Open a car wash self-service is beneficial not only in megacities and regional centers, but also in populated areas of 200-500 thousand inhabitants. Today, for Russian cities, such a business is not yet very customary, but it is understandable and convenient, because every Russian motorist wants to have a clean, well-groomed car, but not particularly spend.
Many wash the machines themselves, only conditions for this as in Europe are not created. Owners of cars use hoses, buckets, the nearest reservoirs, however mediocre result and physical inconveniences are noted by all.
It is always difficult to begin, especially if it’s an unfamiliar business. In this area, you must first determine the possibilities, since it is a profitable business, but it requires a considerable amount of starting capital. Ask yourself if you can add 5 to 13 million rubles to self-service car wash opening or to find investors for such a sum. If there are such opportunities, then get down to business – study the market and its geography.
Like any business, a car wash needs to start with finding a place for the future point and studying the demand.
The peculiarity of the opening of a self-service car wash is that it is necessary to immediately decide, rent the land or buy into the property. Since it is necessary to invest a lot of money in underground communications, construction work, asphalting and the arrangement of the territory, it is better not to rely on the landlord and buy the land or lease the land with subsequent repayment. The size of the plot can vary from 100 to 650 sq. M. meters, it all depends on the number of posts and additional buildings.
Investment size
The volume of initial investment depends heavily on the number of posts at the sink , the types of washing units, as well as the infrastructure. For example, if you decide to open a self-service car wash near a car wash with tunnel functionality, parking, a shopping center parking lot, etc., you do not have to equip the territory, asphalt is limited only to the nearest area. This significantly reduces several items of expenditure.
The quantity and quality of operations with washing makes their own adjustments both in the initial investments and in the cost of services. For example, a system of 2 units with minimal functions (soapy water + cold water for rinsing) will cost 750,000 rubles, and more complex with several operations, including applying wax and osmosis, will cost 3,500,000 rubles.
In order to have an idea of the volume of investments, we will calculate the initial costs for a car wash for 6 places with great functionality :
- Registration of documentation – 300 000 rub.
- Rent of the land (prices vary) – 120 000 rub.
- Conducting communications – 270 000 rubles.
- Purchase of equipment – 9 500 000 rub.
- Delivery of equipment – 380 000 rubles.
- Installation (10% of the cost) – 950 000 rubles.
- Installation of treatment facilities – 1 000 000 rub.
- Accomplishment and asphalting – 180 000 rub.
- Advertising (pointers, banners, signs) – 100 000 rub.
Total: 12 800 000 rubles.
In addition, it is recommended that you have the means to pay for the first month of work for staff and for deductions to the tax service in case there are still few customers at the beginning. It is most expedient to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To do this, it will be necessary to hire three service operators and set a schedule of work a day in two. With a salary of 20,000 rubles, your payroll should be 60,000 rubles a month.
A separate item of monthly expenses is utility bills and security. At least 30,000 rubles will be spent on this. Installation of the alarm will cost 20 000 rubles. The amount of taxes will be about 20 000 rubles. Thus, to open a self-service car wash from scratch, you will need 12,930,000 rubles. If you plan to purchase land in ownership, then this figure will increase.
Step-by-step instruction
Evaluating your opportunities and making sure that you open the self-service car wash to your strength, choose a place for the future enterprise. After that, start to draw up documents and legalize your business in a certain territory. When all permits are received and a project is created, construction can begin.
Communication system
The construction work will be extensive, since the communication system under the ground is important. The car wash operates according to the scheme of water circulation in underground highways. As hot water circulates in the pipes, the effect of the «warm floor» is created (it needs to be equipped in a special way), then the sink can work even in frost.
Construction and installation work is carried out in the following order:
- Excavation excavation.
- Laying of the communication system.
- Arrangement of the «warm floor».
- Concreting.
- Asphalt paving.
- Installation of metal structures.
- Installation of treatment facilities.
- Arrangement of the adjacent territory.
The cost of such work will depend on the number of posts in the self-service car wash and the area it occupies. After the construction and erection of metal structures, you can begin to purchase the necessary technical devices.
Purchase of equipment
This expense item is quite impressive. In Russia, such a technique is not produced, but imported from Europe. In our country there are official dealers, they need to address this issue. To buy independently, and then transport and customs clearance does not make sense – too expensive and troublesome. It is also not necessary to save on the brand of equipment for car washes. This is the business card of your company, it will give an additional advantage over competitors, raise the image and allow you to put up worthy rates.
Washing for 6 places with a functional of 4-5 operations costs about 9 500 000 rubles. If the capital is insignificant, in the beginning there will be enough washing for 2 places, it will be one third cheaper. You can save on the complexity of the aggregates and the number of functions they contain.
For the first time, a car wash complex with several basic functions is suitable:
- Hot water with powder (+40 + 60 ° С).
- Hot water (+ 40 ° С).
- Cold water.
- Hot wax.
- Osmosis.
The process of washing the machine looks like this: it is washed with hot water with foam, washed off with hot, then with cold water, wax is applied, osmosis water is let out, which allows the car surface to dry quickly without divorce.
For car wash self-service will require:
- Control unit with payment devices.
- A set of pumps.
- Highway.
- Console.
- Pistols.
- Dispensers.
It is necessary to install treatment facilities. Their purchase will cost about 1 million rubles. Various devices are available in price from 90 to 400 thousand rubles, so everyone decides what price level to choose in this category of equipment.
A place
Finding the right place is one of the most important issues for future profitability. If there are few clients, the business will become unprofitable. The most favorable places:
- In the parking lot.
- Along the busy road.
- In the parking lots of the shopping center.
- In the center of multi-apartment residential complexes.
- Near the car-care center.
Such places are rarely free, but the infrastructure of cities does not stand still, new facilities are constantly being built, so you can find a place with a large flow of motorists. It is advisable to choose business and shopping areas of the city, and a self-service car wash from scratch is better equipped on the road, rather than at the entrance from them. Many owners of such facilities put car washes right after the traffic lights: the driver stands at a traffic light and looks around the neighborhood, so he notices the car wash. If the object is not on the road itself, but a little further, after the traffic lights within a radius of 1-1.5 km from the car wash, you must place bright banners or signposts.
Documentation
When you open a car wash, you need to register your company. This will require about 20 000 rubles. The most common organizational and legal forms for a self-service car wash are LLC and IP. LLC is advisable to register with two or more investors. If the owner is alone, it is easier and more profitable to formalize individual entrepreneurship. In this case, the code (OKPD 2) is assigned 45.20. There are pluses from the opening of the LLC – in case of bankruptcy, LLC will have to sacrifice only the authorized capital, and the IP will be forced to part with personal property. The company is registered when it is planned to open several car washes and attract investment capital.
After registration with the tax authority, you need to prepare a number of permits and other documents:
- The permission of the local executive committee.
- The project and settlement documents from the construction company (the cost of the project is about 2,000 per 1 sq. M.).
- Plan of the land plot.
- Architectural and planning task.
- Permission from the Fire Inspection.
- Coordination with environmentalists.
- Reference from the SES.
- Coordination of the project with architecture management.
- Decree of the administration on the opening of a car wash.
- Harmonization with the labor protection service.
The preparation of documentation and permits with an organized approach will take about 1-1.5 months. Taxes can be paid according to a simplified taxation system. If the list of documents causes difficulties with personal participation, you can use the services of a legal or consulting company, though this is another expense item.
Check-list of opening
- Selecting a location.
- Business registration.
- Lease or purchase agreement.
- Construction works.
- Laying of communications.
- Construction of metal structures.
- Asphalting.
- Territory arrangement.
- Installation of lighting (if necessary).
- Purchase of equipment.
- Delivery of equipment.
- Equipment installation.
- Alarm installation.
- Employment of labor.
- Drawing up a schedule of works.
- Staff training.
- Advertising.
- Opening of a car wash.
Is it profitable to open
Of course, it is profitable to open a self-service car wash around the clock, if you choose the right place, ensuring a constant flow of customers. Washing one machine takes about 20-30 minutes. In an hour, 12 cars will be able to visit from 6 posts under condition of full workload. Theoretically, 288 cars per day are obtained. Of course, this workload can not be achieved. At night and in the morning, cars are washed less. However, less than 100 cars a day, provided that there is no untwisted space. One car wash on average costs 250 rubles. Subsequently, you can include additional services that will increase the cost to 500 rubles. At the minimum demand and cost will be obtained:
- 100 × 250 = 25,000 rubles a day.
- 25 000 × 30 = 750 000 rubles per month.
We will subtract not so good days, which bring less, and we will receive not less than 0,5 million rubles monthly. The item of expenses for a month will be:
- Protection and cleaning of the territory – 30 000 rub.
- Communal payments – 20 000 rubles.
- Salaries to employees – 60 000 rubles.
- Rent – 120 000 rubles.
- Insurance premiums (30% FOT) – 20 000 rubles.
- Taxes UTII – 6 500 (the amount of tax is reduced by the amount of payments (contributions) and benefits that were paid in favor of employees, but not more than 50% of the calculated tax).
Total is 256 500 rubles . That is, net profit will come out: 750 000 – 256 500 000 = 493 500 rubles per month. There are simpler devices with a minimum number of functions: washing with soapy water and flushing cold. Such services are usually paid for 50 rubles. in the device with tokens, and they have a lot of their economy class customers. You can combine on one car wash self-service devices for expensive washing and cheap, in order to reach the maximum target audience. The benefits of business leave no doubt. This direction now has a small competition, so it makes sense to start such a profitable business. The main thing is not to lose with the location.
