Unifirst Revenue, Net Income & 10-K Summary

Company overview

Organized in Massachusetts in 1950.
Provides uniform and workwear programs, facility management and service products, and first aid and safety supplies and services in North America.
Core offerings include design, manufacture, personalization, rental, cleaning, delivery, and sale of uniforms and protective clothing; industrial wiping products, floor mats, and facility management products; restroom and cleaning supplies; first aid cabinet services and safety training; and fire protection inspection, testing, and maintenance.

Uniform & Facility Service Solutions
- Designs, manufactures, purchases, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells uniforms, protective clothing, and non-garment items in the U.S. and Canada.
- Includes cleanroom garments and related services; distribution center operations; sales and marketing; information systems; and corporate functions (finance, HR, etc.).
First Aid & Safety Solutions
- Sells first aid cabinet services, non-prescription medicines, safety supplies, and fire safety products, and provides safety training to end users and wholesalers.
Other (Nuclear Garment Decontamination)
- Purchases, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells specialty garments and non-garment items for nuclear applications.
Service model
- Customers typically enter written service contracts lasting 3 to 5 years.
- Programs include full-service rental, lease, and purchase options.
- Core activity includes weekly collection of soiled items and delivery of cleaned replacements.

Approximately 65% of garments placed in service in fiscal 2026 were manufactured by UniFirst.
Primary garment plants: two in San Luis Potosí, Mexico; one in Managua, Nicaragua; plus subcontracted manufacturers.
Approximately 99% of mats placed in service are manufactured at the Cave City, Arkansas plant.
Remaining garments and many non-garment items are purchased from a variety of suppliers; the company relies on a limited number of raw material suppliers, though materials are generally available from other sources.
ERP and technology initiatives: began a multiyear ERP project in fiscal 2022 to improve supply chain, procurement, CRM integration, and back-end processes.

International sales represented about 7.4% of consolidated revenues in fiscal 2026 (7.0% in fiscal 2025; 6.9% in fiscal 2024).
Foreign currency movements can affect reported results; Canadian operations face added cost pressures from currency changes when inputs are sourced outside Canada.
International operations carry regulatory, staffing, tax, and political risks.

Serves over 300,000 customer locations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
No single customer in the last three years accounted for more than 10% of total revenue.

Approximately 15,100 employees (team partners) as of August 29, 2026.
Less than 1% of U.S. employees are represented by a union under a collective bargaining agreement.

Business performance is sensitive to general economic conditions, fuel and energy costs, inflation, wage pressures, and demand cycles across multiple industries.
Nuclear and international operations involve regulatory and security considerations, including Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses for U.S. facilities and regulatory oversight in the U.K. and Netherlands for other nuclear decontamination facilities.
Emphasizes service quality, with rapid response to inquiries and ongoing customer satisfaction measurement.

On March 10, 2026, UniFirst entered into a merger agreement with Cintas Corporation.
Merger terms: at the effective time, each share of UniFirst common stock and Class B common stock will convert into $155.00 in cash plus 0.7720 shares of Cintas common stock (no fractional shares; cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares).