Industry Overview:
Franchise North America offers maid and cleaning franchises in all regions of the United States. Franchise North America only offers those franchises for sale that meet our high internal standards of excellence, integrity, and quality.
The residential cleaning industry is a $20 billion dollar business! The US Department of Commerce estimates that 80% of dual income households will use a residential service by the year 2010. They also forecast 7% growth annually. The commercial cleaning industry is a $80 billion dollar business! Analyst forecast that it will be a $110 billion business by 2010.
Facts about Cleaning franchises:
- Don't think you have to "break the bank" - total investment levels start at only $70,000 which most can be financed.
- Competition is very fragmented with no one entity having >5% market share
- Most are "Mom & Pop" operators with unsophisticated operations and sales & marketing processes
Lifestyle Considerations
- Franchisors add value by providing processes to minimize turnover and find quality employees
- Often the owner can work a 5 day work week; some establish weekend operations for higher margins at the request of customers
- Owners do not clean, they instead focus efforts on running the business (managing employees, oversee P&L, execute the franchise marketing plan, network in the community, etc)
- Often a good profile match for professional executives that are analytical and skilled managers
- You don't have to speak a foreign language to be effective