How many ServiceMaster Clean and ServiceMaster Restore franchises, which are not Carls, were operating in the United States as of December 31, 2023?
Carls Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
ssor began business and started offering franchises in 1980. As of December 31, 2023, there were 813 Merry Maid franchises in the United States.
ServiceMaster franchises (i) businesses that provide disaster restoration and heavy-duty cleaning services to residential and commercial customers under the ServiceMaster Restore® mark and (ii) businesses that provide contracted janitorial services and other cleaning and maintenance services under the ServiceMaster Clean® mark. ServiceMaster's predecessor began offering franchis
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR, AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS, AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 7–19)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Carls's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, ServiceMaster offers franchises for two types of businesses: ServiceMaster Clean and ServiceMaster Restore. These businesses provide disaster restoration and heavy-duty cleaning services to residential and commercial customers under the ServiceMaster Restore mark, and contracted janitorial services and other cleaning and maintenance services under the ServiceMaster Clean mark.
As of December 31, 2023, there were 619 ServiceMaster Clean franchises and 2,064 ServiceMaster Restore franchises operating in the United States. These figures represent the total number of each type of ServiceMaster franchise operating as of that date.
Therefore, a prospective Carls franchisee can see the scale of the ServiceMaster operations across the United States, which may be useful for market analysis or understanding the competitive landscape in the cleaning and restoration services industry.