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A Squeaky Clean Franchise
A Squeaky Clean Franchise
By Elaine Rose on October 7, 2009
Today the number of double income families seems to be rising considerably. High powered careers come with high demands and expectations consuming massive proportions of ones time. This restricts the amount of leisure time at one’s disposal. Recent articles in The Age and the Herald Sun highlighted how individuals with such demanding careers would rather spend quality time with family and friends than doing household chores. They have the financial capability of paying for such services and would much rather such things done by experts. This enables cleaning service business to gain considerably from such a growing demand in the market.
What does the industry involve?
First of all you have 2 different groups that cater to different target audiences:
- Commercial
- Consumer
Identifying the area for you
Let’s look at the various areas you could be looking at:
- Janitorial Service
- Carpet and upholstery cleaning service
- Car Cleaning
With the residential maid services you would incur only the cost of training employees. However with carpet and upholstery cleaning services and car cleaning services you may be required to invest in special equipment required to get the job done effectively. In addition you might need to train people as well in operating such equipment.
What do you stand to gain?
First of all understand that this is a profitable business where you stand to generate revenue quickly. You can choose to run this business on a part time or full time basis. You can choose to run it from a commercial location or home. The business model is extremely flexible and this is where its appeal lies.
There are various areas you can choose to specialise in and various ways depending on your preferences and skills. If you are the kind of person who likes to work by yourself you can choose to keep your operation small whereas if you good administration skills you can choose to co-ordinate and manage various cleaning teams.
How do you get started?
You have 2 options here. You can either choose to start and independent operation or become a franchisee of an already established cleaning service.
Starting your own independent business can be a big gamble. Since you don’t have an established system in place to guide your business, the only way you learn is though the process of trial and error. This means that in the situation you do make an error it could mean big losses for your business.
However, buying into a franchising system that is already established provides you with guidelines that enable you to make the right decision for your business. A number of cleaning service organizations provide you with training and support that make it easy to get started. They tend to also provide you with advertising and marketing support.
Lets take dial a concierge for example. It provides the following services to its franchisees:
- Initial & Ongoing Training & Support
- Group Training & Business Coaching
- Effective Advertising & Sales Promotion
- Massive 10 + 10 Year Franchise Term
- Strong Cashflow
- Flat Rate Management Fee
- Work Guarantee
- Large Client Demand in a Niche Market
- Fantastic Return on Investment
- Low Overheads
- Website - www.dialaconcierge.com.au
All this comes with the added benefit of having an established brand name and reputation to work under. Reputation stands to be the key in such an industry, a reputation of honesty that is. Honesty is the most important aspect of this business. When people let you into their homes or companies they need to be able to trust you. Creating such a reputation with a newly established business can prove to be quite the formidable challenge.
What would you need to get you started?
Once you have decided what you area you would like to get into and how to plan to get yourself started, you will need certain basic resources to get you started.
- Commercial location
- Employees
- Vehicles