Startup to Scale

How Western State Design Has Been Helping Laundry Businesses Thrive for More Than 50 Years   For more than five decades, Western State Design has been a leading provider of turnkey laundry solutions across the vended, on-premises, and commercial/industrial markets....

Member Spotlight: Lab-Tested, Laundry-Approved

How Laundry Labs Plans to Change the Industry In today’s business world, efficiency and quality are paramount – and the commercial laundry industry is no exception. Recognizing the need for superior cleaning solutions specifically tailored to laundromat operators,...

Wash-Dry-Fold POS Launches New Feature

Wash-Dry-Fold POS® has announced its new Attendant Checklist Feature. According to Managing Partner Ian Gollahon, it is a simple but integrated tool that is so powerful, it’ll make you wonder how you ever ran your business without it. "You can monitor the checklist...

LaundroLab Celebrates National Laundry Day – April 15

LaundroLab to Offer Free Laundry, Resources Nationwide for National Laundry Day In celebration of National Laundry Day on April 15, 2025, LaundroLab—an innovative laundromat brand focused on reimagining the wash experience—is giving back to local communities by...

PlanetLaundry Podcast

America’s #1 Resource for Vended Laundry News & Info

PlanetLaundry is the official publication of CLA and is trusted by thousands of laundry professionals to deliver the latest news and industry-specific topics.

Opening New Doors of Opportunity

Opening New Doors of Opportunity

Here’s What You Need to Know Before Adding Automatic Doors to Your Laundromat In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many laundromat owners are currently reevaluating every aspect of their stores’ operations. For many operators, this includes the potential addition of...

Are You Covered?

Are You Covered?

What Laundry Owners Need to Know About Their Business Insurance During These Difficult Times According to the Small Business Administration, small businesses in the U.S. “are facing an unprecedented economic disruption due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.”...

Headlines

SBA Proposes Modified Size Standards

The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued a proposal to modify two of the methods the organization uses to qualify which businesses classify as “small businesses” for SBA loan and investment programs, as well as for government contracts. The proposed changes...

PlanetLaundry Podcast Episode 25: An Interview with Jim Whitmore

Welcome to the Planet Laundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association. In this episode, Brian Wallace, president and CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, interviews Jim Whitmore, owner of Fresh Express Laundry Center in...

‘Learning in Everyday Spaces’

New Partnerships Forged at 4th Annual Summit, Hosted by LaundryCares and Too Small to Fail At the 4th annual Learning in Everyday Spaces Summit – held September 21, 23 and 28, and hosted by the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation and the Clinton...

EVI Industries Sets First Quarter Records

EVI Industries Inc. reports that it has achieved record revenue, gross profit, gross margin, operating profit, net income and adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2021 – the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year, ending June 30, 2022. The...

Business Ownership: You Can Get There from Here!

Make 2022 the Year You Become a Laundromat Operator “All that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” – Charles Kingsley, British historian, novelist and poet Over the years, I’ve noticed a recurring theme – it’s that the desire to...

Wash with Wally: Dealing with a Dryer Fire

I recently had a dryer fire at my laundromat. A customer had placed a mix of synthetic, nylon and cotton garments into one of my dryers at the “hot” setting for more than 45 minutes. There was no type of electrical issue with the dryer. In fact, the dryer worked...

LaundroLab Signs First Charlotte-Based Franchisee

LaundroLab – headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. – recently announced that investor Gary Shah has signed an agreement with the laundromat franchise to open three stores in Charlotte. Previously, Shah owned and operated a chain of gas stations in North Carolina....

KioSoft Laundry App Tops 3 Million Users

As contactless payment methods continue to gain popularity worldwide, KioSoft’s CleanPay Mobile app for laundry has grown to more than 3 million users, according to the company. The pandemic has accelerated the transition to mobile payment and the adoption of cash...

LaundryCares Announces Give-4-Books Drive

November 30 is Giving Tuesday, which is a global generosity movement that inspires people and organizations to make positive transformations within their communities. To help celebrate this event, the LaundryCares Foundation is encouraging everyone to give the gift of...

‘Not Just About Completing a Mundane Task’

Wisconsin Laundromat, Local Library Team Up to Maximize the Store’s New Family Read, Play & Learn Center The children who tag along with mom and dad for the weekly trip to JJ’s Laundromat love the store’s Family Read, Play & Learn Center so much that many of...

McDonald’s Franchisee Inks Five-Store Deal with LaundroLab

Miami native Clint Gulley II, who operates seven McDonald’s franchises, recently signed a five-store agreement with LaundroLab, to bring the laundromat franchise to his home city. Gulley’s wife, Melissa, will be a co-owner of the business. After nearly a decade in...

Harry Miller Companies Celebrates 100 Years in Business

Coin-O-Matic parent company – Harry Miller Companies, located in Alsip, Ill. – is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2021. “I’m so grateful that my grandfather, uncle and dad decided to focus the family business on home and commercial laundry equipment over the last...

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This Month's Issue

 

  • ‘I’d Like to Speak to the Manager’: On the Front Lines with Some of the Laundry Industry’s Leading Store Managers
  • Business Management: Generate Additional Income Through Greater Market Penetration
  • Company Close-Up: Western State Design Has Been Helping Laundry Owners Thrive for More Than 50 Years
  • New Member Spotlight: How Laundry Labs Plans to Change the Industry
  • And More…

THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS

Industry News

Whirlpool Named One of the Top Companies for Multicultural Women

Whirlpool Corp. recently was recognized as one of Seramount’s 2022 Best Companies for Multicultural Women. The award recognizes companies that create and use the best hiring practices while retaining and promoting multicultural women in the United States. “Inclusion...

EVI Industries to Acquire Aldrich Clean-Tech Equipment Corp.

EVI Industries Inc. has announced that it executed a definitive agreement to acquire Aldrich Clean-Tech Equipment Corp., a commercial laundry distributor headquartered in Worcester, Mass. The acquisition will expand EVI’s sales and service presence within the...

Speed Queen Recognizes Star Distributing with Top Honor

Speed Queen recently honored its top distributors at an evening reception held in Atlanta, prior to this year’s Clean Show. “It was certainly an inspiring evening to have the whole Speed Queen commercial family in one room again and to celebrate their collective...

CLA Update: Meetings, Meetings… And More Meetings

CLA Boasts a Packed Lineup of Educational and Networking Opportunities for Laundromat Owners This Fall The Coin Laundry Association has a full schedule of meetings – both in-person and virtual – lined up for the rest of 2022. On the heels of this summer’s hugely...

Mr Jeff Laundry Franchise Expands Internationally

Spanish startup Jeff has announced plans to open 10 new Mr Jeff laundry service franchises in the Philippines in 2022. “We feel very confident about the rest of 2022, and we are already helping our partner entrepreneurs to find the best locations and build their shops...

FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS

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The Laundry Doctor

The Three ‘P’s of Wash-Dry-Fold

Packaging, a Personal Touch and a POS System are Keys to Boosting Your Drop-Off Laundry Business In the next five years, you may not recognize the wash-dry-fold business. It very likely will be growing significantly in just about every market. Most of this growth will...

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The Business Mind

Pulling the ‘Trigger’

Seven Psychological Triggers Sure to Boost Your Customer Acquisition MarketingWould you like to know how to attract more customers by understanding what piques their interest in your laundry business?For several years, I have written that the key to successfully...

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Wash With Wally

Viewpoint

Is Now the Time to Upgrade Your Laundry?

Laundry owners got an early Christmas present this past December, when the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 was signed into law. This new law permanently (until further notice, at least) expanded the Section 179 deduction limit to $500,000....

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Our Strategic Corporate Allies support CLA’s mission through advocacy, education, and innovation to strengthen the industry, advance our members’ businesses, and prepare the next generation of laundry professionals for the future.

Interested in becoming a Strategic Corporate Ally of CLA? Contact President & CEO, Brian Wallace via email at [email protected] or call (630) 491-0499.