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Laundromat and dry cleaner financial model, built free.

A three-statement Excel model for a laundromat and dry-cleaning network, built from your own figures and checked to balance.

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The business

Operates self-service laundromats, dry cleaners and wash-and-fold pickup services, and sometimes commercial linen contracts, earning vend, per-item and per-kilogram revenue.

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In short

  • 01

    Three linked statements

    Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, linked in every period.

  • 02

    Valued two ways

    Discounted cash flow and trading multiples, side by side.

  • 03

    Monthly to annual

    Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual periods, for up to 30 years.

  • 04

    Checked every period

    A Checks sheet shows the balance sheet balances and the cash reconciles.

The sample

The sample, as Excel draws it.

Built by the same system and checks as yours, on illustrative figures: every sheet as Excel draws it, or live.

Annual · 10 years · Low detail
Laundromat and dry cleaner sample model.xlsx
The Summary sheet of the sample laundromat and dry cleaner model

Illustrative figures: the sample describes no real business. The live preview shows values; your model’s Excel file has every formula.

How it works

How the model works for a laundromat and dry cleaner.

  1. How it earns revenue3 formulas
    Laundry and dry-cleaning revenue · All venues
    Items cleanedItems cleaned (last financial year)Item volume indexshare of the yearShare of the period the venue tradesfrom venue register
    Laundry and dry-cleaning revenue · All venues
    Dry-cleaning revenueItems cleanedAverage price per item
    Laundry and dry-cleaning revenue · All venues
    Dry-cleaning direct costsSolvent, chemicals and packagingAgent commission
  2. What drives its costs3 formulas
    Venue labour costs · All venues
    Venue labour costsVenue revenuefrom venue revenue and site EBITDAVenue labour (% of venue revenue)
    Venue rent and occupancy costs · All venues
    Venue rent and occupancy costsBase rentTurnover rentOutgoings
    Other venue operating costs · All venues
    Other venue operating costsUtilitiesRepairs and maintenanceMarketing and promotionsSecurityCleaningEntertainmentLicences and insurance
  3. What it invests in3 formulas
    Corporate fixed assets
    Capital expenditureRevenuefrom statementsCapex as % of revenueAdditional planned capex
    Corporate fixed assets
    DepreciationDepreciation of the opening asset baseDepreciation of new capex
    Corporate fixed assets
    Closing net book valueOpening net book valueCapital expenditureDepreciation
  4. How it is funded3 formulas
    Debt
    RepaymentsScheduled repaymentsPrepayments from an equity raise and the cash sweep
    Debt
    Closing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepayments
    Debt
    Interest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the year
  5. How profit becomes cash3 formulas
    Income tax
    Closing tax lossesOpening tax lossesLosses usedLosses added
    Income tax
    Income tax expenseTaxable profitCorporate tax rate
    Income tax
    Closing tax payableOpening tax payableIncome tax expenseTax paid
What it covers

15 parts, each one tested.

Every part is a tested building block with its own checks: yours is put together from the ones your business needs.

  • CPI forecastConsensus curve with long-run anchor
  • Income taxCorporate rate with tax losses
  • Corporate fixed assetsStraight-line over remaining life
  • DebtAmortising term loan
  • Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
  • Multiples valuationEV / EBITDA multiple
  • LeasesLease register
  • New venues, acquisitions and refurbishments (top-down)Openings schedule with ramp to maturity
  • Customer deposits, deferred revenue and loyaltyDeferred revenue as days of revenue
  • Laundry and dry-cleaning revenueItems × price per itemSelf-service vend, dry-cleaning, wash-and-fold and commercial linen revenue and the utilities and consumables they use.
  • Venue registerOpening date, closing date and capacity
  • Venue labour costsWages as % of revenue
  • Venue rent and occupancy costsBase rent plus turnover rent
  • Other venue operating costsCost lines with growth
  • Venue revenue and site EBITDA
Key numbers

The numbers it tracks.

  1. 01turns per machine per day
  2. 02vend revenue per machine
  3. 03items cleaned
  4. 04utilities per turn
  5. 05site EBITDA
Used for

What it is used for.

Also used for
  • Asset acquisition
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