Please Share Your Operating Expenses

[thecasino5]

Does anyone have a breakdown of their operating expense for their in bay automatics? water, electricity, chemicals, credit card fees, maintenance cost, and insurance?

 

[Beddattery]

This will give you some general numbers/percentages and some numbers to use as a bench mark...

https://carwashmag.com/wp-content/uploads/ALN_surveys/2021_in_bay_automatic_survey.pdf

 

[soonermajic]

I should prolly be a better owner, but... i don't really know. I make 6x what i do coaching, so IDGAS. ise Warsaw & Quest products & customers like it cause cars are clean & shiny.

Im gonna guess i have 15% of expenses, not including mortgage.
Factor in mortgage & prolly about 30% expenses & about 70% net...?

 

[washnshine]

I should prolly be a better owner, but... i don't really know. I make 6x what i do coaching, so IDGAS.

You are a good owner coach - you’re turning out clean cars, making customers happy and making a living on it!

 

[$!cmad3k]

I havent reanalyzed my expenses since everything started going up to see what its costing me per aash

 

[thecasino5]

I havent reanalyzed my expenses since everything started going up to see what its costing me per aash

or do you have any idea of what percentage of your gross is profit and what is expenses... for example if you operating at 50% profit and 50% expenses

 

[$!cmad3k]

or do you have any idea of what percentage of your gross is profit and what is expenses... for example if you operating at 50% profit and 50% expenses

When i first opened my basic wash was $6 and it cost me just over $2. With all the chemical cost increasing monthly its hard to stay on top of the cost analysis but ive gone up my wash prices recently also to help offset.

 

[thecasino5]

When i first opened my basic wash was $6 and it cost me just over $2. With all the chemical cost increasing monthly its hard to stay on top of the cost analysis but ive gone up my wash prices recently also to help offset.

awesome! thank you for the information I really do appreciate it

 

[jubalr]

My utilities (gas, water sewer elect) runs about 1.25 per car. Chemical about .70

 

[thecasino5]

My utilities (gas, water sewer elect) runs about 1.25 per car. Chemical about .70

awesome thank you! when you say gas is that because your in a colder climate or what does gas exactly mean? and how much does gas take away from each car?

 

[jubalr]

awesome thank you! when you say gas is that because your in a colder climate or what does gas exactly mean? and how much does gas take away from each car?

Yes, gas is only used a couple months a year and is used to heat the equipment room and the floor heat in the bays.

 

[thecasino5]

Yes, gas is only used a couple months a year and is used to heat the equipment room and the floor heat in the bays.

out of that $1.25 utilities how much is the gas of that? also what state are you located?

 

[jubalr]

AS it says to the left of my posts, I'm in Southern TN. Averaged over the year, gas is probably less than a penny.