Garment textile expense begins, and ends, with your customers. For most laundry mixed plants, normally, 50% of your textile costs are garment expense. The other 50% is made up of linen, mats, and towels put in service expense. This percentage of garment textile expense is even more prevalent for industrial textile rental companies. This is why it’s important to understand, manage, and control your garment costs.

There are three types of Garment expense: (1) New Contracts (2) Contract Renewal and (3) Existing Rental (ER) customers. New Garment expense for New Contracts usually hinges on sales and fluctuates at around 10%-15% ...