Wash-Dry-Fold POS Names Ian Gollahon CEO as It Incorporates for Growth
When Ian Gollahon talks about leading Wash-Dry-Fold POS, he doesn’t reach for the language of strategy decks. “It’s a privilege to serve our customers and lead our small team,” he said. “Kindness, focus, and gratitude will be constants at every layer of value that we deliver.”
When Ian Gollahon talks about leading Wash-Dry-Fold POS, he doesn’t reach for the language of strategy decks. “It’s a privilege to serve our customers and lead our small team,” he said. “Kindness, focus, and gratitude will be constants at every layer of value that we deliver.”
That tone says a lot about where the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma-based company is headed. Wash-Dry-Fold POS, which builds point-of-sale and management software for the laundry industry, has converted from an LLC to a corporation and named Gollahon its chief executive officer — two moves that, together, mark a deliberate step into the company’s next stage of growth.
Gollahon is a familiar figure inside the company. He helped guide it from its earliest stages, served as a primary architect of its 2020 shift to cloud-based software subscriptions, and has personally led the sales and software development teams. Under his direction, Wash-Dry-Fold POS has grown to serve roughly 20% of the U.S. laundromat point-of-sale market. In the past year, the company has processed 36 million pounds of laundry and 1.5 million comforters. That’s cozy.
Meanwhile, nearly $80 million in sales transactions over the counter and more than 1.6 million text message notifications.
Founder and Chief Technology Officer Brian Henderson, who has stepped into the role of board chairman, will provide continuity as the majority shareholder. He framed Gollahon’s promotion as the natural result of a long partnership.
“For a decade, Ian has been the definitive steward of our brand,” Henderson said. “From securing our intellectual property to navigating complex vendor relations and marketing strategies, he possesses a rare blend of financial sophistication and operational grit.”
What makes the leadership at Wash-Dry-Fold POS unusual is how little distance there is between the people building the software and the people using it. In 2023, Gollahon became a laundromat owner himself, partnering with Henderson to purchase the Henderson family’s chain of Oklahoma laundromats. That chain, Liberty Laundry, now does double duty as a real-world testing ground for the software — and it grossed $2.5 million across its three locations in 2025. It’s an owner-to-owner perspective, and it keeps the product honest about the daily realities of running a laundromat well.
The momentum behind the announcement is real. After a strong showing at the 2025 Clean Show, Wash-Dry-Fold POS posted the strongest first quarter in its history in 2026. Incorporating signals a sharper appetite for growth and reinvestment — but not a change in mission. From independent shops to high-volume operations, the company is still building the same thing it set out to build: practical laundromat management tools for the owners and teams who use them every day.
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