Home Cleaning Centers of America

Founded: 1981 Franchising since: 1984
Mike Calhoon started Home Cleaning Centers in 1984. It operates as four businesses in one by fulfilling all of a customer's cleaning needs. The company offers home, office, window and carpet cleaning.

4851 W. 134th St., #D Leawood, Kansas 66209

Phone: (800)767-1118 Franchisee Association Policy Committee

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

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	36	0	0	0
2008	37	0	0	0
2007	40	0	0	0
2006	40	0	0	0
2005	39	0	0	0

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, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode island, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 20,000+ households with income $65K+

Special Programs
Home Cleaning Centers’ “Achievement Award Contest” tracks achievements in 10 different categories at each franchise, presenting awards at its annual meeting with the top franchise winning a trip to Mexico.

Total investment: $32.8K-34.8K Franchise fee: $12.5K

Ongoing royalty fee: 5-3% 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
Business Experience:

• Management skills

Operations

• 25% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 12
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• At franchisee's location: 1 week

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Grand opening
• Internet
• Security/safety procedures
• Field operations/evaluations
• Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support

• Ad slicks

Franchise 500® rank:
#432 (2006); #375 (2005);

Low-Cost Franchises:
#106 (2005);