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The biggest hurdle for any vending machine company is finding a place to put your vending machine. Buying vending machines is the easy part, what is hard is scaling up to tens of hundreds of locations - finding a location is your bottleneck!
When searching for a location, you really want to start with the research aspect. If you’re wasting your time calling and emailing random places asking to place a vending machine you could be wasting your time. The first step to ensure you’re spending your time wisely is to know exactly what types of places will accept vending machines. Not only that, it needs to be worthwhile enough for you to spend the time.
Generally speaking, you want at least 50 people a day to walk by your vending machine in order to reach profitability.
Top Ten Places To Put Your Vending Machine
Great vending machine locations are in areas with a high volume of foot traffic and potential customers looking for a service at convince. There is no single location that is better than the others, because profits and success are heavily influenced by where you are in the country, where you place your machine, and what product offerings resonate with customers.
There is always a process of refining and tweaking a location to optimize performance, but the holy grail of locations that every vending operator wants to win is...
- Apartments
- Motels/Hotels
- College Dorms
- Hospitals
- Warehouses
- Factories
- Airports
- Schools
- Malls
- Large Auto Dealers / Auto Shops
What Is The Best Overall Machine To Place At A Location?
The success of any machine is determined by how well it fits its environment. From office buildings to shopping malls, some machines perform better than others depending on who happens to be walking by at any given time.
For any location where only one machine can be installed, Seaga's SM2300 is the best option for either new vending operators looking to get started in the industry or large scale vending operators looking to add a dependable machine to their fleet.
The Ultimate List Of Vending Machine Locations
When you really start to look for locations you can get pretty creative. We have scanned far and wide for other types of locations. Here they are:
Other Locations
- Motels
- Apartment Complexes
- Upper Management Hotels
- Campsites (uppity)
- Hotels
- Student Housing
- Universities
- Skate Parks
- Recreational Facilities
- High School
- State Park Facilities
- Transit Systems
- Public Restrooms
- Public Pools
- Government buildings
- Military Bases
- City Parks
- Fire Stations
- Old Folks Homes
- Hospitals
- Urgent Care
- Warehouses
- Grocery Stores
- Sidewalk Malls
- Amusement Parks
- Gun Ranges
- Ax Throwing/Bow and Arrow Ranges
- Plasma Donation Centers
- Goodwill
- Thrift Stores
- Stores Near Airports
- Shops on main street
- Pawn Shops
- Car Shops
- Car Repair Shops
- Trucker Stops
- Office Complexes
- Fulfillment Centers
- Grocery Stores
- Resorts
- Malls
- Gas Stations
- HOA Pools
- Home Improvement Stores
- Train Depots
- Arcades
- Radio Stations
- Broadcast Stations
- ATMs / Banks
- Movie Theaters
- WeWork places
- Break Rooms (Walmart, Target, Winco, Office Complexes)
- Oil Change
- Hospitals
- Jails
- Assisted senior living homes
- High school
- Rehab centers
- Low income apartments
- Veterans homes
- Children's hospitals
- Hotel
- Budget hotels / motels
- Urgent Care
- Animal ER
- Factories
- Trailer parks
- Auto dealers
- Homeless centers
- Rec centers
- Community colleges
- Retail (hobby lobby, walmart)
- Military base
- Airport
- Malls
- Auction sites
- Car Dealerships
- Motels
- Colleges
- Museums
- Hair Salons
- Barber
- Parks
- Manufacturing Facilities
- Laundromats
- Car Wash
- RV Parks
- Nursing Homes
- Care Facilities
- Golf Course Lounge
- Seaports
- Bakeries
- Airport
- Amusement Park
- Apartment Building
- Assisted Living Center
- Auto Brake Shop
- Auto Dealership
- Bank
- Bingo Hall
- Bookstore
- Bowling Alley
- Bus Station
- Business Office Building
- Car Wash
- College/ University
- Community Center
- Community Swimming Pool
- Computer Store
- Dental Office
- Department Store
- Doctor's Office
- Dormitory
- Driver's License Division
- Dry Cleaner
- Fire Station
- Fraternity/ Sorority
- Furniture Store
- Gift Shop
- Golf Course Lounge
- Government Office
- Gym
- Health Club
- Hospital
- Hotel
- Humane Society
- Ice Skating Rink
- Industrial Park
- Laundromat
- Library
- Mall
- Manufacturing Plant
- Medical Building
- Meeting Hall
- Military Reserve/ Guard Center
- Military Enlistment Office
- Military Treatment Facility
- Miniature Golf
- Motel
- Motor Vehicle Division
- Motorcycle Shop
- Muffler Shop
- Night Club
- Nursing Home/ Retirement Home
- Oil & Lube Center
- Police Station
- Private School
- Public Utility Office
- Railroad Station
- Recreation Center
- Rental Yard
- Rest Stop Facility (off Highway)
- Roller Skating Rink
- Schools
- Senior Center
- Shopping Center
- Ski Resort
- Stock Brokerage
- Telemarketing Office
- Tire Store
- Tourist Attraction
- Truck Stop
- Trucking Company
- Veterans Affairs Facility
- Veterinary Office
- Waiting Room (any kind)
- Warehouse
- YMCA
- Youth Center
- Zoo
- Tire Shop
