Home Services Franchise Module

Home services franchises encompass a large variety of service categories, including, but not limited to the ones listed below. Franchises can cross over into two or more of these categories, or be specialized within a category:

• Cleaning: Common sanitation work that is typically done in a customer’s home.
• Decoration: Work undertaken to enhance the aesthetic value of a property.
• Landscaping: Work done to the exterior of a building to enhance “curb appeal”; includes work done with plants and other greenery as well as with stone, lumber, and other non-plant material (commonly referred to as the hardscape).
• Renovation: Discretionary work that usually isn’t necessary for the use of a property, or a part of the property, but can help increase its financial value.
• Repair/Maintenance: Work undertaken to correct issues that affect the use of a property, or a part of it.
• Restoration: Work that occurs after a catastrophic event such as a fire, flood, or natural disaster; also, after long-time neglect of a property.

Lack of firsthand experience? Not a problem. Prospective franchisees shouldn’t be deterred by a lack of technical expertise in the area they’re interested in.

In fact, some franchise systems actually de-emphasize the technical skills typically associated with franchises in this area when seeking franchisees. Instead, these franchisors prefer to seek candidates with good interpersonal and team building skills in order to build a strong team they manage to do the actual tasks.