Service Uniform

What Service Uniform does

Service Uniform is a family-owned uniform rental and facility services company founded in 1969 and headquartered at 2580 S. Raritan St., Englewood, Colorado. The company provides recurring B2B services to industrial and commercial businesses primarily across the Colorado Front Range (Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Longmont, and surrounding communities), with a Texas sub-brand (Blue Chip Uniform) signaling partial out-of-state operations. Customer segments span automotive dealerships, manufacturing facilities, food processing plants, HVAC and home service companies, and industrial safety apparel users. The company employs over 100 people, is led by the founding Putegnat family (David and Barry Putegnat), and has no disclosed institutional investors, parent entities, or subsidiaries.

The company's service portfolio centers on four recurring rental lines — Uniform Services, Mat Rental Services, Towel Services, and Facility Services — each delivered on a subscription basis with scheduled pickup, laundering, inspection, repair, and replacement. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Direct-to-business delivery and a sales-led go-to-market motion drive customer acquisition, supplemented by blog content marketing, an active social media presence, a BBB-accredited reputation, customer testimonials, and a virtual plant tour. The company also operates a per-state customer billing portal for account self-service.

Service Uniform's core technical differentiator is the Blue Chip System®, a registered trademark covering a dual RFID-chip and barcode tracking platform in which both identifiers are sewn into each garment for inventory visibility throughout the cleaning process. The system is described as the first and only dual tracking system of its kind in the industry. Adjacent capabilities include custom embroidery and logo programs (uniforms, mats, towels), a Premier Prep Program offering waived start-up charges for new employees, and product offerings spanning flame-resistant and high-visibility safety apparel. The company is certified COPPA-compliant and CCPA-compliant on its website, and maintains a charitable partnership with the Denver-based nonprofit Housed Working and Healthy.

Name

Service Uniform

Legal name

Service Uniform

Website

https://serviceuniform.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Service Uniform is a family-owned Colorado-based uniform rental and facility services company serving automotive, manufacturing, food processing, HVAC, and safety apparel businesses through recurring rental programs and proprietary RFID/barcode garment tracking.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Uniform Rental Services

NAICS

Industrial Launderers (812332), Linen and Uniform Supply (81233), Linen Supply (812331)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSAJAEAE

Uniform Laundry (Corporate/Facilities)

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

SECONDARYHSAJAEAD

Industrial Workwear & PPE Laundry

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

SECONDARYHSAJAMAE

Uniform & Linen Cleaning, Sanitization & Processing (Service-Included)

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Uniform, Linen & Towel Rental / Service (Residential & Small Business)

SECONDARYHSAJAMAH

Bed & Bath Linen Service (Sheets, Pillowcases, Bath Mats)

Home & Personal Services/Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Garment Care/Uniform, Linen & Towel Rental / Service (Residential & Small Business)

Keywords

• Uniform rental services
• Commercial mat rentals
• Industrial towel service
• Facility supplies
• Garment tracking systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Englewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Uniform Rental Program: Recurring rental program providing businesses with professionally cleaned and maintained uniforms. Includes regular pickup, laundering, inspection, repairs, and replacement of garments. Customers pay on a subscription basis for the rental service.
2. Mat Rental Service: Rental and maintenance of commercial floor mats including scraper mats, decorative mats, custom logo mats, and anti-fatigue mats. Regular delivery, cleaning, and replacement service.
3. Towel Service: Rental and laundering of various towel types including shop towels, window towels, microfiber towels, food service towels, and detail towels.
4. Facility Services: Supply and delivery of facility products including soy natural grit soap, anti-bacterial foam soap, hand sanitizer, air fresheners, and dust mops.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Service Uniform provides recurring commercial uniform rental, floor mat rental, towel rental, and facility supplies to businesses across Colorado. The service includes scheduled pickup, professional laundering, inspection, repair, replacement, and inventory tracking of garments, mats, and towels via its proprietary Blue Chip System® that combines RFID chips and barcodes for garment identification.

Product overview

Service Uniform is a family-owned uniform rental and facility services company (in business since 1969) offering a comprehensive suite of products centered around four core service areas: Uniform Services (rental, cleaning, and maintenance of workwear for automotive, manufacturing, food processing, HVAC, and safety apparel), Mat Rental Services (custom logo mats, decorative mats, scraper mats, and anti-fatigue mats for floor protection and branding), Towel Services (shop towels, window towels, microfiber towels, food service towels, and detail towels), and Facility Services (soy natural grit soap, anti-bacterial foam soap, hand sanitizer, air fresheners, and dust mops). The company differentiates through its proprietary Blue Chip System® featuring dual RFID and barcode tracking, and offers customization options for branding across uniforms, mats, and towels. Additional services include a Premier Prep Program for new employee onboarding with no standard start-up charges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blue Chip System®: Proprietary dual tracking system combining barcodes and RFID chips to track garments throughout the cleaning process.
• Blue Chip Uniform

Products and services

• Uniform Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 80-90% of debris tracked into buildings contained within floor mats
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Housed Working and HealthycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDenver-based charity program that provides free culinary training to qualified homeless applicants and prepares them for careers in food service. Service Uniform provides professional-grade kitchen uniforms used during HWH's work training program. The partnership supports the local Denver community by helping homeless individuals gain self-reliance and professional kitchen skills. HWH has graduated 34 students with 26 finding employment and 13 becoming housed.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cintas: Cintas is the largest US uniform rental and facility services provider, operating nationally with the same core offerings (uniform rental, mats, towels, facility supplies) that Service Uniform provides regionally. It is the dominant scale player Service Uniform competes against on enterprise and multi-location accounts.
• UniFirst: UniFirst is a national uniform rental and laundering company with a comparable product portfolio (uniforms, mats, towels, facility services) and a route-based B2B delivery model that closely mirrors Service Uniform's go-to-market. It competes head-to-head on price and service breadth across regional markets.
• Vestis: Vestis (spun out from Aramark) is a national uniform and workplace supplies rental provider offering uniform rental, mats, towels, and facility services to industrial and commercial customers. It is a direct large-scale competitor to Service Uniform's full product suite.

Direct peers

• Alsco: Alsco is a family-owned, fourth-generation uniform and linen rental company with route-based service across the western US, offering nearly identical product lines (uniforms, mats, towels, facility supplies). It is one of the closest operating-model peers to Service Uniform and a logical competitor in the Mountain West.
• Prudential Overall Supply: Prudential Overall Supply is a family-operated uniform rental and textile services company serving industrial and commercial customers across multiple US regions. Its route-based uniform, mat, and towel rental model and vertical focus overlap directly with Service Uniform's offering.
• Mission Linen Supply: Mission Linen Supply is a regional industrial linen and uniform rental company operating across the western US with comparable route-based delivery of uniforms, linens, towels, and mats. Its geographic footprint in the Mountain West makes it a particularly close regional competitor.

Emerging players

• ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists: ImageFIRST is a specialized linen and uniform rental provider with a focus on healthcare and hospitality customers, offering route-based delivery of linens and garments with proprietary tracking and quality programs. Its vertically specialized approach and tracking technology parallel Service Uniform's vertical-segment and Blue Chip System strategy.

Regional players

• ResedaIDEX (formerly I.D.E.A.) / Regional uniform rental operators: Smaller regional uniform and linen rental operators (such as regional US family-run launderers) provide the same uniform rental, mat, and towel services as Service Uniform but typically serve a single state or metro. They represent the fragmented long tail of competitors and acquisition targets in the same product category.

Others

• Workwear Outfitters: Workwear Outfitters is a manufacturer and retailer of branded workwear (Carhartt, Dickies, etc.) sold to industrial and service customers. It is adjacent rather than directly competitive, but its products represent an alternative to rental uniforms that Service Uniform's customers could choose instead.
• Rubbermaid Commercial Products: Rubbermaid Commercial Products supplies facility maintenance consumables (hand soaps, sanitizers, air fresheners, mops) that overlap with Service Uniform's facility services line. It is an adjacent supplier whose products flow through Service Uniform's recurring service contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ServiceUniform
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCHbtUJIYfurFhJEIkpn-t7Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/ServiceUniform
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/service-uniform

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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