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Buy a 1-800-DryClean Franchise

1-800-DryClean is a dry cleaning and laundry pickup-and-delivery franchise that brings professional garment care directly to homes and offices. Founded in 1997 and franchising since 2000, the brand built its model around convenience: customers leave garments in a branded bag, and the franchisee collects, cleans, and returns them on a set schedule with no storefront visit required.

The model is home-based and route-driven. Rather than operating a cleaning plant, franchisees run branded vans and subcontract the actual cleaning to local production partners, focusing their own time on routes, customer service, marketing, and building a recurring client base. This is a lower-overhead service business serving busy households and professionals who value time-saving garment care.

1-800-DryClean is part of Clean Brands LLC (formerly Clean Franchise Brands), the Naples, Florida group whose portfolio also includes Martinizing Cleaners, Lapels, Pressed4Time, and Dry Cleaning Station. Since the 2021 acquisition, the brand’s services have been integrated into the Martinizing platform, though 1-800-DryClean franchisees continue to operate under the established name.

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Why buy a 1-800-DryClean Franchise?

For buyers drawn to a low-overhead service business, a 1-800-DryClean franchise offers an established name in a category people use year-round. Garment care is a routine, repeat-use service, and the pickup-and-delivery format turns one-off cleaning into a recurring relationship with loyal local customers.

The home-based, van-based structure keeps fixed costs low: there is no retail lease, no cleaning plant to run, and the labour-intensive cleaning is handled by production partners. That lets an owner concentrate on growing routes and customer relationships rather than managing a facility. As part of Clean Brands, the brand sits within one of the largest dry cleaning and laundry groups in North America, giving franchisees access to a multi-brand support infrastructure now shared with Martinizing.

1-800-DryClean Franchise Costs & Information

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • Initial Franchise Fee

      $9,900

    • Total Initial Investment

      $69,900–$92,450

  • Royalty

    • Royalty Fee

      7%

      of gross sales

  • Training & Support

    • 3 days on the job training

    • 64 hours classroom training

    • Ongoing support

    • Marketing support

1-800-DryClean – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Initial training has historically covered 64 hours of classroom instruction plus three days of on-the-job field training, supported by a week at headquarters and a structured business launch. Ongoing support includes intranet resources, webinars, conference calls, owner peer groups, regional meetings, one-on-one visits, and local and national marketing support, now delivered through the Clean Brands and Martinizing platform. Resale buyers should confirm with Clean Brands what transfer training and system access are provided when an existing 1-800-DryClean unit changes hands.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits sales-minded, organized operators who are comfortable building a local customer base and managing delivery routes rather than performing the cleaning themselves. Day-to-day success depends on marketing, route scheduling, and steady customer relationships, so people skills and consistency matter more than industry experience, which is not required. It fits hands-on owner-operators who want a home-based business they can grow from a single van toward a small fleet and team over time.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    1-800-DryClean built early recognition through franchise-industry listings, including Entrepreneur's Franchise 500, Top 50 Franchises for Minorities, 100 Top New Franchises, and a Dun & Bradstreet AllBusiness AllStar recognition, reflecting its position as one of the pioneers of the dry cleaning delivery model. Today it is backed by Clean Brands, which positions itself as one of the largest dry cleaning and laundry groups in North America. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews, customer loyalty, and route reputation.

  4. Industry / Market

    Dry cleaning and laundry is an established US service category worth several billion dollars annually, and while traditional storefront volume has softened, on-demand pickup-and-delivery has been a growth area as busy households look to save time. Garment care is a routine, repeat-use service that tends to hold up across economic cycles, and demand concentrates in higher-income, time-pressed suburban and metro markets. For resale buyers, local route density and the size of the recurring customer base matter more than national figures.

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