{"id":22494,"date":"2026-10-15T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedqueencommercial.com\/en-us\/?p=22494"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:52:07","slug":"5-lessons-for-starting-a-laundromat-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedqueencommercial.com\/en-us\/news\/5-lessons-for-starting-a-laundromat-business\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Lessons for Starting a Laundromat Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tips from an Owner Who Visited 25 Stores First<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">John Abbott never planned to get into the laundromat business. A broken washer and a bad visit to a run-down store changed that. Before building <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/johnnyrabbits.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Johnny Rabbit\u2019s Laundromat<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in Pelham, Alabama, he spent more than a year and a half in 25 laundromats around Birmingham with a legal pad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On the latest episode of the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Laundry Nerd<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> podcast, host Randy Radtke talks with John in Part 1 of a three-part series about what he learned and what he built.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Starting a Laundromat Business Begins with Research<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In every store, John noted pricing, spacing, decor, flooring and ease of entry. Three problems kept showing up: black mold in soap dispensers, missing doors on equipment and bare concrete floors.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When it came time to build, he reached out to Alliance Laundry Systems and credits his distributor team with help on layout, lease terms and location selection.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Coin Operated Laundry Machines and a Laundry App Can Share One Store<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">John says most stores he visited had dropped quarters. He kept them, pairing his coin-operated laundry machines with a laundry app, which he says keeps him tied to his numbers without counting every quarter.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">John built the rewards around loyalty. He says customers who add more funds to the app earn more in rewards, and he is willing to take a smaller margin per customer if it keeps that customer coming back for years. He thinks about it as the long game:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI think five years down the road, I want that guy still coming back to me. I don\u2019t want him for three months. I want him for the rest of his life, as long as he\u2019s willing and able to bring us his dirty laundry.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> John Abbott, Johnny Rabbit\u2019s Laundromat owner<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Listen Now<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Listen to the latest <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Laundry Nerd<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> episode 64, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/laundromatinsights.podbean.com\/e\/johnny-rabbit-s-the-apple-store-of-laundromats-%e2%80%94-high-tech-high-touch-in-pelham\/\">Johnny Rabbit\u2019s: The Apple Store of Laundromats: High-Tech, High-Touch in Pelham Part 1,<\/a>\u201d on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/laundromatinsights.podbean.com\/e\/johnny-rabbit-s-the-apple-store-of-laundromats-%e2%80%94-high-tech-high-touch-in-pelham\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Podbean<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, or find the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Laundry Nerd<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> podcast on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1gR3j41QgOY3U46SQIdKjo\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Spotify<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/johnny-rabbits-the-apple-store-of-laundromats-high\/id1541357332?i=1000793875150\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Apple Podcasts<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Part 1 ends on a cliffhanger, so you will want to come back for Part 2.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:5%;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/laundromatinsights.podbean.com\/e\/johnny-rabbit-s-the-apple-store-of-laundromats-%e2%80%94-high-tech-high-touch-in-pelham\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Listen Now<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":22495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,1,1271],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laundromats","category-news","category-podcast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Ways to Make the Most of Your New Commercial Laundry Equipment | Speed Queen\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New to owning a laundromat? 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