4.7× The typical laundromat for sale in the US asks 4.7 times its yearly cash flow.
We read 336 laundromats listed for sale on a major online marketplace and compared each asking price with the cash flow its seller reported.
The findings in eight sentences.
- The middle half of laundromats ask between 3.5 and 5.6 times their yearly cash flow.
- Laundromats ask more than the typical business for sale, which asks 2.6 times.
- The typical asking price for a laundromat is $512,000.
- Measured against revenue, the typical laundromat asks 1.6 times its yearly sales.
- 13% of laundromats for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
- 35% of owners who say why they're selling are retiring.
- 25% of laundromats for sale show no revenue, cash flow or EBITDA, against 18% overall.
- 24% of the laundromats for sale are listed in New York, 18% in California and 11% in Texas.
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Of the personal service and child care industries, laundromats ask the most.
Dry cleaners ask the least, 2.1 times their yearly cash flow.
- Laundromats: median 4.7×, middle half from 3.5× to 5.6×
- Day care and child care centers: median 3.0×, middle half from 2.3× to 3.9×
- Private schools and preschools: median 2.6×, middle half from 2.0× to 3.9×
- Pet grooming, boarding and supply businesses: median 2.5×, middle half from 1.9× to 3.3×
- Dry cleaners: median 2.1×, middle half from 1.6× to 2.8×
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In 2019, before ChatGPT, the median asking multiple for laundromats was 3.8× cash flow. Measured the same way today, it is up 22%. How every industry moved since
66% of laundromats ask more than four times their yearly cash flow.
33% ask between two and four, and 1% less than two.
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Bigger laundromats ask less for each dollar of cash flow.
The typical ask is 4.9 times below $100,000 of yearly cash flow and 4.2 times at $100,000 to $250,000.
- Under $100k: median 4.9×, middle half from 4.1× to 5.8×
- $100k to $250k: median 4.2×, middle half from 3.3× to 5.1×
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What laundromats for sale say they run on.
13% of laundromats for sale say what they run on, and 83% of those name a point-of-sale or payment system. 1% of laundromats for sale pitch technology as a way to grow.
- Point-of-sale or payment system: 83%
- Scheduling, dispatch or industry software: 26%
- Online booking, ordering or store: 11%
- Accounting or payroll software: 3%
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Each bar is a share of the listings that say what they run on. A listing can name several.
What a laundromat like yours would ask.
The middle half of similar listings ask
$401,000 to $615,000
The typical one asks $498,000, 4.2× its yearly cash flow.
Based on laundromats with $100k to $250k of yearly cash flow. These are asking prices, not sale prices or appraisals.
After the close.
We write the software a newly bought business runs on, one process at a time, such as quoting, scheduling or billing, and the new owner keeps the code. How we work with buyers and operating partners.
The data.
We read the listings on September 24, 2026, and their full details from September 25 to 30, 2026.
Questions
What multiple of cash flow do laundromats sell for?
Laundromats listed for sale in the US ask a median 4.7 times their yearly cash flow (seller's discretionary earnings), and the middle half ask between 3.5 and 5.6 times. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How much does it cost to buy a laundromat?
The typical laundromat for sale asks $512,000, and the middle half ask between $349,000 and $849,000. Sale prices usually come in lower.
How many laundromats for sale offer seller financing?
13% of laundromats for sale offer seller financing, against 22% overall.
What multiple of revenue do laundromats ask?
The typical laundromat for sale asks 1.6 times its yearly sales, and the middle half ask between 1.2 and 2.2 times.
What software do laundromats use?
13% of laundromats for sale say in their listing what they run on. Of those, 83% name a point-of-sale or payment system, 26% scheduling, dispatch or industry software, 11% online booking, ordering or an online store and 3% accounting or payroll software.
Why are laundromats for sale?
35% of owners who give a reason are retiring. 32% are moving on to other businesses or interests, and 13% are relocating.
How we did it
We read every listing on a major US online marketplace for businesses for sale on September 24, 2026, and went back to each one from September 25 to 30, 2026 for its full details. This page covers the 336 established laundromats among them. 182 show both an asking price and a cash flow, and 164 of those are left after the exclusions below.
Older listings use a flat list of named categories, and newer ones a two-level list whose subcategories have no names. A listing without its own photo shows its category's default photo. Each default photo almost always shows up in a single newer subcategory, so each named category joins the subcategory where its photo appears.
A multiple is the asking price divided by the seller's discretionary earnings the listing reports. We left out multiples below 0.3 or above 20, and listings whose price includes the property. Prices and cash flows on this page come from the listings with a multiple. These are asking prices, and a business usually sells for less than it asks. The full method.
The section on what laundromats run on counts what listings say. A page has it when at least 30 of its listings say what they run on.
Cite this page
Fulkerson Advisors (2026). What laundromats for sale ask. From What Small Businesses for Sale Ask: 39,587 US Listings, September 2026. https://www.fulkersonadvisors.com/research/small-business-multiples/laundromats
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