Business concept

JAN-PRO provides one of today's exceptional business opportunities, allowing you to enter one of the fastest growing industries by safely becoming your own boss through the guidance and support of an established franchise organization. Additionally, it's a business you can tailor to your specific situation -- you can start small, even on a part-time basis, and build the business to achieve your financial goals.

Training and Support

The training consists of 60 hours in the classroom covering regional office start-up, franchise sales training, office management and procedures, contract sales training and 20 hours on the job. There is also an additional 20 hours in classroom to cover cleaning, franchise sales review, contract sales training, and 60 hours on the job training.

The territory is typically delineated by the boundaries of the designated Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, or specific county or city borders sufficient to encompass a specified population. The population for the territory will contain a minimum of 350,000 people. The franchisee will have the exclusive right to operate their Regional Master Franchise within the described Territory.

The franchisor will not establish other franchises with similar products or services under a different trade name or trademark within the territory. The franchisee may not solicit or accept Unit Franchisees or Janitorial Customers from outside of the Territory.

The Franchisee

For the JAN-PRO Master Franchise program, they are looking for seasoned Sales/Marketing and Management executives. In fact, many of their most successful Master Franchise owners have come from previous senior management and sales careers with Fortune 500 companies.

The Master Franchise program is based on an area development model. Therefore, the Master Franchisees rely on a decentralized management structure in which each Master Franchise owner acts as the Regional Franchisor in their exclusive market. Jan- Pro’s Master Franchise owners operate in a professional business environment during regular business hours, while their Unit franchisees service the commercial cleaning needs of the clients.

Jan-Pro assess the following three areas when considering Master Franchise Owners:

1. A successful track record of business and/or sales management experience.

2. Liquid assets or access to initial start-up funding of $250,000 (plus)

3. Preparedness to either already reside in, or relocate to, a selected metropolitan market.

About us

Jan-Pro is a commercial cleaning franchise that operates throughout Ireland, the UK, United States and Canada. The company's "Cleaning Greener" initiative emphasizes the use of cleaning products that require fewer chemicals to clean more.

History

Jan-Pro was founded in 1991by Jacques Lapointe in Providence, Rhode Island. Jan-Pro now has more than 87 master franchisees and over 5500 unit franchisee offices in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Jan-Pro was ranked the fastest growing franchise in the world and 26th overall franchise in the January 2008 issue of Entrepreneur magazine, and is holding that top position for the beginning of 2009 as well, while moving up to 19th position overall for Entrepreneur magazine's "Franchise 500" issue in January of 2009.

Business Model

Jan-Pro offers a cleaning and maintenance related services, including industrial and institutional cleaning services on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, and the performance of specialty services such as carpet care, floor care, window washing, wall cleaning, or programs of cleaning, sanitizing, deodorizing and other related cleaning and maintenance services.

Market

Commercial Cleaning is a rapidly growing industry. Today it generates total sales of $140 Billion, and experts project that number to grow to $155.35 billion by 2010.

The commercial Cleaning industry has traditionally been undersupplied with people to service it, so there is plenty of untapped demand for quality service. In spite of changes in the economy, commercial property owners and managers always need to keep their properties clean and well maintained, so the industry is often described as "recession resistant".

JAN-PRO is recognized as a major force in the Commercial Cleaning industry, with sales of over $175 million and almost 10,000 franchisees nationally. Most importantly, these numbers have more than doubled since 2003.

Facts

Standard information

Country of origin	USA
Company foundation (nat / worldwide)	/ 1991
First franchising (nat / worldwide)	2007 / 1995
Country of data	Ireland
Type of contract	Franchise-System Licence Cooperatives Others
Renewal fee
Master licenses available

Priority development	• Canada • Ireland • Puerto Rico • United Kingdom • USA

Minimum turnover
Pilot unit in the country of data
Internal purchase
Mark-up of goods

Financial support

Training activities

Training content

Management support

Ideal franchisee profile

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