Cleaning Franchises Guide

An industry too often overlooked by entrepreneurs the cleaning industry is one of the largest industries in franchising and can create fantastic opportunities for the right candidate.

Why a Cleaning Franchise?

When suggesting a cleaning franchise for a business too often a person envisions themselves spending their days cleaning other people's homes and offices. This could not be further from the truth. Owners of cleaning franchises are marketers, people managers and business operators. They run their day to day business while managing a team of cleaning agents who actually perform the cleaning services.

Many cleaning franchises include earnings claims in their disclosure document and these earnings are very impressive. If you research cleaning franchises to the point of qualifying and receiving the FDD you will be pleasantly surprised at how much people are earning owning these lucrative businesses.

Over the last decade, residential housecleaning has become one of the fastest growing industries in the country. According to industry estimates, over twelve million households use paid domestic services. This is a rock solid industry, with an expanding consumer demand.

Benefits of Owning A Cleaning Franchise

• Simple business model.
• No special skills required.
• Abundance of great employees.
• Very strong income potential.
• Easy growth potential.
• Great exit strategies.
  

Residential vs. Commercial Cleaning Franchises

While both are similar business models, each has its own distinct differences as well. Things like hours of operation, typical employee, business to business or business to consumer and other aspects. Here are some things to consider when choosing a residential cleaning franchise or a commercial cleaning franchise.

	Residential	Commercial
Hours of Operation	Normal business hours... While the customer is at work.	Off business hours while the customer is not working.
Receivables	Payment is typically made when service is rendered.	Typical B2B payment schedule.
Customer Retention	Higher customer turn over rate.	Lower customer turn over rate.