Pressed For Time

What Pressed For Time does

Pressed4Time is an Irish eco-friendly dry cleaning and laundry service founded in 2005 by Aine Devlin and Ayman Abdelmagied in Galway, Ireland. The company serves individual consumers and corporate clients across the west of Ireland, operating two physical storefronts in Oranmore and Ballybane/Ballybrit and offering pickup-and-delivery through the Cleancloud mobile app across a service radius spanning Galway, Limerick, Clare, Roscommon, Sligo, and Mayo (approximately 100km). Customers include residential households, corporate teams of five or more on scheduled collections, and specialist segments such as bridal gown preservation (with nationwide collection/return) and healthcare/childcare facilities using ozone sanitisation.

The company's core technological differentiation is chemical and infrastructural rather than digital. Pressed4Time states it is the only dry cleaner on the west coast of Ireland offering two types of alternative dry cleaning — wet cleaning with biodegradable detergents and hydrocarbon/GreenEarth silicon-based solvent cleaning — both avoiding toxic PERC. Supporting capabilities include ozone cabinet sanitisation of garments and a rainwater harvesting system supplying 80% of the 6,000 sq ft purpose-built facility's water needs, with a stated 10-year carbon-neutrality target set in 2014. Operations are supported by Cleancloud (app), Verifone (payments), SPOT (point-of-sale), and AWS/Google Cloud (hosting).

Pressed4Time earns revenue primarily through per-service transactions: dry cleaning and laundry priced per item or per kilogram, press-only services, shirt laundering, bridal preservation, and corporate accounts with group discounts. Ancillary revenue comes from Rug Doctor equipment rental (€40/1-day, €55/2-day) and wedding preservation boxes. The business processes 3,000+ kg of laundry daily with a small, long-tenured team including a master drycleaner who has handled over 1.5 million garments. Pressed4Time is a private, founder-owned business with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investors.

Name

Pressed For Time

Legal name

Pressed 4 Time

Website

https://pressed4time.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pressed4Time is an Irish eco-friendly dry cleaning and laundry service founded in 2005 in Galway, serving individual consumers, corporate teams, bridal customers, and healthcare/childcare facilities across the west of Ireland with PERC-free wet cleaning, hydrocarbon solvent cleaning, ozone sanitisation, and app-based pickup and delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dry Cleaning & Laundry Services

NAICS

Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) (812320), Drycleaning and Laundry Services (8123)

akta.pro primary industry

Eco-Friendly / Green Dry Cleaning (HSAJADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eco-Friendly / Green Pickup & Delivery Laundry Services (HSAJACAL), Pickup & Delivery / On-Demand Dry Cleaning (HSAJADAB), Commercial / B2B Laundry Pickup & Delivery (SMBs, Gyms, Salons, Restaurants) (HSAJACAE)

Keywords

• Eco dry cleaning
• Laundry pickup delivery
• Garment care services
• Bridal gown preservation
• Corporate dry cleaning

Headquarters

HQ city

Galway

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Per-Service Transaction (Laundry & Dry Cleaning): Individual laundry, dry cleaning, and shirt services charged per item or per kilogram. Core revenue stream from walk-in and app-scheduled customers. Includes specialty services such as wedding dress preservation and rug cleaning.
2. Corporate Account Services: Corporate pickup and delivery for business teams (groups of 5 or more), providing recurring per-service revenue from commercial accounts with scheduled collection days.
3. Rug Doctor Equipment Rental: Short-term rug cleaning equipment rental (1-day €40, 2-day €55) generating additional ancillary revenue.
4. Wedding/Communion/Christening Gown Preservation: Specialist bridal gown cleaning and preservation service with nationwide collection and return delivery. Additional revenue from wedding preservation boxes sold to customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pressed4Time provides eco-friendly dry cleaning and laundry services from two Galway storefronts (Oranmore and Ballybane), complemented by a pickup and delivery service operated through the Cleancloud mobile app. The company uses non-toxic, biodegradable detergents and alternative cleaning methods (wet cleaning and hydrocarbon/GreenEarth solvents) instead of traditional PERC, and offers specialty services such as bridal gown preservation and rug cleaning equipment rental.

Product overview

Pressed4Time operates as an eco-friendly dry cleaning and laundry service provider offering a unified portfolio of cleaning solutions. The core offering combines wet cleaning and hydrocarbon solvent-based dry cleaning alternatives, augmented by pickup/delivery logistics via the CleanCloud app. Service portfolio spans individual garment care (shirts, suits, formal wear) through specialty bridal preservation, plus ancillary offerings including press-only, wash-dry-fold laundry, corporate accounts, and Rug Doctor equipment rental. All services are delivered with environmental sustainability focus using biodegradable detergents, rainwater harvesting, and non-toxic processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaning (Wet Cleaning & Hydrocarbon)
• Laundry Wash, Dry & Fold
• Shirt Service
• Press Only Service Ironing and steam-only service for garments, shirts, dresses, suits, and bed linen, with additional sanitisation using an ozone cabinet.
• Corporate Pick Up & Drop Off
• Wedding Dress & Bridal Gown Cleaning & Preservation
• Rug Doctor Rental
• Pick Up & Delivery App Service (Cleancloud)

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of water sourced from rainwater harvesting
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CleancloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationCleancloud is the pickup and delivery app platform used by Pressed4Time. Customers download the Cleancloud app and search for pressed4time to schedule garment collection and delivery. Cleancloud handles the app infrastructure (iOS and Android) while Pressed4Time manages the cleaning operations and logistics.
• Rug DoctorminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPressed4Time offers Rug Doctor carpet cleaning machine rentals to customers as an ancillary service (1-day €40, 2-day €55). The partnership allows Pressed4Time to serve existing customers needing carpet care without investing in owned equipment.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Laundryheap: Pan-European on-demand dry cleaning and laundry pickup/delivery platform operating across the UK, Ireland and other markets. Directly comparable business model — app-based scheduling, garment pickup/return, broad service catalogue — but at significantly larger geographic scale.
• Zipjet: London-headquartered on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service with pickup/delivery, targeting urban professionals and corporate accounts. Closely comparable on convenience-led, app-driven dry cleaning, though Zipjet's footprint skews to larger UK cities.
• Mulberrys Garment Care: US-based eco-friendly dry cleaning chain offering free pickup/delivery, garment care and corporate services with a sustainability emphasis. Comparable eco-positioning, multi-channel service model and corporate-account focus, though operating in the US rather than Ireland.
• Oxwash: UK-based on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service using low-impact, non-PERC cleaning processes and electric cargo bikes for collection/delivery. Closest comparable to Pressed4Time in eco-positioning, app-based booking model and target on-demand consumer.
• Rinse: US on-demand dry cleaning and laundry pickup/delivery service with strong technology infrastructure and corporate accounts. Comparable in technology-enabled pickup/delivery model and multi-segment customer base, though operating in a different geography.
• Johnson Cleaners: Ireland's largest specialist dry cleaning chain offering garment care, pickup/delivery and corporate accounts across multiple Irish cities. Most directly comparable peer to Pressed4Time in service mix and target customer, with the key contrast being scale, footprint and brand awareness.

Regional players

• Claddagh Linen Co. Galway-based linen rentals and industrial laundry operator explicitly linked from Pressed4Time's own website. Adjacent regional player offering complementary B2B linen services rather than direct consumer dry cleaning, making it a credible partner and adjacent comparable for the Irish west-coast market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pressed4timegalway
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pressed4time

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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