The Philippines will hold its first national laundry conference on February 19, 2027, organizer Is It Clean announced. The Philippine Laundry Outlook 2027 National Conference will bring nearly 200 laundry operators, hoteliers, hospital administrators, stakeholders, and investors to the AIM Conference Center in Makati for a full day on the forces reshaping one of the country’s fastest-growing service industries.
The sector is at an inflection point. More than 20,000 laundromats now operate nationwide, and competition has compressed prices even as demand keeps rising. Hotels alone require as much as 1.6 million kilos of linens processed every day, and with an estimated 3,100 new hotel rooms opening in Metro Manila in 2026, outsourcing demand continues to expand. At the same time, operators face volatile energy and labor costs and a water supply under growing strain.
The conference program is built around six panels:
Panel 1: Managing costs in volatile times. Energy, water, labor and chemical costs have stopped behaving predictably. Operators and suppliers compare notes on pricing discipline, efficiency upgrades and the contract terms that protect margins when input prices move.
Panel 2: Building a healthy client relationship between laundry service providers and hotels/hospitals. Institutional clients are the industry’s biggest growth opportunity and its toughest test. Hoteliers and hospital administrators join laundry operators to discuss service level agreements, consistency, traceability and what genuine partnership looks like beyond the lowest bid.
Panel 3: Are we entering a long-term water crisis? Implications for laundry. Angat Dam, which supplies most of Metro Manila’s water, fell below its minimum operating level in 2026, and forecasters have warned of shortages ahead. This session looks at what sustained scarcity means for a water-intensive industry, and at recycling, reuse and per-kilo water efficiency.
Panel 4: Managing a laundromat portfolio: Lessons from the biggest brands. With more than 20,000 laundromats nationwide, scale is the differentiator. Leaders of the country’s largest chains discuss multi-site operations, standardization, site selection, franchise versus company-owned models and the unit economics behind expansion.
Panel 5: Laundry for Good: Laundry as a social enterprise. Laundry is a low-capital entry point to dignified work. Practitioners share how social enterprises are creating jobs, serving underserved communities and delivering hygiene services while staying financially sustainable.
Panel 6: New sources of capital and new growth models in laundry. Government livelihood programs, equipment financing, franchising and private capital are opening new routes to growth, alongside models from laundry-as-a-service to linen rental. Financiers, program officers and founders assess what is available and what it demands of operators.
The day will also mark the release of the second edition of The Philippine Laundry Outlook, Is It Clean’s annual industry sentiment survey, built on responses from laundry operators across the country.
Registration opens at the end of November 2026, with the full program, speaker line-up and ticket details announced at the same time. For sponsorship information, email editor@isitcleanph.com.
