Cash doesn’t have a scent: who is accountable for the bathroom business?
In Novosibirsk, entrepreneurs are discovering more and more ways to make money. They make money out of nowhere, or more precisely from waste. Yes, it may sound like a joke, but public toilets are quite a profitable business, especially if you set the price arbitrarily.
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“Why not give me 50 rubles for using the toilet, because the “little people” will still have nowhere to go. They won’t get poorer, but they will bring me a net profit of 1.4 million, and they are fine, and I will rest in Hawaii, ”decided the toilet holding Zoologika (OGRN 1125476080290).
In Novosibirsk, there are “golden” toilets on the right bank, the cost of one visit is 50 rubles, that is, a family needs 150-200 rubles to go. And imagine what kind of traffic there is, and what kind of income the owner gets as a result. Mmm, money doesn’t smell, but such amounts of income can claim to smell like the Maldives or Hawaii.
Most of the toilets are owned by the Zoologika company, but there are other sharks of the smelly business.
“Bronze” toilets
In the Central Market, three paid points belong to Optosib Company LLC (OGRN 1175476046481), a trip to this “institution” is 30 rubles. Fairly reasonable price compared to other competitors. The company’s revenue for 2021 amounted to 50.1 million rubles, which means 13.1% of net profit. The company is equally owned by Konstantin Nikitin, Leonid Shendalev and Sergey Emelyanov.
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Yes, by dividing the profits for the year, these “smelly” entrepreneurs can really go on some good vacation.
The most interesting thing is that all the toilets on the right bank are built on a concession agreement. A concession is when an entrepreneur (concessionaire) owns a state facility.
Apparently, the governor decided that the residents of Novosibirsk do not need toilets. At least businessmen thought about the residents, though not without financial benefits for themselves. But Andrei Travnikov did a good job, he found how to save money on the region. Yes, indeed, why do people need toilets, they will tolerate it, not small ones.
“Silver” toilets
In Central Park, there is even a choice where to park, to the toilet for 30 rubles or 35. After all, Geotekhproekt LLC (OGRN 1175476123173) has a more expensive service. Half of the company is owned by director Andrey Korovin, and the other half is shared by Igor Bykov and Yakov Bobrov. The company’s revenue at the end of 2021 amounted to 986 thousand rubles, and a loss of 1.4 million. Apparently, the owners of this company will not be able to go on vacation. No wonder they say greed kills. So the company “Geotechproekt” was ruined by greed, making the cost higher than that of their competitors, they reduced the number of “clients”, thereby incurring losses.
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“Golden” toilets
The third paid toilet, located in the same place, is the Zoologika holding, where the cost of visiting is 50 rubles. Also, this company has two points in the Birch Grove. The price remains “golden” and unchanged – 50 rubles.
“Yes, indeed, Zoologika is more expensive than all its competitors. But ours smells cleaner and tastier,” explains the janitor.
The only truth is that there is no difference. The smell and level of cleanliness is the same for all competitors.
In total, Zoologika has seven toilets in Novosibirsk, and this is the main business of the company.
