Skip to main content

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. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP)

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced acceptance of applications for the 2017  edition of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program (TEEP).  The application is open to African entrepreneurs with transformative business ideas. The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) will avail the entrepreneurs with a 12-week intensive training session, mentoring and non-returnable seed capital of $5,000 and access to a $5,000 convertible loan 1,000 entrepreneurs will be selected based on the viability of their idea, including: market opportunity; financial understanding; scalability; leadership and entrepreneurial skills demonstrated in the application. Eligible businesses must be based in Africa, for profit, 0-3 years’ old, applicant must be at least 18 and a legal resident or citizen of an African. Women, French, Arabic and Portuguese speakers and those with business ideas from every region across Africa are also encouraged to apply. Application is already open...
Post a Comment
Read more

How to be a True Entrepreneur

How to be a True Entrepreneur A careful decision must be made to move on to a position involving leadership. This means that, entrepreneurs should begin to inherit attributes of great leaders from now onwards. This can boost entrepreneurs to be capable of thriving in their varied roles in the organization. To become a true entrepreneur.  Take these steps: Set a Role Model Choose leaders whom entrepreneurs idolize most. They may be leaders of modern world or may be legendary leaders from history or maybe both. Start working by combining styles that entrepreneurs think are most suitable for them. They might include personally known mentors as well. Maintain Discipline and Decorum To become an entrepreneur, you need to change some habits that you inherited when you were a follower. A good control over the working process and a consistent rate of implementing ideas are necessary qualities of an entrepreneur. As entrepreneurs, who we have seen before, basic building blocks of a great le...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Nigerian programmer who developed an Operating System

Aminu Bakori is a Software Developer, Programmer and CEO of Friendstie Concepts; a technology company that designs and builds custom computer software and online services for individuals and businesses around the world. Even though computing started many years ago,  Aminu started coding in senior secondary school; about 8years ago. He started coding when the now defunct Liberty Reserve was one of the only ways of buying web hosting services. When he started programming, a yearning for change drove him to try, fail and rise again in several business endeavours. After the death of a social network he started, Friendstie Social Network, Aminu vowed that the failures would not deter him. Therefore, he kept working hard until Friendstie Concepts the software company had a solid footing. The company is currently registered as a business in Nigeria. According to Aminu, minimizing costs for clients and creating value are the major driving forces behind his software solutions and busine...
Post a Comment
Read more