What 8,042 federal loans say about buying a laundromat
One in 3 approved in 2006 ended in a write-off, and the ones since 2021 are only now entering the same timeframe.
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Why Community-Focused and Community-Embedded Laundromats Aren't the Same
The industry uses one word for both. The research shows they're running different businesses.
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The public companies impacting our industry make moves that ripple down to every laundry business. Many owners/operators find out late. The Signal alerts you when things happen, reads it from the owner's/operator's seat, and tells you what it means for your business.
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Why Community-Focused and Community-Embedded Laundromats Aren't the Same
The industry uses one word for both. The research shows they're running different businesses.
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The Owners Who Chose to Buy a Job
Michael Huang has run a small Brooklyn laundromat for over 30 years. He'd never call what he does a job.
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Is Our Industry Built on Data or on Selection Bias?
A confident retool claim at an industry event and what the numbers look like when I went looking for data.
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The Quarterly Review · Q2 2026 - The Compression
Revenue, costs, and the shrinking middle in Q2 2026.
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The Unexamined Balance on Every Laundry Card
Starbucks books it, the Fed described it in 2004, two class actions settled over it. Our industry hasn't publicly discussed it once.
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Two Companies, 47 Distributors, Seven Years
The distribution layer most operators treat as background infrastructure is consolidating faster than the industry tracks.
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The Full Court Press Your Laundromat Isn't Running
A basketball coach who'd never played the game studied it like no one else would. The method he used applies to more than sports.
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Permanent Decisions From Temporary Conversations
How loss aversion and status quo bias quietly shape the business decisions we make every day.
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What 8,042 federal loans say about buying a laundromat
One in 3 approved in 2006 ended in a write-off, and the ones since 2021 are only now entering the same timeframe.
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The Full Court Press Your Laundromat Isn't Running
A basketball coach who'd never played the game studied it like no one else would. The method he used applies to more than sports.
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Why Community-Focused and Community-Embedded Laundromats Aren't the Same
The industry uses one word for both. The research shows they're running different businesses.
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Why Community-Focused and Community-Embedded Laundromats Aren't the Same
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Ownership
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The Owners Who Chose to Buy a Job
Michael Huang has run a small Brooklyn laundromat for over 30 years. He'd never call what he does a job.
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What 8,042 federal loans say about buying a laundromat
One in 3 approved in 2006 ended in a write-off, and the ones since 2021 are only now entering the same timeframe.
By
Waleed Cope
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