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Workplace Services Uniform and Facility SG&A Expense Rate

measures selling and administrative expense as a percentage of uniform and facility service revenue.

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: 1 reviewed companyRelationships reflect supported examples, not a normalized cross-company KPI ranking.

The rate tracks overhead and selling-cost leverage
SG&A sits below gross profit
Part of the Workplace Services Route Economics
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Workplace services uniform and facility SG&A expense rate measures selling and administrative expense as a percentage of uniform and facility service revenue.

Cintas reported Uniform Rental and Facility Services SG&A expense equal to 25.9% of segment revenue in fiscal 2026, compared with 25.8% in fiscal 2025.

The rate tracks overhead and selling-cost leverage

The numerator includes spending needed to support sales growth, technology, and selling resources. Revenue growth can create operating leverage when those costs rise more slowly than segment sales.

The rate can also rise during periods of investment even when the underlying customer economics remain healthy.

SG&A sits below gross profit

Production, delivery, and in-service inventory costs are reflected above gross profit, while SG&A captures a separate layer of operating expense.

Read the rate with uniform and facility gross margin and uniform and facility operating margin.

Primary source: Cintas fiscal 2026 Form 10-K.

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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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 Margin Uniform and Facility Operating MarginUniform and Facility SG&A RateCurrent concept
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 Margin
Uniform and Facility Organic Growth
Uniform and Facility Revenue Growth
Uniform and Facility Revenue Mix
Uniform and Facility SG&A RateCurrent concept

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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 Operating Margin

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