BearCom Building Services

Founded: 1979 Franchising since: 1990
Dennis and Jill Jenkins, parents of nine children, started their first cleaning business in Billings, Montana, in 1971. Eight years later, after expanding their business through Montana, Missouri, Utah and Kansas, the Jenkins officially founded Laser Chem Commercial Cleaning. In 2004, the company changed its name to BearCom Building Services.

Today the company, now lead by son Michael, offers janitorial services to commercial customers across the United States.

7022 S. 400 West Midvale, UT 84047

Phone: (888)569-9533

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 5 employee(s); 2 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	55	0	0	0
2008	50	0	0	0
2007	49	0	0	0
2006	53	0	0	0
2005	56	0	0	0

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South carolina, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Vermont, West virginia, Wyoming

Total investment: $12.8K-39.3K+ Franchise fee: $9.99K-14.99K+

Ongoing royalty fee: 6-8% Term of agreement: 5 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	Yes	No
Startup Costs	Yes	No
Equipment	Yes	No
Inventory	No	No
Accounts Receivable	Yes	No
Payroll	Yes	No

Qualifications
Business Experience:

• Industry experience
• General business experience
• Marketing skills

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 2% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (98% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 24 hours

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Toll-free phone line
• Internet
• Field operations/evaluations

Other marketing support

• Marketing training