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✔ Ultra low cost franchise with recurring revenue
✔ Established resale with Recurring Revenue and Manager in place ($705k in sales)*
✔ Dealing with the overwhelming amount of franchise options
✔ The Truth About Buying a Food Franchise in 2025
*Numbers according to their 2024 FDD
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FEATURED RESALE
Franchise resales possess many benefits for aspiring business owners – established cash flow, experienced employees, systems in place, and brand awareness to name a few.
In 1984, entrepreneur David McKinnon brought Molly Maid from Canada to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to give busy American homeowners a reliable, professional, affordable solution to messy, dirty houses. Residents of the competitive university town took advantage of the new home cleaning service, which quickly expanded to communities in other states. Today, there are more than 450 individually owned Molly Maid cleaning service franchises operating across the United States. Last year, we performed 1.7 million cleaning services, 90 percent of which were for repeat customers.
Woodway, TX
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Opened November 2016
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Asking price of ~$275,000
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Last Year Revenue of $705,000
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Cash Flow: Request info below- NDA Required
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Residential and commercial customers
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Recurring Revenue in place
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6 Vehicles
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General Manager
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11 Home Service Professionals (cleaners)
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Opportunity to increase marketing and obtain more customers in a sizeable territory
Franchise Empire’s Take:
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This is a very proven brand and an established business which could allow you to hit the ground running quickly. The owner’s role is to lead the business, NOT clean.
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Existing resales with a large team can be a great opportunity for someone with management and leadership experience coming in. This could be challenging to handle if you have no management experience, or experience leading a team.
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This business has recurring revenue which helps to stabilize cash flow, and you wake up on the first of the month already knowing how much money you have coming in.
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Work/ Life Balance- You can maintain family-friendly work hours with no on-call or emergency work.
Curious to learn more about this particular franchise resale, or other resales available in your area?
🎉New Franchise Owner through Franchise Empire 🎉
Rita and Luis are in California and it was important to them that they had a business that was a Need and not a Want. Rita is in finance and accounting and was planning to keep her FT job. Luis did voiceover acting but wanted to be FT in a franchise.
Overall they found all the options out there overwhelming and wanted a trusted resource to look at solid options, and have tools in vetting the franchise.
They started by looking at several franchises but found that the licensing requirements for some franchises was too cumbersome for California. So with our team and guidance, they transitioned into looking at in-home senior care franchises.
They actually went all the way to a DD with one franchise but felt like maybe they should look at some competitors and ultimately ended up choosing another competitor over the first franchise that they almost signed with.
This is where it helps to have Pro’s by your side- Congrats Rita and Luis!
FRANCHISE OF THE WEEK
History:
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Corporate location started in 2000 in Virginia
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Started franchising in 2004
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Parent company as of 2021 is AB Assetco LLC (Authority Brands)
Numbers:
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Corporate Owned Territories: 2
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Franchise Units: 86
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Franchise Fee: $49,000
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Royalty: flat fees – 7.5%
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National Marketing Fee: 1.5%
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Total Investment Range: $64,025 – $83,450
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Term: 10 years
**Numbers according to their FDD released on April 23, 2024.
Description:
Doody Calls franchisees offer exterior pet waste removal service and odor control service for residential customers and commercial customers including apartment complexes, commercial properties, and Homeowner Associations, and other related services that we may specify periodically. DoodyCalls offers year-round, twice-weekly, weekly, bi-monthly, monthly, and one-time pooper scooping services for yards of all sizes. They also provide waste station setup and supplies, including dog poop bags, bag dispensers, and dog waste bins.
Financial Data:
Below tables taken from the Doody Calls 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document – Item 19, page 60.
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GROSS REVENUE PER TERRITORY, BY QUARTILE (1)
(For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023)
Benefits for the Franchisee:
- Nationwide Call Center – Fields leads and schedules services so you don’t have to answer incoming calls or pay someone to do that for you.
- Low Investment – You can get in with one territory under $100K.
- “PoopNet” Technology Platform – Fantastic software that runs the business for Franchisees; it also manages the employees and vehicles. PoopNet allows customers to “signup” for service all on their own and manages their Account with DoodyCalls.
- Recurring Revenue – Most customers need these services every week, if not more often than that. Once your business is more established you can count on stable revenue coming in every month.
- Super Simple Business Model – Picking up dog deposits is not hard. You can train anyone to do the job well. There are not a lot of moving parts to this franchise and it can be run semi-passively.
- Authority Brands – You’ll not only have an opportunity to network and get referrals from sister companies, but you’ll have the chance to own multiple businesses under the same umbrella company utilizing the same systems/software.
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Episode #98: The Truth About Buying a Food Franchise in 2025
Karriem is a franchisee for Little Caesars and a coach here at Franchise Empire.
After working together for a long time, we finally had the chance to meet in person and sit down to do a podcast.
We talked about what it’s like owning a Little Caesars, and why Karriem probably wouldn’t buy a food franchise if he could do it all again.
If you’re looking to buy a franchise in 2025, I really recommend you watch this before choosing your franchise.
Sit back, take some notes, and enjoy the show.
That’s a wrap for this week’s Franchise Empire newsletter.
Feel free to reply with any questions, or feedback. I appreciate and value your time and attention.
I’ll see you at the same time next week!
-Tariq and The Franchise Empire Team
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