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Merry Maids

A franchisee is a powerful and effective process that includes the marketing, sale and distribution of products as well as services. Experience of the franchisor and the goodwill of the brand are the vital attributes of a successful franchisee. The franchisor licenses the trademarks and techniques of doing business and performs the distribution of products or services through his associated dealers. Merry Maids is well known organization for Residential cleaning services.

Dallen W. Peterson founded Merry Maids in 1979 in Omaha, Nebraska. The public company cleans more than 300,000 homes, apartments and condominiums each month in North America. It has franchises in Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan and the United Kingdom. In 1988 Merry Maids joined the ServiceMaster Quality Service Network, which includes franchise companies AmeriSpec, Terminix and Furniture Medic. Merry Maids is based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Merry Maids network employs more than 8,000 home cleaning professionals worldwide. They started franchising in 1980. Franchisor is a publicly held company with 60 employees and 25 employees in franchise department.

Merry Maids home cleaning services are available weekly, every other week, monthly or one time. They individualize cleaning services to you and your home. Merry Maids cleaning franchising service include people are starved for it and increasingly willing to pay for services that afford them more leisure. The number of dual income families keeps growing. Their systematic approach to training, cleaning, office management and developing your customer base can give you the confidence to succeed with your own home cleaning franchise.

Merry Maids Total investment is 24.4000 to 55.5000 dollars, Franchise fee is 19000 to 27000 dollars, ongoing royalty fee is 5 to 7 percent, and term of agreement is 5 years, renewable. Merry Maids franchise owners benefit from cross selling and joint marketing programs developed through the Family of Brands. For their excellent service they achieved good position. They ranked in Franchise 500 rank 56 in 2006, 45 in 2005, 55 in 2004, 43 in 2003, and 46 in 2002. They Ranked 1 in category in 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002. They are the fastest growing Franchises ranked 29 in 2002. They honor God in all that they do, excel with customers, help people develop and grow profitably.

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