Many manufacturing and trading companies use warehouses under lease agreements in their activities, which allows the use of ready-made premises equipped with everything necessary. The requirements for such a room depend on the type of stored products. How much it costs to rent a warehouse directly depends on these requirements.
When you need to rent a warehouse for a specific time, use the offer of renting a third-party warehouse, already staffed and equipped with specialized equipment. In this case, to calculate the rental cost, estimate the costs of maintaining the rented premises and the required volumes of stored goods. At the initial stage of doing business, when production is in its infancy, the rental cost will cost you almost 2 times less than maintaining your own equipped warehouse.
The disadvantage of this option may be a not very convenient location, which complicates logistics operations, as well as the lack of infrastructure. It will be difficult to choose a warehouse and the lack of railway tracks that you may need to deliver or ship products.
Given a stable and constantly developing business, it makes sense for an enterprise to rent a warehouse, equip and equip it independently, and recruit its own staff. In this case, you will already know exactly what areas you need, what and how much equipment you need to purchase and what storage conditions should be provided.
With the same technical parameters of the warehouse, its cost will be different depending on the geographical location of your enterprise. The rental price for Moscow and the provinces can differ significantly. In any case, you should contact a real estate agency that specializes in non-residential stock and industrial premises. You will have more options than finding a room on your own.
Fill out the application and indicate in it the most complete requirements for a warehouse that can meet your needs. Consider offers, taking into account what is included in the rental rate, what additional costs may be required, whether utility bills were included in the rent, whether entry into the warehouse territory is paid or free.
Considering all the pros and cons of each warehouse offered to you to choose from, you can choose the optimal premises for the rental cost, storage conditions and location. If you know that the maintenance of a warehouse accounts for almost 30% of the total gross revenue of a company, then we can say that the profitability of a rented warehouse is of the utmost importance for increasing profitability.
