Enviro Masters Lawn Care

Organic lawn care

Background

Founded: 1987 Franchising since: 1991
Martin Fielding started Enviro Masters in Caledon East, Ontario, in 1987. The company provides environmentally friendly lawn care for homeowners throughout Canada. Using their specifically designed program of organics, Enviro Masters franchisees offer their customers an alternative to traditional lawn care practices.

Box 74
Caledon East, Ontario L7C 3L8

Phone:
(905)584-9592

Franchisor has 4 employee(s); 4 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2007	0	47	0	2
2006	0	52	0	3
2005	0	46	0	3

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, North dakota, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode island, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 25,000-1 million population

Costs and Fees

Total investment: $44K
Franchise fee: $30K-40K

Ongoing royalty fee: 5%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

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

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $50K
Cash liquidity requirement: $25K
Business Experience:

General business experience
Environmentally conscious

Operations

Franchise can be run from home
30% of all franchisees own more than one unit
Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 - 4
Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (70% of current franchisees are owner/operators)