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Workplace Services Uniform and Facility Operating Margin

measures operating income as a percentage of revenue for uniform and facility service operations.

By Lee BaileyPublished Sep 30, 2026

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Research date: Sep 30, 2026Use the dated article and cited sources for the definition, examples, and stated limitations.
Operating-model context: 10 connected conceptsPart of the reviewed Workplace Services Route Economics; issuer definitions remain distinct where disclosed.
Company examples: 2 reviewed companiesRelationships reflect supported examples, not a normalized cross-company KPI ranking.

Segment margins are not automatically comparable
Gross profit and overhead both drive the outcome
Part of the Workplace Services Route Economics
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Workplace services uniform and facility operating margin measures operating income as a percentage of revenue for uniform and facility service operations.

Cintas reported a 24.1% Uniform Rental and Facility Services operating margin in fiscal 2026. UniFirst reported a 3.4% Uniform & Facility Service Solutions operating margin in its fiscal 2026 third quarter.

Segment margins are not automatically comparable

The companies organize costs differently, and UniFirst's current results include growth, digital-transformation, and transaction-related spending that affects segment profitability.

The measure is most useful for tracking each issuer's own operating conversion over time rather than treating the two percentages as a standardized peer score.

Gross profit and overhead both drive the outcome

Operating margin reflects uniform and facility gross margin after selling, administrative, and other segment-level operating costs.

Pair it with uniform and facility SG&A expense rate before attributing a margin change solely to route or production efficiency.

Primary sources: Cintas fiscal 2026 Form 10-K and UniFirst fiscal 2026 Q3 earnings exhibit.

Part of the Workplace Services Route Economics

Connects route-servicing exposure, customer footprint, uniform and facility segment growth and mix, first-aid and safety expansion, and gross-to-operating profit conversion.

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Where this concept fits

Gross profit, overhead, and operating conversionCurrent relationship
Uniform and facility gross margin captures production, delivery, and in-service inventory economics, SG&A rate adds selling and overhead intensity, and operating margin measures the resulting segment profit conversion.
Uniform and Facility Gross MarginUniform and Facility Operating MarginCurrent conceptUniform and Facility SG&A Rate
Route network, customer footprint, and revenue composition
Customer locations describe service-network breadth, route-servicing mix shows the recurring delivery backbone, and uniform/facility plus first-aid revenue mix show how consolidated revenue is distributed across the workplace-services portfolio.
Customer Location Count First Aid and Safety Revenue Mix Route-Servicing Revenue Mix Uniform and Facility Revenue Mix
Core service growth and adjacent expansion
Reported uniform and facility growth captures total segment expansion, organic growth narrows the base-business comparison, and first-aid and safety growth shows whether adjacent workplace services are expanding at a different pace.
First Aid and Safety Revenue Growth Uniform and Facility Organic Growth Uniform and Facility Revenue Growth

Customer Location Count
First Aid and Safety Revenue Growth
First Aid and Safety Revenue Mix
Route-Servicing Revenue Mix
Uniform and Facility Gross Margin
Uniform and Facility Operating MarginCurrent concept
Uniform and Facility Organic Growth
Uniform and Facility Revenue Growth
Uniform and Facility Revenue Mix
Uniform and Facility SG&A Rate

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CTASOpen operating-model research →9 of 10 reviewed concepts in Workplace Services Route EconomicsGross profit, overhead, and operating conversion3 of 3 bridge concepts supportedContinue through this bridge:Uniform and Facility Gross Margin Uniform and Facility SG&A Rate
UNFOpen operating-model research →7 of 10 reviewed concepts in Workplace Services Route Economics

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