CleanNet USA Inc.

Commercial cleaning service

Year began: 1988    Franchising since: 1988
Mark Salek founded CleanNet USA in 1987 and opened the company’s first office the following year in Columbia, Maryland, providing cleaning services to commercial clients in the Baltimore/Washington, DC, area.

Today, CleanNet’s uniformed force offers a variety of cleaning services for commercial, retail and industrial facilities in financial, hospitality, medical and other industries.

9861 Broken Land Pkwy., #208
Columbia, MD 21046

Phone: (800)735-8838/(410)720-6444
Fax: (410)720-5307

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 45 employee(s); 32 employee(s) in franchise department.


Franchise Growth

Year

2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
U.S. Franchises
3,861
3,861
3,763
3,358
2,963
Canadian Franchises
0
0
0
0
0

Foreign Franchises
0
0
0
0
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Company
Owned

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6
6

Costs & Fees

Total investment: $3.9K-35.6K
Franchise fee: $2.95K-32K
Ongoing royalty fee: 3%
Term of agreement: 20 years, renewable
Renewal fee: $5K
Type of Financing Available
In-HouseThird Party
Franchise FeeYesNo
Startup CostsYesNo
EquipmentYesNo
InventoryYesNo
Accounts ReceivableYesNo
PayrollNoYes

Training & Support

TRAINING

ONGOING SUPPORT

MARKETING SUPPORT

Rankings in Entrepreneur magazine 2004-2008

Franchise 500® rank:
#51 (2008); #36 (2007); #28 (2006); #29 (2005); #34 (2004);

Fastest-Growing Franchises:
#40 (2008); #8 (2007); #10 (2006); #9 (2005);

Top home based franchises:
#11 (2008); #10 (2007); #6 (2006); #7 (2005); #9 (2004);

Low-Cost Franchises:
#12 (2008); #13 (2007); #11 (2006); #12 (2005); #13 (2004);

America's Top Global Franchises:
#48 (2008); #24 (2007); #27 (2006); #27 (2005); #30 (2004);