A tired coin-op does not lose to the store next door on one broken dryer. It loses when the room still looks like 1998, cards do not work, and the last $80,000 of a refresh is sitting in a contractor PDF the bank will not touch for 90 days.
Laundromat renovation financing is an unsecured, business-purpose term loan from $50,000–$500,000 for the mixed invoices that turn a dark store into a card-pay, sit-and-wait room. Terms are 3, 5, or 7 years, often funded in 3–10 business days, with no lien on the storefront. Pricing is quoted per file in an approximate 6%–18% band.
The washers are a different file. A serial-numbered stack with a dealer quote belongs on equipment financing at 6%–14%. This page is flooring, lighting, seating, card conversion, plumbing, paint, and the GC bid.
Jaken Finance Group originates the property loan if you also buy the building. The coin-op remodel note is a separate unsecured application.
Parent product: unsecured term loans. Intro window: 0% interest business financing. Why mixed invoices skip UCC: unsecured vs equipment.
What the money is for in a laundromat remodel
- Card conversion and app pay when coin mechanisms and the attendant desk are the bottleneck, not the drum
- Lounge, lighting, and restrooms that keep a Saturday family in the store instead of dropping and leaving
- Plumbing, electrical, and flooring the landlord will not fund and a UCC desk will not take
- A second location’s TI shortfall when the lease clock is shorter than SBA
- Attendant payroll through the dark weeks of a phased remodel — not a substitute for a broken concept
If the invoice is six 80-pound washers with serial numbers, start on equipment paper. If the invoice is tile, LED, seating, and a plumber, stay here.
Model extra turns against the note
Default load: a $118,000 card-conversion and lounge bid, 90 extra paid turns a week, $8 net per turn after utilities and attendants, $1,450 current weekly net, and 2 weeks disrupted. A 5-year note at an illustrative 12.5% is about $2,656 a month. Haircut the extra turns. If lift does not cover the payment after the store is open — or you cannot fund the weeks it is dark — do not take the loan. Thin revenue: intro 0% only if the post-intro payment still works.
Laundromat remodel vs the payment
Test whether extra paid turns after card conversion, lounge, and lighting cover a 3-, 5-, or 7-year unsecured note — after utilities, attendants, and weeks the store is disrupted. Estimates only. Pricing is quoted per file.
Monthly payment
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Fully amortizing
Extra monthly net from new turns
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After the remodel is open
Coverage
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Lift ÷ payment
Net monthly after payment
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Does not include construction weeks
Construction hole
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Lost weekly net + payments while dark
Months to fill the hole
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If net monthly stays this high
Thin revenue or a new location? Pre-qualify for intro 0% funding
Tool-only payment tool: unsecured term loan calculator. Program terms: unsecured term loans.
Unsecured vs equipment vs SBA vs intro 0%
| Need | Better first call |
|---|---|
| Flooring, lighting, lounge, card readers, GC labor | Unsecured term loan (this page) |
| New store, thin or no revenue, wants the 0% window | Intro 0% business financing |
| Commercial washers/dryers with a vendor invoice | Equipment financing, 6%–14% |
| Buy the store or the real estate, 45–90 days available | SBA 7(a) / SBA 504 |
| You own the building and need a mortgage | Commercial financing |
Do not mash unsecured 6%–18% with equipment 6%–14% or hard money 8.99%–13.5%. Those are different products.
Worked example: card conversion and lounge
A 40-machine store still runs on coin. The operator has a $118,000 bid: card kits, new seating, LED, a restroom refresh, and two weeks of plumber time. The washer cores are fine for three more years.
A $118,000 5-year note at an illustrative 12.5% is about $2,656 a month. If card conversion lifts weekly turns enough to cover that installment and the attendant, the loan is a timing tool. If the store already loses money on utilities, a prettier lounge will not save it.
Worked example: do not put the washers on this note
A dealer quote for $92,000 of 80-pound machines is an equipment file. Mixing that invoice into an unsecured remodel to “keep it simple” usually prices the machines inside the wider unsecured band and skips the UCC that should sit on the drums. Split the file.
What underwriting still wants
- Two years of personal tax returns (and business returns if the entity files)
- FICO 8 — no published minimum on this site
- Trailing deposits or a use of funds a lender can believe
- Contractor bid or a one-page scope
- Lease remaining term if you do not own the building
How to apply
- Split washers (equipment) from GC / lounge / card work (this page).
- Run the remodel amount in the calculator on 5 years, then stress 3 and 7.
- Submit the unsecured financing form. If revenue is thin, start on intro 0%.
- If you are buying the store or the real estate, request commercial financing or start from SBA 7(a).
Pre-qualify for laundromat renovation capital · Intro 0% funding · (833) 264-7776
Quick answer: laundromat renovation financing
Laundromat renovation financing is an unsecured business-purpose term loan from $50,000–$500,000 for card conversion, lounge, lighting, plumbing, and GC labor on a coin-op you already run or are about to open. Terms are 3, 5, or 7 years, often funded in 3–10 business days, with no lien on the storefront. Pricing is quoted per file in an approximate 6%–18% band. Commercial washers with serial numbers stay on equipment financing at 6%–14%.
Pick the unsecured term loan when you have trailing store deposits and want a fixed installment. Pick intro 0% funding when revenue is thin and you need the 6–18 month window first — then stress the post-intro payment before you draw.
Typical laundromat remodel line items and costs
| Line item | Typical range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Card / app conversion kits | $18,000–$45,000 | Often the highest-ROI phase |
| Lounge, seating, LED | $22,000–$55,000 | Drives dwell time and vend |
| Restrooms and flooring | $15,000–$40,000 | Landlord TI rarely covers |
| Plumbing / electrical | $20,000–$60,000 | Depends on panel and water heater |
| Attendant desk and security | $8,000–$22,000 | Mixed labor — stays here |
| Commercial washers (dealer invoice) | Separate file | Equipment financing |
Use the RenovationProfitabilityCalculator on this page to test extra paid turns against a 5-year note before you apply.
When operators choose unsecured vs intro 0% vs SBA
Unsecured term loan (this page) fits when the store already prints deposits, you have two years of personal tax returns, and you want a known monthly payment for card conversion or a lounge refresh in the next two weeks.
Intro 0% fits a new location, a dark store with no trailing P&L, or a remodel that must start before sales support a 3-, 5-, or 7-year installment. The intro window is 6–18 months — not a forever rate. Model month 19 at the high end of quoted line pricing.
SBA 7(a) or 504 fits when you are buying the real estate or the operating business and can wait 45–90 days for a cheaper permanent stack. Do not delay a health-department or landlord deadline waiting on SBA if the room is losing share to the store next door.
Mistakes that stall laundromat remodel files
- Putting serial-numbered washers on the unsecured invoice. Split dealer quotes onto equipment paper.
- Sizing the note from peak Saturday turns only. Underwriters haircut one good weekend.
- No landlord consent when the lease requires it. Get written approval before funding.
- Mixing personal debt consolidation into use of funds. This is business-purpose only.
- Ignoring weeks the store is half-dark. The payment starts even when construction cuts volume.
- Quoting unsecured 6%–18% as if it were hard money 8.99%–13.5%. Different products — do not blend rates in your model.
Documents to gather before you apply
- Two years of personal tax returns (and business returns if the entity files)
- Last 3–6 months of business bank statements showing store deposits
- Contractor bid or one-page scope separating equipment from GC labor
- Lease with remaining term and any TI or alteration clause highlighted
- Card-processor statements if conversion is part of the lift story
- Use-of-funds letter that names line items — not “general improvements”
Payment stress test: three terms on one remodel
Take a $118,000 card-and-lounge bid. At an illustrative 12.5%:
| Term | Approx. monthly payment | Total interest (60/84 mo.) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | ~$3,956 | lower total interest |
| 5 years | ~$2,656 | middle ground |
| 7 years | ~$2,120 | lowest payment, most interest |
If extra turns after conversion do not cover the 5-year line with room for utilities and attendants, do not upsize the scope. Run the same amount in the unsecured term loan calculator.
Related paths on this site
- Parent product: unsecured term loans
- Thin revenue: 0% interest business financing
- Washer stacks: equipment financing · unsecured vs equipment
- Buying the building: commercial real estate financing
- Eligibility overview: loan eligibility requirements
Sources
SBA laundry files are usually store purchases, not a card-conversion lounge. Program rules: SBA loan programs. If a broker is selling speed as if it were a rate, read the FTC small-business financing staff perspective. This note is business-purpose, not a house you live in: CFPB Ability-to-Repay (consumer mortgage context).
Calculator figures are estimates for a coin-op refresh, not a quote. Jaken Finance Group originates the property loan if you also buy the building. Unsecured term-loan and intro 0% pre-qualification stay on separate applications.