How to open a truck wash. Benefits of a mobile car wash. The cost of opening a car wash and preparatory work

Every day, with every kilometer, any car will be polluted to one degree or another. Unfortunately, our roads are not very clean, so car washes are in great demand today. And if washing is available for passenger cars in almost every city, then in the case of heavy trucks, the statistics leave much to be desired. We are all used to seeing car washes for SUVs, minibuses and cars, but there are sorely lacking places where you can drive a truck 20 meters long onto the site.

However, experts say that car wash as a business is a very profitable business. And in order for it to bring real income, you should take into account a number of important points, which we will tell you about in today's article.

What you need to know about a truck wash?

First of all, it is necessary to note who exactly will use your services. The majority of customers are truck drivers. Their essence of work lies in the delivery of goods over long distances in different directions.

And since the flight can last 5 or more days (sometimes up to 2-3 weeks), drivers have to live in their cars. There they eat, sleep and live. Naturally, the cabin must be in order and cleanliness. But they don’t forget about the outside of the truck either, which is why they use the services of car washes.

What will play into your hands is the quality of the roads. Domestic tracks are practically not cleaned, so they are always very dusty. And just imagine - after the rain on the wet paintwork a huge amount of small particles of road debris stick to the body. If you do not wash in time, the dirt will “envelop” the entire truck right up to the roof.

And then, no matter how expensive the car may seem, it will look, to put it mildly, not very. In addition, some unloading bases and ports have a special restriction, according to which dirty trucks are simply prohibited from entering there. And then, willy-nilly, you have to look for a car wash or wash the truck with your own efforts.

But even under the most acceptable weather conditions, you will not be able to come “clean”, for example, from Yekaterinburg to Moscow. It turns out that on our roads trucks get dirty 1.5-2 times more often than on German autobahns. This explains the profitability of this business in Russia.

How to open a car wash? Choose a place

The most difficult moment when opening this business is the choice of a suitable territory on which a car wash will be built. In the center of the city, of course, there is no point in building such a building, if only because trucks are prohibited from entering there during the day and at night. It should be built outside the city somewhere near the highway with a large flow trucks.

You can rent a room for a car wash, but for a permanent business this is not an option. Pay attention to the convenience of water supply. Since large trucks will use your services, the pressure of the water supply must be appropriate. As a last resort, use special pumps that increase the pressure of the liquid (most often the equipment is already equipped with them). Plan the entry and exit for vehicles.

The car wash room and its territory should be as large as possible to ensure the maneuver of a long truck. It should be taken into account that the size of foreign (foreign) structures and their territory may slightly differ in area in a smaller direction.

This is explained by the fact that a lot of American-made bonnet tractors travel around in Russia. Compared to cabover "Europeans", they are less maneuverable, so they need more space on the road to turn around.

Mobile or stationary?

In total, there are two types of such structures, which can be either mobile or stationary. The first option has several advantages over the second. Firstly, it is the ease of assembly of structures. A mobile car wash for trucks is assembled in 2-3 days, and there is no need to fill the foundation and connect to sewer and water communications.

This structure can be built either on asphalt or concrete slab, as well as on the ground. That is, the launch of a business can be carried out in the coming days.

Secondly, you will have practically no problems with paperwork for the mobile station and all related permits. Thirdly, when buying such structures, you will immediately pick up a complete set of appliances and tools. You will already have all the necessary equipment for a car wash. By the way, in terms of functionality, mobile stations are practically in no way inferior to their stationary counterparts.

Why are these designs so uncommon in Russia?

The fact is that the minimum cost of such stations is about 2-3 million rubles, depending on the number of parking spaces (in individual cases comes up to 6 million rubles). However, as practice shows, the versatility of such designs allows the owner to "recapture" this cost in the next few months. With a good choice of location, mobile stations will allow you to earn pretty good money. By the way, the activity is registered for one legal entity or individual.

We draw up a car wash plan: the number of employees

For normal functioning firms you will need no more than 10 staff members. If it is a small car wash for trucks, it is enough to hire 3 people for successful work. The division by position is as follows: only the administrator and washers work at the car wash, whose work he will control.

That is, if it is 10 workers, then 9 of them will wash cars, and one will check all their actions. It is important that they work in shifts, as trucks can arrive not only during the day, but also at night.

Truck washes for heavy vehicles, special vehicles and military equipment.

AT recent times there is a trend of interest in car washes of frame-tent design. Such popularity is easily explained.

Frame-tent version truck wash it is primarily a prefabricated, lightweight construction, relatively quickly installed on a prepared site. As a rule, the building itself - a frame-tent structure for a car wash - is installed separately from the base of the washing room, i.e. has its own reference points, not connected with the overpass of the cargo car wash. It can be a strip foundation, or screwed piles.

The base for the truck wash can be made in two different versions.

The most popular option is a prepared flat area, from road slabs, with a collapsible metal rack installed on the plates with a distributed load. Overpass loading capacity up to 80 tons.

The overpass can be additionally equipped with a two-tier platform for operators washing department, which allows servicing trucks and special vehicles from above.

One of the most important parts of any car wash is PRIMARY SETTLEMENT.

Sump - is a set of a certain number of containers (reservoirs, wells) for the primary treatment of wastewater.

!!! If you have the opportunity to place the primary sedimentation tank underground (under the overpass, or next to the building) - it's better to do it!!!

It should be understood: a car wash is a place where vehicles “leave” their dirt. There is a lot of dirt at the truck wash. Also, do not forget about the human factor - no one likes to clean up dirt.
Having a primary sump available, the owner of a car wash significantly reduces operating costs.

In cases where it is not possible to place the primary settling tank underground, the only solution is to place the surface settling tank in a warm technical room. But in this case, part of the room will be occupied by the settling tank located in it, which will inevitably lead to an increase in the technical room and, as a result, the amount of capital costs at the investment stage.

The dimensions of the primary clarifier, surface or underground, are determined depending on the planned capacity of the car wash, but in any case according to the principle: the more the better!!!

The technical room of a cargo car wash can be made in two versions: in the contour of the building being installed or as a separate modular container-type structure.

The cargo car wash is equipped with all the necessary equipment for full-fledged operation, including a closed-cycle water treatment system.

The heating system of the complex is usually located in a technical room, but it is better to place the heating system equipment in a separate room.

Heating systems can be based on: electric, liquid fuel or gas boiler, and also implemented by direct connection to the existing heating plant. When implementing a project for the construction of a cargo car wash, Moby Group always takes into account the operational capabilities of the customer.

Warnings!

When considering the possibility of acquiring and installing a truck wash, as well as a car wash for special vehicles, you should take into account the geographical location of the place where you are going to operate a truck wash.

When making a choice in favor of a frame-tent structure, consider temperature regime the region of the proposed operation of the complex.

For middle lane and more northern regions a truck wash based on a building with walls and a roof made of sandwich panels is proposed. The use of sandwich panels significantly reduces heat loss, gives the building the appearance of a capital structure, !!! while not making the building capital!!!

At the request of the customer, a cargo car wash can be combined with a passenger car wash in the same building.

An example of such a combination in the photo:

In addition to the necessary - technical premises - Cargo car wash can be equipped with additional premises: a warehouse, toilet rooms and showers, staff location, boiler room, electrical room, shop, office, etc. All wishes of the customer can be realized.

Cargo car wash in the existing premises.

Do you have a manufacturing or warehouse space with the required overall dimensions, and you want to make a cargo car wash or a car wash for special vehicles in this room?

Mobi Group specialists will quickly and efficiently produce necessary calculations and after agreement with you, they will perform all the work to implement the plan. You will receive a turnkey car wash.

Car wash for special vehicles and military equipment.

The project can be implemented on the basis of a frame-tent building or, to put it "in a military way": TMU - Tento-mobile shelter.

• Capital investments: 2 400 000 rubles,
• Average monthly revenue: 352,000 rubles,
• Net profit: 178 00 rubles,
• Payback: 14 months!

The article presents a ready-made business plan for opening an autonomous modular car wash. You will find out how much money is needed to open, the number of employees, potential income, profitability and payback periods.

1. How to open an offline mobile car wash

In Russia, the number of cars is increasing every year. According to the data information portal API (link) as of January 1, 2012, more than 35 million cars were registered in Russia.

Most car owners treat their cars like living beings, take care of them carefully, and try to keep them clean. Due to the car wash it is very profitable and promising business in Russia.

Relatively recently, a new direction has appeared on the Russian car wash market: the production of fully autonomous mobile car washes. In this business plan, we will try to reveal all the features of the new product.

1.1. Benefits of a mobile car wash

Compared to stationary, mobile autonomous car washes have the following Benefits:

• Not required in foundation construction
• Fast commissioning time
• They have all permits SES documents, as well as a fire certificate.
• Sewerage is not required, as the module is equipped with reverse water treatment equipment.
• There is no need to connect electricity, sewerage, water supply and other infrastructure lines.
• Easily dismantled and transported to a new location.

1.2. Car wash location

The issue of choosing a location for a car wash must be taken seriously, since the success of the entire enterprise depends on it.

It would be optimal to place the car wash near a busy highway (next to a gas station) or near a large shopping center. It is also worth paying attention to the availability of a convenient entrance and exit for transport. If the territory allows, then it is worth providing a small parking lot for waiting cars.

As soon as you decide on a location, you need to resolve the issue of renting a land plot for installation mobile car wash. To do this, you need to contact the administration of the district in which you plan to open a car wash and clarify who owns it. land plot.

If the land is owned by the state, then the cost of rent will not be high, but if it is privately owned, then the price of rent can be several times higher.

Important point: When installing a mobile car wash, the presence electrical networks, plumbing and sewerage is not required, so this sink is completely autonomous and has the necessary equipment for operation: water is concentrated in containers and exported-imported, and electricity is generated by a diesel generator.

1.3. Necessary equipment for an autonomous car wash

Currently, there are many offers on the market for the sale of autonomous modular car washes, we settled on the offer of Aquarius LLC

Aquarius LLC is a developer and manufacturer of autonomous mobile car washes under the AMAP-1 brand.

A mobile car wash is a modular container-type unit that includes an autonomous power supply (diesel generator), equipment for manual washing, containers for clean and waste water, as well as a water purification system for circulating water supply in a closed cycle.

Also, the kit for washing comes with a complete package of documents necessary for work:

1. SES conclusion.
2. Fire report.
3. Certificate of conformity.
4. Passport.
5. Manual

Thus, when buying an autonomous modular car wash, you only need to agree on the lease of a land plot, find staff and you can get to work.

The cost of the module for 2 cars is 2 250 000 rubles

1.4. Staff

4 people are enough to service a car wash for 2 cars. They work in shifts, two in two, for 12 hours. Salary is piecework, 20% of the cost of work, payment daily. All issues related to the purchase of products, the solution of administrative issues are the responsibility of the business owner.

2. Financial model

• Type of activity: mobile car wash for 2 cars
• Location: in the city, near a busy road, there is a gas station nearby. The population of the city is 400,000 people.
• The average cost of washing is 400 rubles.

2.1. Capital cost to open a car wash

2.2. Revenue

The activity of the car wash is subject to significant seasonal fluctuations, so the growth of revenue falls on March - October, and the period November-February there is a decrease in revenue.

Revenue for 2 parking spaces located in the city and near a busy highway is presented in the table:

2.3. Cost price

2.4. General expenses

2.5. Profitability calculation

2.6. Payback calculation

The payback period for a modular car wash for 2 cars is 13.4 months.

3. Organizational moments

3.1. Organizational form

To start activities to provide washing services to the population, you must register with the IFTS. The organizational form of an individual entrepreneur is optimal. (With this form of activity founding documents and authorized capital is not required)

3.2. Taxation system

According to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the activities of a car wash are subject to a simplified taxation system: UTII.

For those regions where UTII does not apply, the possible application of the Simplified Taxation System (STS), income minus expenses.

3.3. Accounting

Tax and accounting of a car wash is quite simple and does not take much time; it is not advisable to keep an accountant on staff. In this regard, it is best to do all the accounting yourself using the My Business online service - this will allow you to save money (you will receive a full accounting for less than 1,000 rubles per month), as well as your time (the service is fully automated and easy to manage).

Risk Analysis for Mobile Car Wash Business Plan

During the implementation of organizational and operational activities, the functioning of the project may be accompanied by a number of negative factors. In general, the threats are given in the analysis of risk factors and opportunities for opening a mobile car wash. To determine the degree of impact of risks and their actual danger to the business, it is necessary to detail the threats through qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Qualitative Analysis risks involves an expert assessment of the likelihood of a threat. Quantitative indicators reflect the actual value and degree of its impact on the main components of the project.

Qualitative project risk analysis

Risks are divided into external and internal. Those threats that arise under the influence of general economic influence and are not related to management processes are called macro-environment risks. Those threats that directly depend on the business organization, project management, the actual implementation of the business plan are internal risks.

Table 1. The main external risks of the project

As a rule, all external threats are leveled by a competent organizational component. With proper planning and development of anti-crisis strategies, external risks are only a predictable consequence, which is offset by prepared measures. A much greater danger to business are internal risks.

Table 2. Main internal risks of the project

Quantitative risk analysis of the project

All risks, both internal and external, have as a general negative result a decrease in profits up to the bankruptcy of the project. Omitting probable causes, real threats decrease in business profitability can be:

• unforeseen technological and technical risks;
• opening in city N with a population of 400 thousand people, activation and dumping of direct competitors;
• decrease in consumer demand as a result of:
  • geomarketing location errors;
  • low quality of service;
  • seasonal variation.

Degree of influence of unforeseen technological and technical risks

Calculated based on the average throughput of a car wash. For the average period required for emergency troubleshooting, 4.5 hours are taken (taking into account the type of equipment: an autonomous power supply source (diesel generator), pumps, a water treatment system for circulating water supply in a closed cycle, etc.).

With an average car wash load of 30 cars/day (see Risk and Opportunity Analysis of Opening a Mobile Car Wash), direct losses could be:

(30 / 24) * 4.5 \u003d 5.625 washes * 400 rubles \u003d 2250 rubles (lost income) + 12000 (repair and restoration work with the material) + 2500 (part of the organizational costs attributable to downtime) \u003d 16750 rubles - direct losses on one breakdown, which is about 4.7% of the total monthly income.

As equipment wears out, these costs will increase monthly.

Thus, the possible financial risk values ​​allow us to consider an increase in staff by 1 unit (equipment operation engineer) as a necessity, which, moreover, will reduce compensation costs, taking into account wages a competent specialist (16.5 thousand rubles).

The degree of influence of the competitive environment

The relative calculation of the market capacity of the city N with a population of 400 thousand people, given in the analysis of risk factors and opportunities for opening a mobile car wash, demonstrates the prevalence of demand over the number of offers (data are given as an example): “with an average frequency of washing 1 time / 9 days, the turnover one wash can vary within the average maximum of 630 thousand rubles / month with a throughput of 50-55 washes / day.

Thus, with the vast majority of manual small car washes, a large share of the financial capacity is occupied by specialized large car washes, which, together with mobile car washes and offers at gas stations, constitute a competitive environment. Loss step at total share market of 1.2% is negligible.

Decrease in consumer demand due to organizational errors (location, service, lack of seasonal compensation).

The risk is calculated based on the average loss rates and the dependence of demand on additional factors: convenient location (up to 65%), level of service (up to 48%), promotions and special offers (up to 22%).

Thus, a mistake in geolocation can lead to a loss of up to 220 thousand rubles (by comparison, geomarketing analysis costs about 3.5-5 thousand rubles), low quality maintenance - to a loss of up to 150 thousand rubles; the lack of seasonal compensation leads to a decrease in average annual indicators by 70 thousand rubles.

On average, the risk threatens with losses of up to 70% of profits and is the most significant. This situation requires a detailed analysis of the company's capabilities, the development of a marketing and organizational plan, creating a high-quality long-term advertising strategy.

Project Risk Ranking

The most probable are the risks of demand reduction due to organizational errors and technological risks are the most critical threats.

The fundamental point is the determination of the location. An error in choosing a location can lead to irreparable losses. A low level of service increases the risk of being influenced by a competitive environment.

The general background of threats to the project is favorable. The market is under development and demand significantly exceeds supply, tending to increase. With a competent organizational approach, the business is promising and allows you to respond very flexibly to the emergence of any risk, for which you should carefully consider marketing planning, strict regulation of work and service processes, active promotion of services.

Editor's note: An interesting option for opening a car wash is the purchase of a successful business model, this option has its advantages (the entrepreneur acquires already gained experience, a certain set of knowledge, software developments and much more) and disadvantages (you have to pay for experience with money (royalties, lump-sum fee)). But considering buying a franchise as one of the ways to start is definitely worth it.

Addition

If you need an extended business plan, check out BiPlan Consulting's offer. The site has 2 options for downloading: paid and free. The paid version contains all the necessary calculations for obtaining a loan and a subsidy. .

Many people are looking for the application of their forces in business, but cannot choose the right field of activity. Considering that in our country the number of cars is increasing every year, a car wash for trucks is currently a very profitable business. Known fact- competition in any business area is now quite high, this also applies to truck washing. Well, you will have to participate in the struggle for customers, reducing the prices of services and improving their quality compared to competing enterprises. A skillful, well-thought-out pricing policy and conscientious work of the automatic cargo car wash staff will enable a businessman to receive consistently high profits and find his own profitable business niche in this business.

Services market analysis

The relevance and relevance of a car wash for trucks is beyond doubt - after all, the quality of roads in Russia leaves much to be desired and the weather conditions are mostly damp and rainy. Any car, rapidly winding our highways on wheels, gets dirty very quickly, loses its appearance. Currently, car washes are widely available everywhere only for cars, and for trucks they are not even available in every city. Although every day there come dusty trucks, smeared with road mud.

If we analyze the situation in small towns, then there are practically no washing trucks there. When there are one or two car washes there, a queue is constantly formed there, people waste their precious time in vain. a little better situation in major cities, regional centers, as there are usually several truck washes. But given the intensity of the flow of trucks on Russian highways, this number of washes is clearly not enough.

As a result of the analysis of the market for these services, the entrepreneur must receive the following information in advance:

• optimal throughput of the enterprise;
• time out of 24 hours per day during which the car wash can operate at maximum load;
• work schedule that allows you to get the most profit;
• the most favorable location for business;
• categories Vehicle that can be served;
• how often the same trucks will visit the car wash.

If you take into account all these factors and skillfully combine them, then there will be plenty of work. This leads to the conclusion that opening a truck car wash as a business is a rather profitable business, and if you start providing additional services there at the same time, then this profit can be significantly increased.

Documents to open

Thinking about how to open a cargo car wash, you should decide on the registration form. There are two forms - LLC and IP. You can also choose one of the forms of taxation - UTII or VAT. Making your choice here is not difficult, given the size of the future business and plans for its expansion over time.

To open your own company and start an entrepreneurial activity, you must first do the following:

• develop a business plan for a truck wash, deciding on the number of co-founders; if there are several of them, then you will need to draw up a joint venture agreement;
• develop and approve the Charter of the enterprise;
• the owner of the institution must agree to the use of his personal address as the legal address of the company being created;
• register a business in the tax system of the Russian Federation by writing an application for opening an enterprise and indicating in it OKVED and an application for obtaining a TIN code;
• produce the formation authorized capital enterprises;
• pay the state registration fee, which is 800 rubles for individual entrepreneurs and 4000 rubles for LLC;
• open a bank account;
• get a seal, although in the case of an individual entrepreneur it is not required, however, customers trust any documents with a seal more.

If there are small additional funds it is more reasonable to entrust the execution of all permits for opening an automatic car wash for trucks to a person with legal education which provides similar services to clients. There are also official organizations that provide businessmen with full legal support for starting a business.

Rent of premises and land

Not every location will turn out to be a profitable business to open a truck wash. Cargo service centers are usually arranged either near large highways, or somewhere on the outskirts of cities, on entry roads. Indeed, many categories of trucks are prohibited from entering the city during the daytime. Waiting for the moment when the movement will be opened, they just could take advantage of various services including washing your car. It turns out that what more city, the more intensive the cargo flow to it, the more truck drivers can become customers of a truck car wash.

It is better to rent a washing room with an adjacent land plot with a subsequent purchase, in order to later build your own premises, more adapted to rapidly changing business conditions. The main thing is that the entrance and exit from the leased area should be convenient, and its size should be sufficient for expanding business in the future.

The room for washing trucks can be of a mobile design, it can be assembled at any site in a few days. Usually for building modular designs no expensive pouring of the foundation is required, there is no urgent need to connect to them and various city communications. To register modular structures, there is no need to go through complex licensing procedures, and simultaneously with the premises, entrepreneurs usually purchase from suppliers and the necessary technological equipment for washing trucks. There are plenty of such offers of turnkey ready-made enterprises in the modern market.

car wash equipment

The most important condition for the operation of an enterprise of this profile is a reliable supply of water. Given the large size of trucks, the flow and pressure of water in working area should be high. If this cannot be achieved in the usual way, then special pumping stations, which increase the water pressure to the required value in the supply line.

If you have sufficient capital, it is most profitable to buy equipment for a truck wash as a set. This truck wash kit usually includes:

• technical devices for receiving trucks;
• special containers for storing a supply of water sufficient for work during the day;
• devices for supplying water under pressure;
• devices for manual washing;
• ventilation system;
• lighting system;
• room heating system;
• a backup power supply in case of a power outage.

When equipment for cargo washing is supplied as a set, the manufacturer guarantees its operation for a long time, taking into account the existing reliability and durability, high quality manufacturing. Portal washes for trucks are currently of particular interest. When using this brush device in automatic car washes, dirt control becomes much more effective, and the truck wash business becomes more profitable.

The most common is the Karcher portal type washing complex, which significantly reduces the cost of contactless type washing and maintains a consistently high quality of the services provided. In centers equipped with portal devices, almost guaranteed perfect cleanliness arriving for car servicing.

If the customer wishes, portal equipment suppliers can additionally equip their complex, giving it special options:

• washing of rims;
• application of foam at an intermediate stage of cleaning;
• drying the washed truck in automatic mode.

A good addition to the range of services can be washing tanks and washing wheels. These types of work usually do not require separate equipment, difficulties are possible only with the disposal of polluted waters, but the profitable part of the project increases significantly during their implementation.

Approximate estimate of start-up capital

Estimated costs for equipment for washing and cleaning trucks in stationary conditions consist of the following cost items:

• air compressor - from 12,000 rubles;
• washing vacuum cleaner - from 20,000 rubles;
• device high pressure, providing heating of the washing liquid - from 80,000 rubles;
• equipment that supplies water to a high-pressure hose for one workplace - from 30,000 rubles.

The total amount required for the purchase of such equipment is about 150 thousand rubles. If equipment for waste water treatment or other environmental devices is required, then the costs can increase significantly and amount to about 300 thousand rubles. Renting or buying a room with a land plot will additionally increase the initial investment. But compared to other, more technologically advanced business projects of our time, these costs are not high and their payback period when organizing a round-the-clock truck wash is usually no more than six months of work. This is a very good indicator in business, it is not so easy to find a more profitable application of one's forces and means now.

If it is enough for cars to simply put their appearance in proper order, then this cannot be said for freight transport. Not every city has at least one truck wash, which means that there is a significant shortage of enterprises of this type. So why not take advantage of this and fill a still empty niche? The competent organization of the truck washing project will be discussed.

Cargo car wash is able to serve large vehicles and special equipment

Cargo car wash features

The result of modern globalization has become the opportunity not only to move from one point to another, but also to move goods, including large ones, to the most various distances. Similar long-distance and international transportations are carried out on long-sized, overall vehicles. They have a lot of advantages, but heavy vehicles also add trouble.

This issue is paradoxical. On the one hand, there are customers who are ready to use the services of cargo washes, which means that there are few competitors, and there are many consumers. On the other hand, the cargo car wash business does not require special investments and special knowledge and skills. The whole point is to find appropriate place and install the necessary equipment.

What can be washed in a truck wash:

• agricultural machinery,
• road equipment,
• cisterns,
• buses,
• trucks (trucks, KAMAZ trucks, vehicles with a trailer),
• minibuses (gazelles, vans).

Business Advantages and Disadvantages

How promising and profitable is it to invest in the car wash business? Let's look at some obvious reasons.

How often have you seen clean trucks or special vehicles? Contrary to the prejudices that the owners of such heavy vehicles themselves prefer not to spend money on washing once again, truckers themselves complain that there is an acute shortage of places where they could "bathe" their iron horse. And it is very problematic to clean such transport yourself manually.

Most enterprises that have their own fleet of heavy trucks have a clear regulation, according to which the cars must have a presentable (including clean) appearance, otherwise the driver may get a fine. Violation legislative norm, which notes that the numbers of vehicles must be visible to the surrounding people, and completely threatens with the recovery or even confiscation of a driver's license for a while. To avoid misunderstandings, the owners of the companies ask on an outsourcing basis, as necessary, to wash and care for their trucks.

Among other things, the construction of a car wash is carried out literally in 2 months. Therefore, the businessman future owner truck-type car wash, with a predicted influx of customers, will be able to quickly recoup the start-up capital and start making money.

Another "penny" in favor of a car wash for trucks is the presence of a large-scale target audience. Drivers of this group of vehicles will become very grateful and, importantly, regular consumers of cargo washing services.

Plan of a single-seat cargo car wash of a stationary type

A car wash for trucks differs from a car wash in some features, which in some cases can be considered as disadvantages. Among them are to be listed:

• significant consumption of resources (water, electricity, detergents),
• a smaller range of services (just washing, no polishing and drying),
• the need for the presence of drivers (if it is required that the truck itself drive through watering taps and brushes),
• costly due to large volumes of construction (the box must be at least 25 m long and 6 m wide, a solid foundation, large gates).

Types of cargo washes

There are two main types of car washes for trucks:

Mobile car wash does not require big investments and the purchase of a land plot, as well as faster construction and payback. A stationary car wash costs an order of magnitude more expensive, but it allows you to service several cars at once and therefore brings a good income.

Stages of a truck wash project

As you know, any entrepreneurial activity begins with an idea, which, with a skillful approach, turns into a project. The list of items in the business plan for opening a cargo car wash must include the following steps:

• registration,
• selection of land and premises,
• selection of equipment and inventory,
• recruitment,
• advertising.

Let's consider each of the stages in more detail.

Company registration

Car wash project for trucks - a business that requires registration as one of the subjects entrepreneurial activity. If the businessman is just a novice businessman and has never dealt with the business environment before, then he needs to register first. What type of registration is best?

It all depends on the number of partners and starting capital:

• IP suitable if the entrepreneur has enough financial resources to carry out the project alone;
• OOO necessary if there are several business partners ready to start a car wash business.

What set of documents do you need to prepare for registration of a company? Make sure you have:

• registration certificate legal entity or IP,
• certificate of the fact of the presence of land (lease agreement, ownership),
• agreement with utility companies (on the maintenance of engineering networks),
• waste collection agreement.

Cargo car wash mobile type

In the OKPD-2 application, we indicate the following OKVED code(All-Russian classifier of types of economic activity) - 45.20, which means "maintenance and repair of any vehicle." Do not be afraid that this code does not indicate exactly what you will do specifically: washing trucks is equated to maintenance of a technical type.

The bureaucratic ordeals of the future owner of a truck wash lead him to the need to obtain permission from several other state authorities:

• approval of the natural resources and nature management
• approval from the local Architectural Board,
• the conclusion of the fire inspectorate,
• conclusion of the Sanitary Epidemiological Station,
• conclusion of Rospotrebnadzor.

Choosing a taxation system

One of the important issues that it is desirable to solve while still on the shore is the choice of a taxation system. There are several possible options here:

Instead of a cash register, you can issue BSO forms (strict reporting form).

Selection of land

Choosing a place to build a car wash complex for trucks is not an easy task. Unlike passenger cars, large vehicles have restrictions on entry into some areas of the city, which significantly limits the territorial areola of searches. So, for example, the city center can immediately be excluded from the list of potential places.

The room for a cargo wash should be selected taking into account the dimensions of the transport that will be serviced

In order to successfully implement such a project, you only need to find land that would meet the following characteristics:

• location outside the city limits, near the highway, where the main flow of customers, car repair shops, parking lots passes;
• the possibility of development, that is, the land should not be part of a nature reserve or agricultural land;
• remoteness from residential buildings (at least 100 m);
• the presence of free space around, for further expansion;
• large area for comfortable arrival and departure of vehicles.

The rate of return on your initial investment in a truck wash project is up to 90% dependent on choosing the right location.

In the long term of running a truck wash business, it makes more sense to buy a plot rather than rent it.

Room selection

When the issue with a plot of land for the construction of a truck wash is resolved, you should proceed to the stage of selecting and arranging the premises itself.

Cargo car wash may consist of:

• actual working area
• rest room,
• administrative premises,
• warehouse for inventory.

Washing for trucks and special equipment also dictates a number of requirements, only taking into account which you can count on the successful development of your business. The room must be:

• large for maneuvers of overall transport,
• equipped with communication networks (sewerage, electricity, water supply),
• provided with cleaning systems that neutralize harm to the earth and ground water from detergents,
• equipped with high pressure pumps.

At the stage of formation, you can open a single car wash. Then, if the business goes uphill, it will be possible to build one or more portals.

But, if an entrepreneur wants to seriously conduct a business of this kind, then over time, perhaps, he will be interested in idea of ​​giving additional services to the drivers themselves: shower cabins, sleeping place, a small cafe or a general-purpose shop. Such an investment will quickly pay off and attract new customers who also want to stay in comfortable conditions at least between trips.

The success of the truck wash business is predetermined by low competition

Equipment selection

There are two main variations regarding the technical equipment of a truck wash:

1. Manual system involves the work of trained personnel who know how the system functions and how to use it. A lot of resources are consumed (especially electricity and water). Equipped with a cleaning and drain complex. The cost is from 300 thousand rubles.
2. Automatic system programmed by one person. Equipped with CCTV cameras. Serves a continuous flow of vehicles throughout the day. Consumes few resources. There is a function of contactless and contact washing. The cost is from 6 million rubles.

For the first time, some novice entrepreneurs, in order not to bother buying individual components, prefer to make their choice in favor of an automatic system. Despite the high price, it quickly pays for itself. In addition, many manufacturers of equipment for car washes, including Nilfisk, Istobal and Karcher, provide customers with fairly favorable purchase conditions (installments, loans, deposits, franchise cooperation).

Recruitment

A stationary truck wash can work effectively with up to 10 people on staff. The mobile car wash functions successfully even with 3 people. Much more important is how the work will be organized.

First, at least one of the employees must perform the duties administrator, namely to provide staff with all the necessary materials and supervise the work washers.

Secondly, it is necessary that the truck wash works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which means shift work for employees: truck drivers need to know that they can wash their truck at any time of the day.

Thirdly, there is no need to hire an accountant. The owner of the car wash can take over his powers or, at worst, hire a specialist on the basis of outsourcing.

Advertising

In order for customers to know about the existence of a truck wash, it is required to tell them about it in the most favorable light. Of course, you can not do without advertising moves.

• order a large and bright sign by the road, along the highway,
• put up signs and signs with clues where the sink is located and how long to go to it,
• place advertisements in thematic magazines and newspapers,
• advertise on TV, radio and the Internet,
• arrange business cards.

For efficient operation single cargo wash enough staff of 3 people

Financial calculations

A truck wash project requires a large investment. Even the size of the starting capital can scare an unprepared person. So how much will you have to shell out and how much can you really earn in the car wash truck business?

Let's try some calculations. And although the numbers will be conditional, they can pleasantly surprise you.

Expenses

The expenditure part at the very beginning will be (averaged prices are taken):

• acquisition of a plot of land (the cost varies depending on the region and location) - 5 million rubles,
• construction of a mobile car wash or construction of a stationary complex - 500 thousand rubles,
• purchase of equipment - 3 million rubles,
• advertising - 100 thousand rubles,
• current expenses (utility payments, purchase of detergents, wages to workers) - 400 thousand rubles.

Summing up the results, we conclude that the launch of a truck wash will cost about 9 million rubles.

Profitability and income

Of course, the arrangement of activities for the provision of washing services for trucks and special equipment requires much high costs than the implementation of a car wash plan in practice. However, it is worth mentioning that the average check in our case will be an order of magnitude larger, which, in turn, means an increase in profits.

If we assume that washing one truck will bring 2 thousand rubles (for the purity of the experiment, all figures of the revenue side will also be averaged), and 20 trucks will be serviced per day, then it is easy to calculate that one washing place per day will bring profit in the amount of 40 thousand rubles, and for the working season - 1.5 million rubles.

Thus, the profitability of a car wash for trucks with proper organization and business conduct will be 80%, and the start-up capital will return to the investor in just six months.

When arranging places of additional service (a store, a canteen, a hotel), you can even become a millionaire in the first year of owning a car wash.

Conclusion

Having done short review ideas for investing in a truck wash project for large vehicles and special equipment, it can be confidently stated that this business should, with proper management, bring the owner a large income.

The absence of competition and the correct location of the sink determines the relevance and success of the business plan. If you have the opportunity to get a large amount of money, then be sure to look at this option.