Selling a laundry in Saudi ArabiaList your laundry for serious buyers.

What buyers ask

• Monthly revenue, and how much comes from walk-in customers versus company or hotel contracts, if any.
• Equipment: washers, dryers, presses and boilers, their age and maintenance, and whether they're owned or leased.
• Monthly electricity and water bills, among the largest costs.
• The delivery service: its vehicles and drivers, and whether they come with the laundry.
• The lease and the time remaining on it.
• Staff: how many, their experience and their pay.

Prepare these before you list

• The commercial registration and municipal licence.
• The lease.
• Point-of-sale or bank statements for the last 12 months.
• Contracts with company or hotel clients, if any.
• A list of equipment with purchase and maintenance invoices.
• Electricity and water bills for the last 12 months.

How does the laundry pass to the buyer?

• Commercial registration: a sole proprietorship uses the “transfer of a registration” service on the Saudi Business Center: 500 , within 72 hours.
• Municipal licence: transferred through Balady for the same location; it can't move to another one.
• Employees: their contracts stay in force after the change of owner, under Article 18 of the Labour Law.
• Lease: settled with the landlord before the deal.

The full steps are in the guide Transferring a shop's ownership.

How selling works on Mumtalakat

1. Create your business's listing; you can make it anonymous, hiding its name and brand until the buyer signs the NDA.
2. Identity-verified buyers see the details after the NDA, and neither of you sees the other's number or email.
3. You negotiate and meet inside the platform, and sign the contract online.
4. The amount is held at Dhamen and released only after ownership transfers.

Common questions