Laundry, Dry Cleaning Business in Nigeria

Laundry is the washing of clothes with water, Dry cleaning is without water
170 Million Nigerians wear clothes daily, irrespective of age. 40 percent of this population are very busy persons; some in Government, some in Civil service, some Business persons, some Students, and some Lazy.
These persons do not have time. You will have to agree that the task of washing, rinsing, drying, and ironing clothes is so tedious and time consuming that even the average house wife would consider buying a washing machine for this purpose. Due to the poverty level in Nigeria at the moment, and the poor power supply rate, most homes will not be able to afford a washing machine..

For these reasons, laundry and dry cleaning business has become a top and lucrative venture in Nigeria. Last week, I was in Lagos and stayed in the house of a friend whose father owns a laundry. He really din't tell me how much his father earns monthly, but he told me about a laundry a friend of his who works in that makes N900,000 monthly.


Dry cleaning / Laundry business is not a capital intensive business, and you can start from your home till you get an office when the money begins to pour in. Ms Uloma Ibeawuchi, of Clean Yard Services Limited spoke to Punch Nigeria Newspaper about how she started the business with just N20,000 in 2010.

Stuff to Know before Setting out a Laundry Business

• How to Wash different fabrics
• How to dry clean
• How to Iron different fabric materials
• Folding
• Packaging
• Marketing
• Business development

Equipment and Materials Needed

• Register a business name so you will be taken seriously
• Get an office or use your home as an office
• Basins and buckets (small scale)
• Industrial washing machine (Large scale)
• Generator (optional)
• Staff (One to wash, another to market and deliver garments)
• Ironing table
• Stain removing chemicals
• Pressing irons (Electric and Manual)
• Hangers, Tags, pegs

Marketing, Advertising and Customer Care

• Home delivery - Offer to pick up dirty fabrics and return finished ones back to them.
• Move Around - Have marketers that move around neighbourhoods asking people if they need laundry services.
• Don't fail to deliver before deadline
• Customer preferences - Some customers need their clothes to be handled in certain ways, do not forget.
• Offer unique Services - Look at what your competitors are doing and what they are not doing, and improve on what they are not doing, while doing what they are not doing.
• Offer better Prices - Offer a fair and standard price for a high service quality.
• Get to know your customers - If possible, remember their birthdays and message them. They will feel loved and will love your business.
• Print Fliers, Handbills and Business Cards - You never may know where it will get to
• Brand your Finished Products - Have a branded packaging for every finished work you are about to deliver to your customer. You will never know who will pick up the packaging after it has been discarded.

Projected Income

Here is the estimated pricing for laundry where I live:

• Shirt - N200 per one
• Trousers - N150 per one
• Suit - N1000 per one
• Bed spreads - N500 per one
• Bed Blankets - N1,500 per one

If you wash 10 shirts, 5 Trousers, 2 Suits, 1 bed spread, 1 Bed blanket daily, you will be making:  

2000 + 750 + 2000 + 500 + 1500 = N6,750 Daily, equivalent to N202,500 Monthly

More Information

Additional Information you may need if you intend going into this business on a full scale:

1. Where to get  Industrial Washing Machines in Nigeria
2. Steps to build your first set of customers
3. How to get more customers by washing free for them and make more money
4. Capital requirement breakdown including cost of each of the facilities and equipment needed to start up.
5. How to survive in the midst of trusted competitors
6. How to source and buy dry cleaning equipment
7. Standard Prices for Laundry and Dry cleaning work in your location
8. Detailed personal interviews from already established Laundry and Dry Cleaning business to enable you learn from the experience of others
9. How to go about branding of your laundry packaging paper
10. How to Wash different fabrics
11. How to dry clean different materials

These additional information is contained in the book "Laundry, and Dry Cleaning Business in Nigeria".

It is a comprehensive guide (e-book) that will set you miles ahead of others in the sector.

Book Guide costs: N3,500, and If you are among the first hundred who intends to begin Laundry and Dry Cleaning Business, by purchasing this rich Guide, then here are the extra free benefits you will enjoy:

• I will design for you a Business card for free.
• I will design a free business logo for your new Laundry business.
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