights" is entirely on the side of the client, so the owners of dry cleaners prefer not to bring the case to court.
Today we will talk about a business idea in the service sector. As you know, often the discovery entrepreneurial activity in the direction of cleaning services is a very profitable business. Specifically, in this article we will touch on a narrow niche in this segment, namely how to open a dry cleaning of carpets and upholstered furniture and what you need for it.
Business Description
Of course, such services are best offered in combination with already operating store carpet or furniture, but you can start separately. The main factor is living in big city, since in provincial settlements this service is in little demand and people often do all the work of washing carpets at home.
The essence of launching a full-fledged dry cleaning is to purchase professional equipment, which allows you to perform high-quality work in large volumes, and at the same time the entire process of washing and cleaning is optimized as much as possible.
If we talk about dry cleaning of upholstered furniture, then you will need to hire a specialist who will go to the client’s house with special equipment and carry out the whole range of cleaning work there.
As you can see, these two directions have a different format, but it is by combining them into a complex that you can get the maximum profit.
Premises and equipment
For a carpet and upholstery cleaning business, you will need to rent a space where you will locate the equipment and be able to take and issue orders to customers. Requirements for the premises are not too strict. Its size should be from 30 sq.m. to fit the carpet cleaner, as well as other equipment and detergents. There should also be a place for an employee who will serve customers. It is advisable to install a computer and keep electronic statistics of orders, and you will need to issue invoices for customers, according to which they can receive the cleaned product back.
The location of the premises can be different, it is desirable, of course, to choose passable places, but you can also open in a residential area.
From the equipment you will need:
- carpet and floor cleaning machine
- special washing vacuum cleaners and steam installations for dry cleaning of upholstered furniture
- detergents
- shelves and racks for storing orders
- furniture for organizing the working area of personnel, as well as computer equipment.
Who are your potential clients?
The business in the form of dry cleaning of carpets and upholstered furniture is convenient in that you can serve both private clients and office centers, and business structures.
Of course, signing a contract with office centers is the most profitable niche that will provide you permanent job. But at the same time, single clients from the area will also be willing to pay money for your services if you do them efficiently and at reasonable prices.
Advertising
Also consider creating your own site with a list of services, then optimizing it and connecting contextual advertising.
How much money do you need to start
We give preliminary calculations and in your case they may differ. It all depends on what equipment you will buy, and what volume of orders you will focus on.
- Room rental - $250 - $350
- Taxes - $150
- Salary for a customer service manager and an employee who will go to the client to clean upholstered furniture - $ 400
- Carpet Cleaner - $6,000 - $10,000
- Furniture cleaning equipment – $4000 – $5500
- Advertising — $250 (+ advertising on the Internet).
- Purchase of detergents - $150.
What are the prices for these services?
The profitability of a carpet cleaning business may vary depending on the region of residence. So we will give the average prices so that you can navigate and calculate the approximate profit.
Prices for dry cleaning carpets - from $ 5 per square meter.
Prices for cleaning upholstered furniture:
- ordinary sofa - from $ 15
- corner sofa - from $20
- armchair – from $8
- carpet - from $ 1.4
Conclusions. The business of cleaning and washing carpets and upholstered furniture is a very profitable line of business in a big city. To open it, you will need to purchase special equipment and train staff to use it.
Do you have anything to add about this business? We are waiting for your comments.
In one famous movie, during perestroika, the hero said that only a business whose product will always be in demand can not burn out at any time. Clothes are an integral part of our daily existence. Things can't help getting dirty. Sometimes it is ordinary dust, and sometimes it is difficult to remove stains. Helps to get rid of this service industry enterprise. We will talk about how to organize dry cleaning at home today. To start in this niche, you will need several thousand rubles.
- How to start a dry cleaning business
- How to start a home carpet cleaning business
- What equipment to choose for exit dry-cleaning of carpets at home
- How to start a pillow cleaning business
- How much can you earn
- How much money do you need to start a business
- How to choose equipment
- What OKVED must be indicated to open a dry cleaner
- What documents are needed to open
- What taxation system to choose for opening a dry cleaner
- Do I need permission to open
- business technology
How to start a dry cleaning business
Such an enterprise will successfully operate in small towns where almost no one provides such services. Even in megacities, you can find customers, for example, in residential areas where there is no such enterprise nearby. Most often, women try to organize this business. They are better versed in fabrics and know how to take care of things.
In addition to the products that are sold in stores today, you can use the old proven methods of removing stains. Experts say that the effect of them is no worse than in euro-cleaners. The advantage of such small enterprises is low price, short time order fulfillment and quality assurance. The house master always approaches clients attentively. What makes up the cost of services can be considered on the example of cleaning a sheepskin coat:
In general, the price is formed depending on the volume of the thing, the material and the degree of contamination. The courier receives about 5% of the order value.
How to start a home carpet cleaning business
It is relevant today to organize an exit dry cleaning. To do this, you will need equipment for mobile carpet cleaning. This is a vacuum cleaner and extractor. They need to purchase a set of cleaning products: stain removers and odor removers. You don't need to save on them. Damaged furniture upholstery or carpet surfaces will cost a lot more, because interior furnishings can be very expensive.
What equipment to choose for exit dry-cleaning of carpets at home
The cleaning technique is simple. First, remove all the dirt from the carpets with a vacuum cleaner. Then the cleanser is applied. The extractor is passed over the surface of carpets and sofas at least twice. Then everything will look like new.
How to start a pillow cleaning business
Feather pillows are still used in many homes. This product was invented a long time ago, and no matter what new materials are invented, they are in demand. The only inconvenience of feather pillows is the impossibility of washing them. Today we came up with an apparatus for thorough cleaning of pillows. It works like a vacuum cleaner. The contents are poured into the tank. It is supplied with pressurized air. All large debris is separated. The device has lamps with ultraviolet radiation. They kill bacteria that accumulate in down and feathers. The cleaned mixture is placed in a new bedpan.
Cushion cleaning equipment works without water and detergents. The whole procedure takes place in a dry mode. The device has several filters that allow particles of different sizes to pass through. The whole procedure takes no more than 15 minutes.
The device and all additional accessories for cleaning pillows are quite capable of fitting in 12 sq.m. area. At home, you can allocate a separate room for dry cleaning equipment. Often this business exists in a mobile format. The device is installed in a converted van. On it you can move around the city and even transport dry cleaning to different settlements. Stationary pillow cleaning points are opened near markets, in residential areas. The key to the attractiveness of such an enterprise for the client is cleanliness, accuracy and friendly staff.
Attachments: from 80,000 thousand rubles
Payback: 6 months
Ever since the Soviet past was officially done away with in Russia, and people have learned to earn and live like in TV shows like Santa Barbara, Russians have a taste for a normal life, for leisure. And, of course, the standards of life adopted in civilized countries appeared.
In place of the iron bunk with nickel-plated balls, inherited from grandmothers, there are modern beds with mattresses that meet the most demanding requirements. The rickety-legged sofas made of chipboard were replaced by sofas that immerse their owner in the soft warmth of upholstery made of high-quality Italian fabric.
But the more luxurious and expensive things are, the more they require care. Not every Russian housewife maintains a maid and therefore spends a lot of time washing carpets and furniture once a year. Therefore, wealthy people prefer not to waste their time and energy on self-cleaning of soft interiors. They are willing to pay for it to someone who will professionally perform this work.
business concept
The essence of the upholstered furniture cleaning business is simple - to free busy business and wealthy people from tedious and dusty work.
Starting with a small business of cleaning sofas and carpets, you can go the path of creating a full-fledged cleaning business: a complete cleaning of a house or apartment, including upholstered furniture. But the best option is a separate profile specifically for the dry cleaning of upholstered furniture, which has its own characteristics:
- upholstered furniture requires cleaning no more than 1-2 times a year;
- the average price of the service is at least 50% more expensive than a simple cleaning of a house or apartment;
- to ensure profitability, it is not so much a constant composition of customers that is needed, but the attraction of new ones: this requires constant marketing work.
In general, the business concept is aimed at creating the most convenient option for the client, saving his precious time, freeing him from solving everyday issues.
What is required for implementation?
To open a business for dry cleaning upholstered furniture, you need, first of all, to think about who and how will carry out the plan. If you do the work yourself with the involvement of relatives or acquaintances with free time, you can do without formalities and work piecework, without complicating life by registering an individual entrepreneur.
When hiring people from outside, you will have to register an IP. It will cost you a couple of days to get registered with your local tax office opening a bank account. About 3,000 rubles will be spent on preparing documents and paying a fee (state).
You also need to invest in high-quality washing equipment:
- washing vacuum cleaners of a full cycle of cleaning with a set of special nozzles. The minimum price of a quality vacuum cleaner is 30-40 thousand rubles;
- apparatus for preliminary preparation of upholstered furniture, carpets before dry cleaning: cleaning the layer of dust, removing cobwebs from hard-to-reach places;
- chemical reagents and detergents for cleaning exactly household upholstered furniture. There are many companies, both Russian and foreign, that specialize in the production of reagents in this area. You can name the brands Chemspec and Pro-Brite;
- consumables: branded work overalls, wiping materials, rags;
In addition, you will need to create your own website - the face of the company or individual entrepreneur. There will also be customer reviews. The site can also be used for online orders. And most importantly, customers trust more those who work openly, including in modern format information space.
It is useful to purchase promotional materials and have with you Business Cards companies to offer services on occasion, even if you met a potential client at a friendly party, picnic or at an official reception in a restaurant.
Think about transportation too. There will be customers whose furniture will have to be cleaned not at home, but picked up and returned cleaned - for example, when overhaul. It is not necessary to buy a truck: renting a vehicle for an hour or two will help you out.
Step by step start instructions
Here is a diagram of how to put things on their feet from scratch:
- Determine the area of \u200b\u200bthe city or area where you will provide services. As a rule, the first clients are residents of elite residential buildings or cottage settlements.
- Register an individual entrepreneur and put it on tax records.
- Place ads on the Internet, newspapers and electronic media, scatter flyers in mailboxes.
- Conclude preliminary agreements with clients, draw up a service schedule, for a month, a quarter or a year.
- Buy equipment and Consumables, based on the portfolio of pre-orders, plan the logistics (ordering transport).
- Complete orders.
- Get and distribute profits among partners or employees, do not forget about taxes - they must also be paid.
The procedure may be different, but, as practice shows, before registering an individual entrepreneur or buying equipment, you need to decide how many and what kind of clients you serve.
Financial calculations
Before calculating the amount of expected profit, you need to figure out who will be the client, how much he is willing to pay and how often.
As experience shows, upholstered furniture dry-cleaning services are in demand by the middle class in terms of personal (family) income. These are families with a monthly income of at least 70-90 thousand rubles. Those who earn that kind of money don't have much time to do housework. Statistics say: representatives of this group in cities with a population of more than 500 thousand - at least 30%. Those. the potential circle of clients in a city of 100,000 is 30,000 or approximately 10,000 families.
If we proceed from the fact that upholstered furniture is cleaned once a year, then the potential market (market capacity) is 10,000 possible orders.
Now we reduce the amount by the number of those who prefer to clean the furniture themselves. These are at least 50%. There are about 5,000 potential customers left.
You also need to subtract the number of orders that competitors will pull. It makes sense to learn more and take an interest in their work. To check, you can place an order at your home.
Thus, the total volume of the market of orders can be at least 1000-2000 per year.
How much is the client willing to pay? Below is a table of average calculations for dry cleaning of upholstered furniture for an average city.
If we assume that the average bill for one order is 1,500 rubles (minimum), the potential revenue for the total number of orders will be: 1,000 orders per year x 1,500 rubles = 1,500,000 rubles.
Thus, even with a minimum level of orders, gross revenue (not to be confused with profit.) Is about 1.5 million rubles a year, which is a good indicator for a small business with a staff of two people. Now let's look at costs.
Start-up capital
It consists of the following elements:
- IP registration if necessary - 800 rubles;
- website creation - 15,000 rubles. (you can do it yourself, but it is better to entrust it to professionals);
- equipment - a washing vacuum cleaner for upholstered furniture and an ordinary vacuum cleaner - 50,000 rubles;
- chemistry - 10,000 rubles.
The total result is about 80,000 rubles.
Monthly expenses
If we take as a basis the calculations that we talked about when assessing the market, then with 1000 orders per year, about three per day come out. This requires at least two people, plus an administrator-dispatcher (and part-time accountant). You will also need to spend on detergents, rags, transport, minimal advertising.
We count (in rubles):
- remuneration of personnel (1 person) - 20,000;
- consumables - 5000;
- transport - 3000;
- advertising - 1000.
Total, per month - 29,000 rubles. or 348,000 per year.
Additional staff will be needed if there is a steady upward trend in bookings, especially in summer season. This does not require a full-time employee: hire people piecework.
How much can you earn
Having calculated the potential revenue and expenses, we estimate possible profit per year: 1500 000 rubles. (revenue) - 348,000 rubles. ( variable costs per year) = 1,152,000 rubles of profit before taxes.
Excluding taxes - about 1,000,000 rubles. The amount may be less or more: it depends on the coverage of the potential market in each particular city.
Payback periods
Every entrepreneur, as an investor, is primarily interested in payback periods and real profits. There are initial figures, let's calculate. The average profit per year is 1,000,000 rubles. (83,333 per month) and 80,000 rubles of initial investment.
From this it can be seen that the payback period is less than 1 month. But it is better to count 6 months, since at the start you will not receive the expected number of orders.
Business risks and cons
The main risk is the poverty of the clientele. The poorer the client, the less likely he is to order dry cleaning of upholstered furniture. Although for the segment of customers who belong to the wealthy class, the economic factor is not of fundamental importance.
Among the risks is also the appearance on the market large companies specialized in cleaning services. It is difficult to compete with such competitors, as they have more opportunities to provide quality services to customers at lower prices.
But such competitors work only in cities with more than 1 million people. And even in this case, there will always be “your” customers.
Results
As can be seen even from approximate calculations, the upholstered furniture dry cleaning business is a profitable business, like any activity that helps people save the most valuable thing they have - time. And instead of spending time on housekeeping and interior care, they will entrust this work to you.
Those people who are constantly short of money have often thought about how they can earn extra money. And everyone comes to the idea of creating their own business. Thinking through all the options, a person is faced with various problems, one of which is start-up capital. The second difficulty lies in finding professional knowledge which are necessary in the created business...
So, the first point is not a problem, it is possible to open a profitable business for 1000 rubles - this does not require additional staff. In former times, this kind of organization was more common than today, so this species activities will bring significant profits. Here at minimal cost, maximum return.
As for knowledge, you can learn it along the way. After all, your work will require various stain removers, bleaches and other cleaning agents that are sold in hardware stores.
And, as you know, instructions for use are supplied with any chemical preparation. This is how you can get trained.
For dry cleaning, purchase all types of cleaning products in one bottle. If there are the same funds, but different companies, you need to take everything.
The fact is that some of them may be ineffective or even useless. Behind small gap time you will know the effectiveness of the purchased drugs and will always use them.
New business ideas here: http://website/ Business idea No. 959: how to organize dry cleaning at home?
If your dry cleaning at home will work at a professional level, then there will be no end to customers. First, the neighbors will find out about it, who in turn will tell their colleagues, etc.
But you can create your own website and place well-designed ads on it, in which you will guarantee 100% cleaning of any type of clothing and other types of fabric products.
Now in Russia there is a huge range of imported and domestic cleansers that are considered harmless. Each of them is intended for a certain kind pollution. There are types that are applied to a contaminated surface without wiping. Here you need to wait until the drug dries, then remove it with a regular brush.
This is not a difficult activity. The main thing here is the practice that comes with time. And do not forget that such a business brings considerable profit ...
