What was the name of the predecessor company to Clear Pest Pros, and where was it located?
Clear_Pest_Pros Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Our predecessor is Safer Home Services Franchise System, LLC ("Predecessor"), a Florida Limited Liability Company formed in August 2017, with a principal business address of 4190 112th Terrace North, Clearwater, Florida, 33762. Our Predecessor offered and sold Safer Home Services franchises beginning in September 2017. Predecessor's affiliate, Safer Home Services, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company with a principal place of business at 4190 112th Terrace North, Clearwater, FL, 33762, has conducted a business of the type you will operate since May of 2014. Safer Home Services, LLC has never conducted any other line of business or offered franchises in any other line of business.
On October 11, 2022, we and our affiliate, Safer Home Services North America, LLC purchased the assets of our Predecessor and its affiliates. Such assets included Prior Mark(s), business system, and an existing franchise agreement, and the other assets of our Predecessor. As a result, we became the new franchisor of the SAFER HOME SERVICES Franchise System.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 11–17)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Clear Pest Pros's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company's predecessor was Safer Home Services Franchise System, LLC, formed in August 2017. The predecessor's principal business address was 4190 112th Terrace North, Clearwater, Florida, 33762. The predecessor offered and sold Safer Home Services franchises beginning in September 2017.
Additionally, the FDD states that Safer Home Services, LLC, an affiliate of the predecessor, also operated from the same Clearwater, Florida address. This affiliate had been conducting a pest control business since May 2014, which is the same type of business that Clear Pest Pros franchisees will operate.
On October 11, 2022, Safer Home Services International, LLC (now Clear Pest Pros) and its affiliate, Safer Home Services North America, LLC, acquired the assets of the predecessor, Safer Home Services Franchise System, LLC, and its affiliates. This acquisition included the Prior Mark(s), business system, and an existing franchise agreement, making Safer Home Services International, LLC the new franchisor of the SAFER HOME SERVICES Franchise System.