Robert W. Baird & Co. and TRSA recently released the results of their Third-Quarter 2024 Uniform & Linen Rental Survey. In the linen-rental survey, no-programmer interest dipped in the third quarter to 43.3, its first negative (i.e., 50) reading since December 2020. This contrasted with uniform rental’s strong positive reading this quarter, which strengthened to 67.4 in the third quarter (from 55.9 in 2Q).

Survey participants include senior executives at linen, uniform and facility services companies across the United States, with some operations in Canada and other international locations. The total response pool includes nearly 500 independent firms. If ...