China's Commercial Laundry Market: 2025 & Beyond

China’s commercial washing machine and dryer market is moving towards innovation of technology and modes by virtue of the “Dual Carbon” policy and the digital economy. It is estimated that in 2025, the retail sales of China’s commercial washer and dryer will be over 8 billion RMB. In 2029, the shared laundry shops, some sub-sectors like intelligent equipment and green manufacturing, will form a giant market that is over 10 billion RMB. This will totally change the laundry industry.

Intelligence and Energy Saving

The global commercial washer and dryer market will be over 18 billion us dollars in 2025. Also, the retail sales in China will be over 8 billion RMB. There are two elements of this technology upgrade.

● IoT

The rate of Intelligent equipment (remote monitoring, AI scheduling) is now 35% and will become 52% in 2029. The failure rate is estimated to drop by 40%.

● Energy Efficiency

First-level energy-efficiency equipment will account for 65% in the next 5 years. The average annual electricity saving of an Individual machine will be 3000 KWH. The whole laundry industry’s reduction of carbon emissions will be over 30%.

“Then intelligence and energy saving have transformed from an optional choice to a must.”, an analyst of the laundry industry said. The technological barrier pushes the market to the leading companies.

Sharing Economy

Shared laundry room, self-service laundry station, and other modes also matter. The coverage rate of shared laundry rooms in first-tier cities is 12% in 2024. It is expected to be 25% in 2029. As a result, the purchase volume of commercial washing machines and dryers will increase by 15%.

This mode helps a lot.

● Area effectiveness

The daily frequency of use of one individual shared machine is 6.2. It is 1.8 times that of the traditional mode.

● Cost upgrade

This pay-as-you-go model can save 58% of investment for medium and small shops.

Also, the sharing scenario pushes the equipment to have upgrades because the requirements for equipment with Face ID and mobile payment grow.

Green Manufacture

Restricted by the “Dual Carbon” goal, the laundry industry has to move towards environmental protection.

● Energy efficiency policy

In 2025, the machines purchased by the government will all be first-level energy efficiency. This change pushes the enterprises to improve their R&D to about 6%.

● Carbon reduction

The pioneer enterprises realize that the carbon footprint has been reduced by 35% with modular design and the application of recycled materials.

● ESG evaluation system

In the future, the data on carbon reduction will be added to the standard for evaluating a supplier. An enterprise without green technology will be out in the competition.

Customization

The different needs lead to the innovation of services.

● Professional Scenes

The laundry equipment for hotels (support for linen tracking) will account for 28% of the market. The need for laundry equipment for hospitals ( anti-bacterial) grows 22% annually.

● Production

The Customer to Manufacturer platform can reduce the delivery cycle by 40%. The premium price for customized products is 30% to 50%.

● Cross-industry case

With a new mode of shared laundry shops plus community group buying, the average daily revenue per machine has increased by 75 RMB.