Mobile car wash in Dubai?
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is ripe for a mobile car wash business as current car wash businesses there are quite scarce. With economic development and shopping centers, a well-marketed mobile car wash company could operate 30 to 50 units of various sizes and dominate the market. Few are aware of the potential of that region of the Middle East. For the international entrepreneur, they can find greener pastures in Mumbai or Shanghai, but Dubai should also be on their international target market list.
Some realize the potential there, but others have asked; “Have you been to Beijing lately?” It’s strange that all these new entrepreneurs haven’t seen the potential, but some have. In fact, our company had several contacts this week, but we don’t have any advertising in that market for UAE partners or licenses with any of our companies. We run the company Car Wash Guys. http://www.carwashguys.com. If we were to go into the market there, we would think it would use a combination of a prototype unit that was a trailer-based unit, which could easily be duplicated in the country.
If a US based mobile car wash company were to help someone in the United Arab Emirates, specifically Dubai, these are our thoughts on what international type licenses should be used, although someone would have to design something entirely different for that market as it is. like no other in the Arab world. http://www.carwashguys.com/iagree.html. These are older documents, but they can certainly give an international businessman ideas for both country-wide licenses and individual units. For the United Arab Emirates; an entrepreneur would want to consider and should be interested in a single business partner license for the whole country due to the UAE rules for franchising and licensing with international companies and partnership clauses in its laws. One would have to be sure that the partner was a legal citizen of the UAE, as only citizens can partner with outside companies, is this how we interpret their laws?
Consultants who have been looking into such things believe that as word spread, units would need to be placed in all shopping malls and mobile units for all office buildings, hotels, and high-end residential clients. But really few entrepreneurs are looking at that market now and probably few are interested in the possibilities of a mobile car wash there. Anyone looking into that market due to obvious demand must ask themselves; “Does the UAE allow work trailers behind cars?” Also, one needs to ask; “What percentage will the malls want, since everything is payola while you go there?” Also the environmental aspects and water conservation parts of the mobile car wash business model are a concern and that needs to be resolved?
Choosing a work truck is important; maybe a Ford one-ton diesel. Toyota Pick-ups available, for less expensive units for quick expansion? The entrepreneur must also ask himself; “Do I have the finances to do it without worrying about expanding out of cash flow the first year?” They will also need some industry knowledge, perhaps online. If not, they will need a partner who is a real UAE citizen and a person who can be trusted, as this is a difficult problem in the Arab world.
Many international businessmen have had significant trouble collecting money owed to them in that region of the world, it is generally not worth going ahead without guarantees and payment up front; contracts are worthless if business partners cannot be trusted, nor should a big-name businessperson want their name on anything run by inefficient teams or unethical professionals. These are definitely things to consider for those looking into the mobile car wash market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Think about it.