How to Write a Business Plan for a Dry Cleaning Business

The dry cleaning business has its particular challenges and rewards. Some of the challenges include financing for equipment, real estate, paying employees, and acquiring cleaning solutions and supplies. An attractive, professional dry cleaning business plan may impress potential investors and bank loan officers who can help you get established. Read on for a few tips to get you going in that direction.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Look for books and resources online and offline to understand your business thoroughly as well as dry cleaners business plans in particular. You're going to find business plans for all businesses across the board have a generic structure of four major sections: finance, particulars about your industry, the market and competition.
2. Look on the Internet for state-of-the-art software programs if you want to spend most of your precious time working on your industry-specific content. You can also find templates online or from your local small development center.
3. Research and read up on the history, processes and competition to the dry cleaning business to help you write a comprehensive, no-questions-left-unanswered business plan.
4. Think about locale and surrounding affluence levels, access from the surrounding intersections and street, the chemical solutions and the more environmentally friendly cleaning solutions now on the market. Consider who will be your employees, and think about how you'll retain them (the industry has a high employee turnover rate). Think about customers and customer service, and how you'll answer such seemingly mundane but important questions such as missing sweaters and buttons and broken zippers. There are a lot of things to consider for planning purposes for your dry cleaners business plan.
5. Draw up your 10- to 20-page business plan and include specific sections, including the executive summary, the business description, marketing plans, analysis of competition, business blueprint and implementation, management, and operations and finances. Include a cover, title page and table of contents.
6. Write up an exit strategy, and plan for the future of your business. Will you always be in the business? Will you branch out and start a franchise, sell your business, or keep it in the family? All decisions that affect your company belong in your dry cleaning business plan.