Monthly variations / ratios

[ChuckB]

In the carwash business the monthly business correlates very high with the number of daylight hours in the month. In fact it is typically within +-10% of the yearly average.

Here are my ratios (monthly receipts divided by monthly average of annual sales) for the carwash... (In escrow for a MAT.)

Jan. 0.78
Feb. 0.80
Mar. 0.76
Apr. 0.99
May. 1.13
Jun. 1.18
Jul. 1.30
Aug. 1.15
Sep. 1.21
Oct. 1.23
Nov. 0.75
Dec. 0.71

Many of you are just as much into numbers as I am. What are your monthly ratios to the yearly average for your MAT(s)? I wonder how they vary geographically?

[kyle mcpeck]

Well mine look like this (from Dec 01 to Nov 02

.81
.78
.76
.84
.85
.88
.76
.87
1.06
1.59
1.54
1.24

[MichaelCa]

Wow Kyle !

Thats some disconnect between some of your months:

Aug to Sept. 50% increase
and Dec/Nov is over 50%.


ChuckB: I haven't seen that much variation in the month-to-month of the 1/2 dozen records i've reviewed. A few bumps April/May.

Of course, i'm in Calif, where weather may not be as big a factor as say, vacation-summertime, etc.

[kyle mcpeck]

Many of our customers are on well water here. Aug/Sept until it starts snowing gets pretty bad here on the ol water supply. They either have to bathe or do laundry. Not all make the right choice :)

[ChuckB]

Originally posted by MichaelCa

ChuckB: I haven't seen that much variation in the month-to-month of the 1/2 dozen records i've reviewed. A few bumps April/May.

Just for clarification. The numbers I posted were for a S/S CARWASH not a MAT, I was looking to get an idea of what types of swing MAT owners experienced in different locations. Urban, vacation, high density, etc.

I was very surprised by the swing in Kyle's numbers.

[pete f]

I think you will find when it is colder mats do more business than when it is warmer. Less clothes, bedding, etc durring the summer and more durring the winter. I have some mats which have seasonal residenrts and can double revenue in March vs. Sept.

[Lar Hylobates]

Southern California

December 01, first; November 02, last

+3.56%
+1.75%
-4.69%
-1.63%
-2.43%
+2.95%
-3.47%
-9.24%
-4.58%
+0.41%
+8.43%
+8.94%

My spreadsheet continually updates these percentages as new info is input. 0%, of course being my average.