Commercial laundry equipment service

Commercial Laundry Equipment Service Invoicing App (2026)

Short answer

Laundry equipment service is route work across laundromats, apartment laundry rooms, and hotels — a mix of per-repair calls and recurring PM contracts. ShowTheReceipts ($15/mo) records each machine by site and serial, saves labor and common-part rates, bills PM contracts monthly, and invoices property managers on net terms per location.

How we picked

Entry-plan prices as published in 2026, taken from each vendor's own pricing page or a recent third-party summary. Judged on the solo technician's real workflow — per-site machine records, repair and PM billing, and per-location invoicing to property managers and laundromat owners — not on coin collection accounting, route-machine revenue sharing, or distributor parts systems.

Prices as published by each vendor, 2026. Entry-level plans shown.
Software Starting price Best for
ShowTheReceipts That's us $15/mo Solo techs: per-site machine records, PM contract billing, per-location property manager invoicing
Invoice2go $9.99/mo+ Basic mobile invoicing
Wave Free / $16/mo Free invoicing with light bookkeeping
Kickserv Flex $19/mo Budget scheduling with invoicing
Jobber $29/mo (Core) Companies running several techs across routes

A route of rooms nobody visits

Apartment laundry rooms, small laundromats, and hotel back-of-house. Nobody really looks at these machines until one stops taking money — which is exactly what makes documented PM the difference between a route and a permanent emergency.

1. ShowTheReceipts — $15/mo

Machines recorded by site, serial, and position; labor and common parts saved; PM contracts billed monthly; one invoice per location on net terms.

2. Invoice2go — $9.99/mo+

Basic mobile invoicing without site records.

3. Wave — Free / $16/mo

Free invoices plus light bookkeeping.

4. Kickserv Flex — $19/mo

Budget scheduling with invoicing.

5. Jobber — $29/mo (Core)

Route scheduling for a company with several techs.

What the PM route covers

  • Lint and exhaust cleaning — the most common failure cause and a real fire risk
  • Drain and pump inspection
  • Belt and bearing checks
  • Door seal and latch inspection
  • Water valve and inlet screens
  • Payment mechanism testing — coin, card, or app reader
  • Written per-site report

Dryer exhaust is a safety line, not a maintenance one

A lint-choked commercial dryer duct is a fire hazard, and property managers understand that language immediately. Frame exhaust cleaning as a safety item — with a photo — and it sells a PM contract faster than any efficiency argument ever could.

Quote repair against replacement

Aging machines reach a point where a $400 repair on a fifteen-year-old washer is just a bad decision. Put both numbers on the invoice — the owner gets to choose, and the tech who gave them honest arithmetic is the one they call when it’s time to buy.

Frequently asked questions

How should I record machines across many sites?

By site and serial, with the position in the room noted — 'washer 4, back wall.' Apartment laundry rooms and laundromats have banks of identical machines, and a repair history that can't tell them apart is a history you can't use.

Should I invoice per site or per property manager?

Per site, always. Property managers and laundromat groups code costs by location, and a combined invoice across four buildings creates work for them — which slows your payment far more than it saves you time.

Are PM contracts worth it on laundry equipment?

Yes. Lint, drain, and belt maintenance prevents most emergency calls, and a scheduled route across a dozen sites is predictable revenue in a trade otherwise driven entirely by breakdowns.

How do I handle a machine that isn't worth repairing?

Quote the repair against a replacement figure and put both on the invoice. Owners of aging machines need that comparison to make a decision, and being the tech who says 'this one isn't worth it' is how you become the one they buy the replacement through.