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As a student at the University of Oklahoma in 1968, Jim Cavanaugh worked as a night auditor at a hotel chain. While there, he realized that there would always be a strong need for janitorial services as long as there were office buildings. He began marketing janitorial services by day and cleaning buildings with his friends by night. Within a year, Cavanaugh established Jani-King and in 1974 he started franchising. In the year 2006,it has 9933 US franchises, 580 Canadian franchises, 1630 foreign franchises and 19 company owned franchises.
Jani-King is a world’s leading commercial cleaning company that has developed a substantial national network of franchised regions across the UK. A commercial cleaning service, Jani-King sets up franchisees with a customer base and charges fees depending on the size of that initial base. The regions are operated by go getting business builders who have invested in the franchise with the same aims that is to concentrate their efforts on building a high turnover business into a highly valuable capital asset with the backing of a comprehensive training programme. Jani-King Int. has several incentive programs for franchisees that include rewards such as cruises and rebates
With Jani-King aiming to complete its nationwide network presence with between 40 and 80 additional management franchisees (depending on the size of area invested in), many lucrative opportunities remain available in present times. In fact, after Jani-King's reorganization of its network to make the business more customer focused three years ago, 120 territories have been identified where new franchisees could launch.
If you plan to own a franchise of Jani-King the total investment required is $11.3K to 34.1Kor bit more. You will have to pay a franchise fee of $8.6K to 16.3K.The ongoing royalty fee is 10% and the term of agreement is 20 years which is renewable In order to qualify as a franchisee of Jani-King, you will need a sound net worth and cash liquidity. You should be management minded, ambitious, looking to build a large business with high asset value and good earnings, coupled with full support from a well known brand in the sector. Franchise can be run from home. Absentee ownership of franchise is not allowed.
Jani-King's initial training for Master Franchisees includes classroom sessions and personal observation. One of the Master Franchise Development Advisors then conducts onsite training at the Master Franchisee's local office. The Development Advisor helps the new business owner establish the first regional office, conducts the first unit franchisee training class and prepares the new Master Franchisee to run all of the operations on his or her own. Long term relationships with Master Franchisees are maintained through regular communication, periodic visits, annual meetings, monthly newsletters and sales contests.
When a franchisee invests their future with Jani-King, they are investing behind a well thought-through system. They invest in a proven programme with contractual guarantees to protect the franchise owner as they build their business. Jani-King's sales team secures customer contracts for its franchise owners so that they can focus on making money out of operating the business. Implementing its system, which has tried and tested methods over 35 years globally provides the key to success for the franchisees.
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