Restroom Supplies

How Much Will You Need?

An easy way to keep your employees content is never to run out of bath tissue, paper towels, soap, and other vital restroom supplies. Following are estimates of how much you'll need of certain restroom supplies per year based upon the number of people you employee.

Number of employees	5	10	50
One–ply toilet tissue	96 rolls	192 rolls	960 rolls
Two–ply toilet tissue (softer)	154 rolls	320 rolls	1,568 rolls
Roll towels (1,000 sheets per roll)	15 rolls	30 rolls	150 rolls
Multifold towels (4,000 to a case)	10,000 towels	20,000 towels	100,000 towels
Tissues (100 sheets per box)	30 boxes	67 boxes	330 boxes
Liquid soap	28 gallons	56 gallons	160 gallons

The above chart was calculated using the following assumptions:

Equal number of men and women using the restrooms.
Three restroom visits per person per day.
260 annual work days.
Everyone using the restroom washes their hands.
Case rates based upon Kimberly–Clark products.

You'll need more if...

Your office makeup and work schedule will affect the consumption rates of bathroom products. Plan on higher consumption rates for the following situations:

Your staff is mostly women.
Your office is open longer than the standard eight–hour workday. For example, a manufacturing plant that runs three eight–hour shifts will have a higher consumption rate than a law firm with business hours from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Your business is open 365 days a year.

¹Paper products were calculated with the Kimberly–Clark Restroom Usage Analysis chart provided by Eastern Paper of New England.

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