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Starting a dry cleaning business

To wash and Iron a shirt, a dry cleaner will charge nothing less than N500. If you wash 20 shirts in a day, that will make you N500x20 = N10,000. The amount of money you make depends on you and how many regular customers you have.


If you are serious about starting a business right now, laundry services may just be one of the business you should give serious consideration. Besides, dry cleaning business is a very clean business that is respectable and dignifying and still brings good money. This is what make the business a must for smart people.

BASIC EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO START THIS DRY CLEANING BUSINESS

1. WIDE IRON TABLE – This is used to press the cloths after they have been dried. It gives cloths a magic touch, making it look as if it was recently bought.

GOOD PRESSING IRON – This is a major tool you can’t do without. With N5000, you can get a good pressing iron here in Nigeria.

GARMENT CONVEYOR – This is used to hang the cloths you’ve washed.

4. BIG WASHING BASIN – It’s recommended you get at least, 5 bowels for soaking of different materials and colours.

5 CLOTHPIN – This is use to pin the cloths on a line.

6. INDUSTRIAL DETERGENT – There are lots of detergents out there. Discover one that’s effective and has a good scent.


STARTING A DRY CLEANING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA

This business is not technical nor does it require any special training. If you can wash your cloths, then you can do this business. All you need to be successful in this business is a good space for your business and then, lots and lots of promotion. Unfortunately, it’s not rocket science.. It can be done. All you need are:

1. A GOOD SPACE

You can rent a shop or better still, do it in your home. Just make sure it’s accessible cause some customers might prefer bringing their cloths to you. Get a good space and stock it up with all the equipment you need to run this business. Know what makes a good location, it will help you.

2. POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS

This is why this business is very lucrative. Virtually everyone wears cloths and the percentage of people that works is huge. Getting customers won’t pose any challenge. If the people in your street or community are your regular customers, you’re already rich. Imagine if your customers stretched beyond your current location, you’ll sure need to employ more hands to keep up to the of your service.


3. COST OF STARTING A DRY CLEANING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA

With N100,000, you can start this business and make money. Your startup cost will be based on the prices of the equipments already listed above. So, I urge you to go on a market survey. Find out the cost of those equipment. This will help you prepare a good and a. Detailed feasibility report.


MAJOR CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH DRY CLEANING BUSINESS

The washing of cloth is a skill. Did I say skill? It’s a science which means, you’ve to be very careful to avoid causing cloth damages that will not only drag you to lost, but also chase customers away. A wise woman once said, “if you lose a customer, you’ve lost a hundred customers”

I usually advice prospects to buy different washing bowels for different materials.. Not just the material, the colour of the material matters too. For example, you’ll need to keep white materials in a different bowel, same with red and other colours. You don’t ‘t want a situation whereby a cloth is stained because of wrong combination especially these materials that fades its colour immediately it is soaked.

CONCLUSION

Dry cleaning business is a lucrative venture. When done, you’ll be able to live in financial freedom. Start small, and end big. When your business is big enough, you might consider buying bigger machines to facilitate faster service. 

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