Compelling Features of WASHHOUSE

Learn about the pioneering approaches we are taking to design and construct a new business mechanism.

• Coin-operated Laundry
  Business model
• WASHHOUSE
  Business Model
• Q&A
  Points of comparison between coin-operated laundry businesses

All of our approaches are based on the customer's point of view. We will continue to be an entity truly needed by society.

All of the actions we take are based on the customer's point of view.
A non-complacent attitude towards technological innovation and product development is crucial.
By staying open to innovation, we hope to construct a global standard without being hung up on conventional ideas and business practices.
And by constructing a global standard, we believe that we can be truly needed by our customers. We want to be a company that grows not from profits, but from the reliance of its customers.

President and Representative Director Yasutaka Kodama

Overview

Company Name

WASHHOUSE Co., Ltd. (Security code: 6537)

Date Founded

November 28, 2001

Representative

President and Representative Director Yasutaka Kodama

Head Office

86-1 Shin-ei-cho, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki prefecture 880-0831
Phone: +81-985-24-0000
FAX: +81-985-24-0099
(DID)
Investor Relations +81-985-78-4000

Capital

996 million yen (as of Decemver 31, 2022)

Number of employees

95 (as of Decemver 31, 2022 / Consolidated / excluding directors)

Business Activities

Plan, develop, and operate remotely managed coin-operated laundry stores

Number of stores

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2001

• Establishes KDM Co., Ltd.

2002

• Simultaneous opening of WASHHOUSE stores (Jyogasaki store, Oshima Tsusen store: Miyazaki city, Miyazaki prefecture)
• Enters the coin-operated laundry business

2003

• Advances into Kagoshima prefecture
• Establishes Limited Liability Intermediary Corporations All Japan Coin Laundry Management Association

2004

• Obtains a business method patent (Coin-operated laundry management system: Patent number 3520449)
• Opens the first company store (Aoba store: Miyazaki city, Miyazaki prefecture)
• Starts trial operation of an information station (touch panel terminal
• Advances into Fukuoka prefecture

2005

• Advances into Oita prefecture
• Changes the company name to WASHHOUSE Co., Ltd.

2006

• Advances into Kumamoto prefecture
• Opens a Head Office and Fukuoka Branch

2007

• Advances into Saga prefecture
• Opens the Kumamoto Branch
• Wins the Kyushu Entrepreneur Award

2008

• Obtains a business method patent (Coin-operated laundry management system: Patent number 4172043)

2009

• Opens the 100th store
• Obtains a Chinese patent (Coin-operated laundry management system: Patent number 541344)
• Obtains a Korean patent (Coin-operated laundry management system: Patent number 930450)

2010

• Obtains a business method patent (Coin-operated laundry management system: Patent number 4441796)

2013

• Advances into Yamaguchi prefecture

2014

• Advances into Hiroshima prefecture
• Opens the 200th store

2015

• Opens the Oita Office
• Opens the Osaka Branch
• Opens the Tokyo Branch

2016

• Opens the Kumamoto Office
• Opens the 300th store
• Newly listed in the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Q-Board section of the Fukuoka Stock Exchange

2017

• Opens the Yamaguchi Office
• Opens the Nagasaki Office
• Opens the 400th store
• Advances into Okayama prefecture
• Advances into Kagawa prefecture
• Advances into Ehime prefecture
• Advances into Hyogo prefecture
• Advances into Nara prefecture
• Advances into Tokushima prefecture
• Advances into Aichi prefecture
• Begins a co-operative loan with The Miyazaki Taiyo Bank, Ltd.
• Opens the 500th store
• Selected as a regional future leader by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

2018

• Opens the Aichi Office
• Establishes WASHHOUSE FINANTIAL Co., Ltd.
• Advances into Chiba prefecture
• Advances into Aomori prefecture
• Advances into Saitama prefecture
• Advances into Mie prefecture

2019

• Advances into Kanagawa prefecture
• Opens the 600th store
• Establishes WASHHOUSE (Thailand) CO,. LTD.
• Developed a WASHHOUSE mobile laundry car for disasters.
• Concluded "Agreement on Provision of Laundry Environment at the Time of Disaster" with Miyazaki Prefecture.
• Advances into Gifu prefecture

2020

• Released the WASHHOUSE App.

2021

• Establishes WASHHOUSE Miyazaki factory
• Obtains an adverting business patent (Information Processing System: Patent number 6924337)
• Advances into Tottori prefecture

2022

• Moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market