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title: "Entrepreneur Magazine names Lapels Cleaners® to Franchise 500 for Top Low-Cost Franchises"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ce86f846-7630-4871-906e-9d4b11079f5f
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220616_entrepreneur_magazine_names_lapels_cleaners_to_franchise_500_for_top_lowcos.html
category: "Retail"
industry: "Retail"
published: 2022-06-16T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:33:03.894Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1524749292158-7540c2494485?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Entrepreneur Magazine names Lapels Cleaners® to Franchise 500 for Top Low-Cost Franchises

**TL;DR:** Lapels Cleaners was named to Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500 as one of the Top Low-Cost Franchises for 2022. The company has pioneered an eco-friendly dry-cleaning experience with a partnership with GreenEarth.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-06-16. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220616_entrepreneur_magazine_names_lapels_cleaners_to_franchise_500_for_top_lowcos.html).*

## Story

NAPLES, FL - Lapels Cleaners, headquartered in Naples, Florida, was recently named to Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 as one of the Top Low-Cost Franchises for 2022.

“We strive to be the best franchise out there every single year. Making Entrepreneur’s Top 500 tells me that we are making progress toward that objective,” said Kevin DuBois, CEO of Clean Franchise Brands, franchisor for Lapels Cleaners.

Over two decades, Lapels has pioneered an eco-friendly dry-cleaning experience. That experience features a partnership agreement with GreenEarth®, the dry cleaning industry’s only non-toxic cleaning alternative for its newer locations. Using these kinds of solutions and the latest technology in equipment, Lapels uses the world’s ONLY 100 percent environmentally non-toxic dry cleaning process along with 100 percent wet cleaning that offers a sustainable and hypo allergenic process.

Lapels has been well received from retail customers looking for a better cleaning experience and from some of the hotel operators and employers looking to offer a sustainable solution to their customers and employees. Lapels Cleaners’ environmentally-friendly cleaning process has no odor and is gentler on clothes, thus lengthening the life of clothes.

Lapels customers are greeted in a warm and inviting reception area with friendly customer service representatives. Most Lapels locations provide alterations and shoe cleaning/repair as ancillary services. Lapels also offers its customers Automatic Rewards earning them credit towards free dry cleaning for every dollar they spend, Loyalty Programs, a VIP Program that eliminates the need to wait in line, the use of a 24 Hour Drop Off Service and convenient home delivery to all its customers.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Retail (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- franchise 500 (topic)
- low-cost franchises (topic)
- Naples, Florida (location)
- GreenEarth (company)
- Lapels Cleaners (company)
- sustainable solutions (topic)
- eco-friendly dry cleaning (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220616_entrepreneur_magazine_names_lapels_cleaners_to_franchise_500_for_top_lowcos.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ce86f846-7630-4871-906e-9d4b11079f5f).