Funding for your situation
What decides whether a laundromat with an open advance can add more funding, what a review compares, and a worked example.
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Needing more money while an advance is still debiting is the normal state of a working laundromat. The machines run at capacity on weekends, and the building next door has the right plumbing. The open question is whether the account has room for a second position on top of the first.
Merchant Fund Express is a funding marketplace: you apply once, and the file is matched to the structure that fits it. The sections below show what this situation usually costs, how a funder reads it, and what to prepare.
Equipment is part of the picture. A failure such as a dryer motor and burner or a card reader network can run $3,200 to $6,500 and interrupt revenue while it is down.
The documents that usually matter most for a laundromat are an equipment quote and a lease for the new space, alongside the bank statements.
Weather and school breaks shift visits modestly, and wash-and-fold services smooth the year. For a laundromat, that rhythm decides when a funding request reads best and how it should be repaid.
What it looks like on the ground: the oldest bank of dryers keeps going down on Saturdays.
These are the same factors described on revenue and deposit requirements and time in business. Merchant Fund Express walks you through how your own file reads before you apply.
| Item | Illustrative amount |
|---|---|
| Position 1: taken for commercial washers (remaining balance, illustrative) | $84,000 |
| Position 1 weekly debit | $4,500 |
| Average weekly deposits at a laundromat (illustrative) | $45,000 |
| Debit as a share of weekly deposits | about 10% |
| New need under discussion: a dryer motor and burner or a new second location (illustrative) | $66,000 |
| Whether a second position fits | decided by negative days, NSFs and the average daily balance |
What a review compares. The remaining balance, the share of deposits already committed and how the account has behaved. Read negative days and NSFs and second position funding.
Source: worksheet by Merchant Fund Express. Illustrative only: these figures are not an offer, and real amounts depend on your file and the funder.
Balance, debit and payment history, and what it financed: commercial washers.
Steady daily deposits from card systems and coin, with predictable utility costs.
Negative days, NSFs and the average daily balance, read against weather and school breaks shift visits modestly, and wash-and-fold services smooth the year.
Second position, renewal or refinance, depending on how much has been paid down.
A complete file is what makes a same-day decision possible. If something is missing, tell us and we will work around it.
Often, depending on position count and account behavior. Look at second position funding, renewals and MCA refinance. Merchant Fund Express reviews the file the same day it is complete.
A second position sits behind the first on the same revenue. A renewal comes after the first is substantially paid down. See first position vs second position.
Three months of business bank statements, the existing agreement or a payoff letter, and an equipment quote.
The minimum FICO is 500, and better credit means better products and terms. See credit score requirements for how the tiers work.
Merchant Fund Express gives a same-day decision on a complete file. Applying takes a few minutes and will not affect your credit score.
