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Linen Supply

NAICS 812331 · United States · 2022 edition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying, on a rental or contract basis, laundered items, such as table and bed linens; towels; diapers; and uniforms, gowns, or coats of the type used by doctors, nurses, barbers, beauticians, and waitresses.

UW takeaway · AI logic + saved research

Start the review with commercial auto.

For Linen Supply, the saved research highlights commercial auto, customer goods in care, custody, and control, equipment breakdown. Confirm how these arise in the actual operation, what controls are used and whether additional services change the proposed coverage.

Questions to ask

  1. How many route vehicles are in the fleet, and what are the drivers' MVR histories?
  2. What is the mix of customers — restaurants, hotels, salons, medical offices, hospitals?
  3. Are any healthcare facility contracts in place for surgical gowns, isolation garments, or other infection-control textiles?
  4. Is any dry-cleaning or solvent-based processing performed on-site, or is all processing water-based?
  5. What industrial equipment is on-site, and what is the approximate replacement value? Is there steam-generating or boiler equipment?
  6. How is customer-owned property tracked, and what is the approximate maximum value of customer goods on premises at any one time?
  7. Are linens and uniforms company-owned rental stock, customer-owned goods laundered under contract, or a mix of both?
  8. What is the prior loss history, particularly for auto, equipment breakdown, and any customer goods claims?

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Insurance operations research — draft

Linen supply businesses collect soiled items — table linens, bed linens, towels, uniforms, gowns, and similar textiles — from commercial customers such as restaurants, hotels, hospitals, salons, and medical offices, launder them at a central facility, and return cleaned items on a regular route schedule. Core operations include industrial washing and drying, garment finishing and folding, inventory management of customer-owned or company-owned linen stock, and scheduled delivery and pickup by route drivers.

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This insurance research was generated in April 2026. It has not received a complete human review. The October 12, 2026 audit checked codes and titles only, not descriptions or coverage assertions.

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