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Private Equity's Quiet Roll-Up of Commercial Laundries
While private equity has been busy acquiring gyms, dental offices, and veterinary clinics, a less glamorous but highly profitable sector has been consolidating rapidly: commercial laundry services. In this episode of The Buyout Show, we explore how firms are bundling independent industrial laundries into regional monopolies. We look at the operational mechanics of bulk linen management for hospitals and hotels, the high barriers to entry created by specialized equipment and logistics, and why this niche is attracting capital even as consumer-facing retail struggles. Lucas breaks down the unit…
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