← Wash and Fold Price Per Pound Calculator
This calculator vs. Cents
Two different shapes: Cents runs your whole wash-dry-fold and delivery operation — point of sale, routes, online ordering, marketing — as an ongoing subscription account. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — what does a pound actually cost you, and does your price cover it — before you set or repost a rate.
What each tool is for
Cents is laundry business management software, sold under an ongoing subscription account to laundromat and laundry delivery operators. It runs point-of-sale for counter and drop-off orders, manages pickup-and-delivery routes and driver dispatch, offers an online ordering storefront customers can book from directly, and includes marketing tools to bring customers back, all synced across staff and locations. Setting it up means creating an account, configuring your services and delivery zones, and onboarding your team — not a one-off calculation. Cents' own site is not reachable from this session to confirm today's specific plan names, feature tiers, or pricing, so only its well-documented category and identity are stated here: nothing about it is invented, and no dollar figure for it appears on this page.
This calculator does none of that. It does not take orders, dispatch drivers, or run a storefront. It takes your labour minutes per pound, fixed minutes per order, wash and dry cycle costs, supplies, delivery stops, and a share of overhead, and works out your cost per pound, the break-even price per pound, the margin at what you charge today, and the monthly volume a profit goal needs. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and nothing you type is uploaded.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I take orders at the counter and online, dispatch delivery drivers, and want customer marketing built in. | Cents, or a comparable laundry business platform. |
| I want to know what a pound actually costs me before I set or repost a price. | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| My minimum charge might not cover my smallest order, and I want to check. | This calculator's minimum-charge finding, built from your own fixed-cost-per-order numbers. |
| I need online booking, route optimization, driver apps, and repeat-customer marketing. | Cents, or a comparable platform — this calculator has none of those features. |
| How much should I charge per pound for wash and fold? | This calculator's cost breakdown and break-even price. |
| Do I need an account, a route setup, or a POS subscription to use the tool? | This calculator: no. Cents and comparable laundry platforms are sold through an ongoing account. |
Most laundry operators get different value from each: Cents (or a comparable platform) for running orders, routes, and customer marketing day to day under an ongoing subscription, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login check on whether a price per pound actually covers cost before it goes on a sign or a storefront. This page's own figures are an arithmetic scenario built from what you typed in, not an order, a route, or a guarantee of profit.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off. Nothing you type is uploaded.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or Cents?
They do different jobs, and an operator running a real wash-dry-fold and delivery business will likely end up touching both. Cents is laundry business management software, sold under an ongoing subscription account: point-of-sale for counter and drop-off orders, route management and driver dispatch for pickup and delivery stops, an online ordering storefront customers can book from, and marketing tools to bring customers back, all synced across staff and locations. Setting it up means an account, configuring your services and routes, and onboarding your team, not a one-off calculation. Cents' own site is not reachable from this session to confirm today's specific plan names or pricing, so only its well-documented category and identity are stated here: nothing about it is invented, and no dollar figure for it appears on this page. This calculator does none of that. It takes your labour minutes, wash and dry cycle costs, supplies, delivery stops and overhead and works out your cost per pound, your break-even price, and the margin at what you charge today, instantly in the browser, with no account, no route setup, and nothing uploaded. An operator running orders, routes, and marketing across a real customer base day to day is better served by Cents or a comparable laundry platform; an operator who wants to know whether a price per pound actually covers cost before setting or reposting it is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with Cents?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cents. Cents is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
Open the Wash and Fold Price Per Pound Calculator to price your own pound, or see the dog walking and pet sitting rate calculator for the same per-stop arithmetic applied to a recurring visit route.