Cintas

Construction companies buy uniforms at ninety dollars each. A crew of fifty needs seventy-five uniforms, eight thousand upfront. Cintas rents at thirty cents per day, two hundred forty dollars monthly. Over time, rental costs more than owning. Yet they choose rental. Ownership is not the offer. Simplicity is. Cintas converts capex into opex. Factory managers do not want laundry operations. Hospital administrators do not want inventory. They call Cintas and uniforms arrive weekly. The fee becomes invisible because alternatives require hiring people. Gross margins exceed forty-five percent. Cintas owns washing infrastructure, distribution trucks, inventory. A company buying uniforms generates no recurring interaction.