Morgan Linen Service

What Morgan Linen Service does

Morgan Linen Service Inc is a family-owned commercial textile rental and laundering business founded in 1887 and now in its fifth generation of family ownership. The company provides recurring linen and uniform rental services to restaurants, hotels and motels, medical facilities (outpatient clinics, doctor offices, rehab centers, assisted living), banquet houses, schools and universities, offices, beauty salons, barber shops, spas, gyms, and golf facilities across the Capital Region of New York, Eastern New York, and Southern Vermont — a service area stretching from Lake George to Harriman and Gloversville to Bennington. The company serves over 2,700 businesses and employs a team of 160+ professionals, many with tenure exceeding 25 years.

The core offering is a subscription-based recurring service in which route drivers deliver clean, pressed linens and pick up soiled items on a scheduled cadence while managing customer inventory. Core product lines include Restaurant Linen Services (table linens, napkins, chef apparel, kitchen linens with extensive color selection), Hotel/Motel Linen Services (T200 sheets, pillowcases, and towels), Medical Linen Services (patient gowns, lab coats with custom embroidery, scrubs following universal precautions), and Dust Control Services (walk-off mats, logo mats, dust mops, wet mops). Supporting technology is conventional industrial laundry equipment — washers, dryers, boilers, compressors, conveyors, and pressing machinery — with a basic customer-facing Table Designer online tool for restaurant linen color selection and a web portal for account management. Operations are run from two facilities: a Main Plant at 145 Broadway, Menands (Albany) and a Saugerties depot at 33 North Street.

Morgan Linen Service generates revenue through customized monthly subscription rental programs priced per customer based on item types, quantities, sizes, and service frequency. The go-to-market motion is direct B2B sales, supported by a dedicated Sales Executive and route-based account management. The company is privately held, family-operated, has no disclosed external funding, and shows no M&A or restructuring activity in the input data. Leadership transitioned in 2024, with Walker Morgan succeeding David J. Cesari (President 2001-2024) as President, while Morgan Cesari serves as Executive Vice President. Distribution is regional and route-based, with no digital channel or national footprint.

Name

Morgan Linen Service

Legal name

Morgan Linen Service Inc

Website

https://linenservicealbany.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1887

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Morgan Linen Service is a fifth-generation, family-owned commercial linen and textile rental company founded in 1887, serving over 2,700 restaurants, hotels, medical facilities, and businesses across the New York Capital Region via route-based delivery and industrial laundering operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Linen Services

NAICS

Linen Supply (812331), Industrial Launderers (812332)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSAJAEAB

Hospitality (Hotel/Resort) Linen Laundry

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Laundry Services (Commercial/Institutional)

SECONDARYHSAJAEAA

Healthcare & Hospital Linen Laundry

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Laundry Services (Commercial/Institutional)

SECONDARYHSAJAEAF

Spa/Salon/Wellness Linen Laundry

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Laundry Services (Commercial/Institutional)

SECONDARYHSAJACAE

Commercial / B2B Laundry Pickup & Delivery (SMBs, Gyms, Salons, Restaurants)

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Pickup & Delivery / On-Demand Laundry Services

Keywords

• Commercial linen rental
• Industrial laundry services
• Restaurant linen supply
• Hotel textile rental
• Medical linen services

Headquarters

HQ city

Albany

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Textile Rental Services: Recurring rental and cleaning services for table linens, bed linens, towels, dust control products, and medical linens. Provides clean linens on regular schedule and picks up soiled items for cleaning, maintaining customer inventory throughout the partnership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Morgan Linen Service is a family-owned commercial linen rental and industrial laundry company that rents, launders, and delivers linens, uniforms, towels, and dust-control products to restaurants, hotels, motels, medical facilities, and industrial customers across New York's Capital Region and beyond. Founded in 1887 and now in its fifth generation, the company operates two industrial laundry plants serving more than 2,700 customers with scheduled route-based pickup and delivery.

Product overview

Morgan Linen Service offers a unified linen and textile rental service portfolio serving restaurants, hotels, medical facilities, and general businesses. The core offerings include Restaurant Linen Services (table cloths, napkins, chef apparel), Hotel/Motel Linen Services (bed linens, towels), Medical Linen Services (healthcare garments, gowns), and Dust Control Services (mats, mops). The Table Designer Tool serves as a supplementary online feature for restaurant customers to visualize color combinations. Services are delivered through five generations of operation with pickup and delivery of clean linens and pickup of soiled items.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Linen Services

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Albany Ronald McDonald House (RMHC of the Capital Region)minorOthersCharitable donations and support to help keep families close during medical treatment. One of many community organizations Morgan Linen Service supports.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaminorOthersCommunity support and donations to youth development organization serving local communities.
• Center for Disability ServicesminorOthersCommunity donations and support to organization providing services for individuals with disabilities in New York.
• Albany Police Athletic League (PAL)minorOthersSupport for youth programs and activities organized by Albany PAL.
• The Community HospiceminorOthersDonations and support for hospice organization offering care for people with life-limiting illness.
• Interfaith Partnership for the HomelessminorOthersSupport for organization providing services to homeless individuals in the Albany area.
• Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New YorkminorOthersDonations to food bank organization serving the northeastern New York region.
• American Cancer Society Capital Region of New YorkminorOthersSupport for cancer research and patient support programs in the Capital Region.
• Albany Wine and Dine for the ArtsminorOthersSponsorship and support for annual culinary arts event in Albany.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Vestis Corporation: Pure-play uniform and linen rental provider spun off from Aramark, serving hospitality, healthcare, and food-service customers with route-based delivery. Direct overlap in product mix, customer verticals, and recurring service model.
• Crown Linen Services: Regional commercial linen and laundry provider focused on healthcare and hospitality customers, with route-based service comparable to Morgan's. Overlapping customer verticals and similar mid-sized regional positioning.
• Angelica Corporation: Healthcare-focused linen and apparel rental provider serving hospitals, clinics, and senior living. Strong overlap with Morgan's medical linen program and route-based service model.
• Alsco: Long-established linen and uniform rental company with national and international presence, serving restaurants, hotels, healthcare, and industrial customers. Closely matches Morgan's product lines and B2B route model at a larger scale.
• Prudential Overall Supply: Family-founded uniform and linen supplier with multi-generational history, serving similar B2B verticals through route-based delivery. Direct comparability in product categories, customer mix, and long-tenured family-business DNA.
• Unitex Textile Rental Services: Northeast US-based linen and uniform rental provider serving healthcare, hospitality, and industrial customers. Geographic overlap with Morgan's NY territory and direct overlap in service lines and delivery model.
• ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists: National healthcare-focused linen rental and laundry provider serving outpatient clinics, surgery centers, and hospitals. Comparable in the medical linen segment Morgan serves, with a similarly route-driven, hygienics-focused model.
• Paris Companies: Regional linen, uniform, and dust control provider serving the NY/NJ metro and surrounding areas. Direct overlap in products (linens, mats, mops) and customer verticals (restaurants, healthcare, hospitality), with comparable family-owned DNA.

Broad incumbents

• Cintas Corporation: The largest North American uniform and linen rental operator, with national route density, broad healthcare/hospitality coverage, and significant M&A activity in regional linen — directly comparable commercial model, scaled far beyond Morgan's regional footprint.

Emerging players

• CleanCare: Mid-sized linen and uniform laundry provider with comparable B2B route model, offering a useful benchmark for similar-scale, multi-vertical commercial linen operators in regional US markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MorganLinenService
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/morgan-linen-service-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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