Book a Call With a Laundromat Business Broker
To schedule a laundromat broker call, request an available 30-minute time on the calendar below and follow its confirmation instructions. The call has no cost and no listing agreement. It is the same introductory conversation whether you are selling, buying, or two years away from either.
Open the calendar in a new tab if you prefer, or if your browser blocks the embedded calendar. You can also email jason.taken@hedgestone.com directly.On narrow screens, swipe the calendar sideways to see every day.
What the call covers
- Where you actually are — selling soon, selling eventually, buying, or checking a specific store.
- What your numbers mean, if you have them. Two years of returns and a lease is enough to say something useful.
- What to fix first, which for most sellers is the lease and the add-back documentation.
- What the realistic range and timeline look like, against closed-sale data, not an opinion.
- Whether there is anything worth doing together — and if there is not, that is a fine outcome.
What to Bring, If You Have It
None of this is required. It changes what the thirty minutes can cover.
| If you are | Bring | Why it helps |
|---|---|---|
| Selling soon | Last two years of tax returns, the complete lease | Earnings and controllable lease term decide most of the price |
| Selling eventually | Lease expiry date, rough machine ages | Those two set the preparation timeline |
| Buying | Budget, target market, timeline | Enough to define a buybox on the first call |
| Evaluating a specific store | The listing, the P&L, the lease | We can spend the call on what the documents do not show |
| Not sure yet | Nothing | Plenty of these calls are about what to gather first |
What This Call Is Not
Not a listing appointment. No agreement is signed on a first call, and none is presented on one. A sell-side engagement is a separate written document that comes later if both sides want it.
Not a pitch for a service you have to buy. Some of these conversations end with a plan you carry out yourself. Some end with nothing to do for two years. Both are legitimate outcomes and neither costs you anything.
Not legal, tax, or investment advice. Allocation, entity structure, and tax consequences go to your CPA and attorney. What this call can do is tell you which questions to take to them and when.
Not a valuation. A defensible opinion of value takes normalized earnings, a lease, and an equipment schedule. What thirty minutes can give you is whether your expectation is inside the range the transaction evidence supports.
What Happens Afterward
- A short written summary of what was discussed and what to do next.
- If preparation is the answer — which it often is — a specific list with a sequence, because the lease and the add-back documentation both take months to fix and cannot be fixed later.
- If an engagement makes sense, the terms in writing to review on your own time. Fee, term, tail period, and scope, before anything is signed.
- If neither applies, nothing. You keep the summary and there is no follow-up sequence.
Why the Timing Question Comes Up First
Because it changes every other answer.
The middle half of reported laundromat sales ran 2.72x to 4.50x owner earnings across 855 transactions (Source: BizBuySell, 2021-2025). On a store with the median $76,560 of owner earnings, that spread is roughly $136,000 — and where a specific store lands inside it is decided by lease term, evidence quality, equipment condition, and utility position.
Those are all fixable, and all of them take time to show up in the trailing twelve months a buyer values. A seller with two years can move within that range. A seller with two weeks cannot.
So the first question on most calls is not what the store is worth. It is when you want to be finished, and what that leaves time to fix.
Prefer Email?
If a scheduled call is not how you want to start, email jason.taken@hedgestone.com with what you have and what you are trying to work out. Attachments are fine and nothing is shared with anyone.
For everything the engagement involves once it starts, see how it works.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the call?
The calendar offers a 30-minute intro call. Select an available time and follow the scheduler's confirmation instructions; a request is not automatically a confirmed appointment. The purpose is to discuss your situation and identify a useful next step.
What does it cost?
Nothing, and there is no listing agreement attached to it. A sell-side engagement is a separate written agreement that happens later if both sides want it, and you would see every term before signing anything.
What should I bring?
If you are selling: your last two years of tax returns and your lease. If you are buying: your budget, your target market, and any listing you are already looking at. If you have none of that yet, come anyway — several of these calls are about what to gather first.
Is it confidential?
Yes. Nothing about your store, your plans, or the fact that we spoke is shared with anyone without your say-so. No employee, landlord, competitor, or buyer learns anything from this call.
I am not selling for two or three years. Is it too early?
It is the best time. The things that move a laundromat's price — lease term, documented add-backs, equipment condition, a tested price increase — all take twelve to twenty-four months to show up in the numbers a buyer values.
What if I only have a question about one store?
That is a normal call. Send the listing, the P&L, and the lease beforehand and the thirty minutes can be spent on what the documents do and do not show, not on background.
What happens after the call?
Usually a short written summary of what was discussed and what to do next. If an engagement makes sense, you get the terms in writing to review on your own time. If it does not, you keep the summary.
Sources
- BizBuySell, Laundromat and Coin Laundry Valuation Benchmarks, 2021-2025 closed sales — https://www.bizbuysell.com/learning-center/valuation-benchmarks/laundromats-coin-laundry/
- Coin Laundry Association, 2024 Laundry Industry Survey (377 owner respondents, 2023 operations) — https://member.laundryassociation.org/hubfs/IndustrySurvey24.pdf
- OneCal, Jason Taken intro-call calendar; 30-minute duration and confirmation requirement checked 2026-09-25 — https://app.onecal.io/b/jasontaken/intro-call-business-broker-discussion
This page is general information about laundromat transactions, not legal, tax, or investment advice, and not a guarantee of sale price, timing, or financing approval. Verify current rules with your own CPA, attorney, lender, and the relevant state or municipal agency before acting.