For qualifying laundromats, local St. Louis ATM provider BFC Enterprises supplies and installs the ATM, keeps it filled with cash and handles ongoing service. You provide a small amount of floor or wall space and receive a portion of the surcharge revenue.

But the benefit isn't just another revenue stream. An ATM gives customers convenient access to cash, keeps them from leaving when they need it and may help keep more of their spending inside your laundromat.

So, is an ATM worth the space in your laundromat? Let's look at what it could do for your business.

Why Does My Laundromat Need an ATM?

Today’s laundromats may accept coins, credit and debit cards, reloadable laundry cards, mobile apps and digital wallets. An ATM doesn’t have to replace any of them. It simply adds another option.

Adults ages 18–24 used their phones for 45% of their payments in 2024, according to the Federal Reserve 2025 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice. At the same time, households earning less than $25,000 used cash for 24% of their payments, compared with 9% among households earning more than $150,000.

It’s not about choosing cash over cards, reloadable cards or mobile payments. It’s about giving your customers choices. An ATM makes cash one of them.

How Does an ATM Make My Laundromat Money?

Every completed ATM withdrawal generates surcharge revenue for your laundromat. How much you can earn depends on your location, customer traffic and transaction volume.

But surcharge revenue is only part of the opportunity. More than half of retail ATM users make a purchase at the same location where they withdraw cash, NCR Atleos reports.

For laundromat owners, that cash can go right back into wash and dry cycles, change, detergent, laundry supplies, snacks or vending.

An ATM can generate surcharge revenue while helping keep more customer spending inside your laundromat.

How Does an ATM Make Things Easier for My Customers?

When customers need cash - whether it’s for a wash cycle, detergent, a change machine, vending or another purchase - an on-site ATM means they don’t have to leave your laundromat to get it.

Why send a customer to the convenience store or gas station down the street when you can keep them inside your business?

Is an ATM Worth Giving Up the Space?

An ATM doesn’t have to take up valuable floor space. Compact, wall-mounted ATMs can provide cash access and generate surcharge revenue using only a small amount of wall space - leaving more room for the washers and dryers that drive your business.

Can I Make Even More from My Laundromat?

An ATM isn’t the only option. BFC Enterprises also provides change machines for convenient access to coins and amusement games that can generate additional revenue while customers wait.

BFC’s ATM and amusement experts will evaluate your space, customer traffic and payment options to determine which equipment makes sense for your location.

The goal isn’t to fill your laundromat with equipment. It’s to make your existing space and customer traffic work harder for you.

Who Takes Care of the ATM?

For qualifying laundromats, BFC Enterprises provides and installs the ATM, keeps it filled with cash, monitors it and handles service and maintenance. There’s no ATM to purchase, no cash investment to tie up and no additional machine for your employees to manage.

You provide the location. BFC handles the ATM.

Why Choose a Local ATM Provider?

An empty or out-of-service ATM isn’t generating surcharge revenue or helping your customers. When there’s a problem, you don’t want to be another open service ticket with a provider hundreds of miles away. You want someone local.

BFC Enterprises is a third-generation, family-owned company that has served St. Louis-area businesses for almost 80 years. They know the communities and businesses they serve because they live and work here, too.

Whether your laundromat is in St. Louis County, North County, St. Charles County or elsewhere in the metro area, BFC is local, experienced and close by when you need them.

Ready to Put Your Laundromat Space to Work?

BFC Enterprises will evaluate your traffic, payment options and available space to determine whether your laundromat qualifies for free ATM placement — and whether a change machine, amusement games or a combination of services could make sense for your location.

You’re already paying for the space and bringing in the customers. Find out how BFC can help you turn more of that space and traffic into revenue.