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For laundromat owners

Run the store.
Rent the floor.

Sell the machines on your floor to owners who rent their spots from you. You keep running the business, like a strip-mall owner who runs one unit and collects rent on the rest. No more worrying about machine depreciation or re-tooling the whole store.

Why host
Rows of white commercial laundry machines beside an open tiled floor and a soft blue wall

Why host

Your business.
Without the machines on your books.

You don’t need to own the building. You keep the staff, the customers and the brand. AirLaundry handles the sale, the agreements, the monthly statements and the remittances to owners.

  1. 01

    Stop carrying the asset.

    Machines lose value every year and eventually need replacing. Once they’re sold, that depreciation and that replacement bill are the owners’, not yours.

  2. 02

    Turn the floor into rent.

    Every sold machine pays you daily spot rent. That rent can cover your baseline while you run the store.

  3. 03

    Grow the higher-margin work.

    Put the time and capital you were spending on machines into wash & fold, commercial accounts and government contracts.

Rent it all out

Your floor.
One month.
Every dollar.

A hypothetical store of 104 machines: 36 × 30 lb washers, 24 × 60 lb washers, 44 × 45 lb dryers, each turning 3 times a day. Slide to see the month with part of the floor sold.

100% · 104 machines

This is an example, not a forecast. Rent and costs are charged per machine sold; machines you still own earn for you as they do today.

Example floor, fully rented104 machines · 30 days
Illustrative · not guaranteed
Spot rentdaily, by machine type
$15,929
Utilitiescovers the water, power and gas the machines use
$4,322
Insurance and cleaningcovers what you spend keeping them insured and clean
$11,600
AirLaundry fee: $0.50/machine/day$0.50 × 104 × 30 days
−$1,560
All-in revenue to you each monthrent plus what owners pay toward running costs, after the fee
$30,291
Your upside is on top.
  • Wash & fold
  • Pickup & delivery
  • Commercial contracts
The time and capital the machines took can go here. None of it is in the number above.
Not guaranteed: rent is paid only on machines that are sold, and depends on the store, its prices and its usage. Utilities, insurance and cleaning are charged to owners to cover those costs, not as profit.

Who it’s for.

Busy but not profitable.
Too much tied up in equipment.

  • Your capital goes into machines instead of marketing and business development.
  • You want to grow service revenue, not maintain an equipment fleet.

Ready to step back.
But the store hasn’t sold.

  • Sell the machines and keep a business that is lighter to run, or to hand over.
  • Looking to retire or exit outright? AirLaundry can make or bring you an offer.

What we ask of hosts

Owners are trusting
your location.

These commitments protect the people who buy your machines. They’re written into the host agreement you sign.

  • Keep machines busy.

    At least three cycles per machine per day on average, backed by your data or monitoring.

  • Stay open for the owners.

    Keep the store running until the last machine owner’s lease or financing ends. Closing or transferring early means refunding the owners.

  • Plan for the long run.

    Intend to operate for at least another ten years.

  • Run it well.

    Keep the store staffed, clean and marketed. When a machine breaks, flag whether it needs repairing or replacing; its owner pays for either.

Questions

Before you
list your floor.

All questions
Why would I sell my machines?

Machines lose value and eventually need replacing. Once they’re sold, the depreciation and the replacement bill are the owners’. Every sold machine pays you daily spot rent, which can cover your baseline while you keep running the store, the staff, the customers and the brand. That frees your time and capital for wash & fold, commercial accounts and other growth, so you can capture the upside of growing the business.

Who sets prices and terms, and how?

You do: machine prices and packages, daily spot rent, minimum down payment, financing rate and term, and spot lease length.

AirLaundry’s goal is for your machine owners’ spot rent to cover your bottom-line expenses, so you can fund growth and capture the upside through wash & fold, commercial contracts and more. Your machine owners, meanwhile, only make money through cycles: the busier you keep the machines, the more owners will want to place machines in your store. To start, we suggest pricing and rent that work for both sides at your store’s level of machine use.

When do I receive the proceeds of a sale?

The buyer pays into AirLaundry’s escrow, and your share is passed on within 10 business days.

What do I commit to?
  • At least three cycles per machine per day on average, backed by your data.
  • Keep the store running until the last owner’s lease or financing ends. Closing or transferring early means refunding the machine owners.
  • Keep the store staffed, clean and marketed, and flag machines that need repairing or replacing.

These commitments are written into the host agreement.

A sold machine breaks. What do I do?

Let the owner know, and say whether it needs repairing or replacing. The owner pays for the repair or replacement, and should decide promptly so the machine is back in service.

Hosting is by approval

Apply to
host owners.

Create your account, then tell us about your store in four short steps. We review every store before it can list.

  1. Step 1Your store

    The entity, address, machines and premises.

  2. Step 2Usage & proof

    Cycles a day, backed by a POS report, revenue records or a contract.

  3. Step 3How you run it

    Service level and pricing model: your listing selections.

  4. Step 4Review & submit

    Check your answers and send them to us for approval.

About ten minutes. Your answers are saved as you go.