Home Improvement Franchise Opportunities

The housing market may be down, but the Home Improvement market is definitely on the rise! When home sales are soft, people tend to stay put and make improvements while they wait for the market to turn around. Handyman Franchise businesses, interior decorating Franchises and other franchises that help homeowners increase curb appeal and real estate value are busier than ever.

Prior to the holidays, these businesses also experience an upsurge in activity, as people ready their homes for celebrations with friends and family. Home improvement knows no season! In temperate regions, lawn service franchises are busy year round, while franchise owners in cold climates can often supplement their seasonal lawn service revenue with a handyman franchise or Home Improvement franchise during the winter months.

Many of the franchises featured here can be run from your Home Based office or a small storefront. There are opportunities for you to be a hands-on practitioner, or to manage a team of professionals.

If you're thinking about making a move to self-employment in the home improvement arena, and like the idea of starting with a blueprint, one of the franchise businesses featured here may be the fresh start you've been looking for!

Concrete Technology - CTI manufactures one of the most beautiful, versatile, and fastest growing products on the market today. Founded in 1991, the company has seen over 700% gowth since opening its doors in the Tampa Bay area in Florida.

CTI has been in the INC 500 list of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the U.S. today, and has been listed in the Maddux report's Fast 50 and Deloitte and Touche's Technology 500.

CTI has a nationwide dealer network, and is also located in 22 countries outside the U.S. The company is comprised of some of the most successful business people in the U.S. today

CTI's success has come from educating high quality business people on starting a business in the multi-billion dollar industry of concrete restoration and beautification. CTI supports Dealers with 24 hour technical support, a proven marketing plan and ongoing training.

The Floor Trader - Home improvement spending is expected to grow 4.6 percent to $305 billion in 2006, according to Tampa-based Home Improvement Research Institute, and CCA Global Partners is poised to take advantage of that explosive growth.

The cooperative created the Floor Trader subsidiary late last year in an effort to attract more do-it-yourself customers and take advantage of demand for hardwood flooring. The new Floor Trader stores will offer retail customers more products, including Brazilian hardwoods, Italian porcelains, European laminates and traditional carpets from Dalton. The stores will range in size from 7,800 square feet for "spoke" stores to larger, destination "hub" stores of 15,000 to 20,000 square feet.

CCA, which has its headquarters in Earth City and Manchester, N.H., is a purchasing cooperative composed of 3,600 franchise retail stores in the United States and abroad. The stores operate under several CCA subsidiary names including Carpet One, Flooring America, Flooring One, International Design Guild, Stone Mountain.*

*Atlanta Business Chronicle - September 15, 2006, by Patric L. Thimangu Special to Atlanta Business Chronicle

Handyman Connection - Handyman Connection® is part of the high demand, high growth home improvement services industry. Founded in 1990, Handyman Connection was created to address the question that many homeowners still have today. Where can I find qualified, reliable craftsman to do the small home repairs and small remodeling jobs in my home that I don’t have the time, tools, or talent to do myself? And today, Handyman Connection continues to be the answer to that question for hundreds of thousands of homeowners across the United States and Canada.

Handyman Connection continues to work with individuals trying to decide their next career move. A Handyman Connection franchise may be the vehicle that helps you meet your Lifestyle, Income, Financial and Equity goals. Owning a Handyman Connection franchise not only gives you the satisfaction of running your own business, but it's rewarding to know that you provide a valuable, trusted service for your community.

Becoming a Handyman Connection franchise partner may be the next step toward helping you reach your L.I.F.E. goals. Still interested? Learn how you can achieve the lifestyle you want when you become a Handyman Connection franchise partner.

HomeTask.com Handyman Services - Would you like to start a handyman service? You’re not alone. Many people dream of the independence and fulfillment that comes from being self-employed. But small businesses fail at a dramatic rate, because, whether it’s home repair or daycare, starting a business is complicated and it can take years to build a business to the point where you’re making money.

You can go it alone with your handyman business startup and deal with all the paperwork and hassles of being self-employed. Or you can choose a HomeTask handyman franchise and get your home repair business up and running quickly, smoothly and profitably.

We have a “tool box” of benefits that minimize the time you spend on the business and maximize the time you spend with your handyman service. We offer most of the infrastructure needed to manage your handyman business, including marketing, bookkeeping, and medical benefits.

House Doctors Handyman Service - There's big money in house calls! Each year, almost every homeowner has some repair work done. Last year, that represented over $42 billion in minor home repairs. The majority of these repairs are ones that people don't have the time or skill to do themselves. As a result, handymen are becoming very popular, but in most cases, a good one is hard to find. That's why they call the House Doctors.

When homeowners use the House Doctors, they don't need to call several craftsmen to complete a particular job. Their handymen can do everything as quickly and effectively . . . but usually at a much lower cost. Home repairs are not seasonal. It is a year-round business. Homeowners appreciate, unlike most doctors, we still make house calls.

Minor Repairs make a Major Business, built around managing people, not physically doing the work yourself. You do not need any construction experience. The House Doctors extensive training program will teach you everything you need to gain the knowledge required to grow your business. It's one of the few home-based businesses that can offer high sales volume and huge margins, while at the same time, generate an incredible rate of return.

Interiors by Decorating Den - Starting primarily as a shop at home custom window treatment company 37 years ago, INTERIORS by Decorating Den has grown and evolved into one of the most prominent and comprehensive full service interior decorating companies in the world.  Representing over 100 quality brand name manufacturers, our nearly $60 million dollars of buying power allows us to meet the needs of our broad client base. 

We are proud of our successful marketing and advertising programs, merchandising relationships, owner training, field support, and technology resources.  The development, successful implementation, and continuing refinement of these many systems have spurred our growth to over 500 franchise partners and decorators throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Whether you are a veteran in the home fashions industry, or have a natural talent and always dreamed of making interior decorating your career, we encourage you to take a hard look at our franchise system.  Rated number one in the Decorating Services category by Entrepreneur Magazine, we are the leader in our field. But, more importantly, we believe in measuring our success by the individual success of each franchise partner. 

Lawn Doctor - Financial growth... Pride of ownership... Flexibility... More time to watch the kids play and grow... What dreams do you want to make a reality with your Lawn Doctor Franchise?

The PACE^TM Program is Lawn Doctor’s Practical Approach to Creating Entrepreneurs. We understand that it can often be unnerving to transition from the security of your regular job to entrepreneurial freedom. That’s why Lawn Doctor offers a part-time alternative that’s not made available by most other franchisors.

With the PACE Program, you don’t have to leave the security of your current position. We’ll help you start your own business part time and support your growth until your customer base reaches a critical mass. At that point, Lawn Doctor will help you transition from your current employment to operating your Lawn Doctor Franchise full-time.

LawnAmerica - Grow a Great Business Right in Your Own Neighborhood! Do you love working outdoors? Do you enjoy helping and serving people? If so, then you may be a great candidate for a LawnAmerica Franchise. We are looking for good, honest, hard-working people to be a part of our new and growing team of lawncare professionals.

Our core services at LawnAmerica are fertilization and weed-control. We help make neighborhood more beautiful with our service, and give busy homeowners more free time to spend with their families and doing other things they really enjoy.

We’re very busy in the spring, but business remains consistent all year long in most areas. Lawncare is hard work, but it can be a fun and rewarding business. That is, if you know what you’re doing! And that’s where LawnAmerica can help--by teaching and supporting you as you start and grow your business in your hometown.

Mr. Handyman - A Business That You Manage; That Doesn’t Manage You. Your Mr. Handyman support team is passionate about your success.

If you want to grow an equity business that provides financial rewards and a family-friendly lifestyle, come grow with us. Mr. Handyman is the solution to household fix-it problems for millions of time-starved, two-income families and for retiring, "do-it-for-me" Baby-Boomers.

To be a successful Mr. Handyman franchisee, you don’t have to be handy around the house, just an experienced hands-on manager at the office. We’ll share our proven systems that will help you recruit, train, and motivate good handyman employees. Your handyman technicians will do the work; you’ll manage the business.

NaturaLawn of America - No other lawn care Franchise Opportunity offers you the name brand recognition that NaturaLawn® of America does through their use of an exclusive and proprietary line of organic-based products, their marketing and public relations efforts, and numerous association and consumer contacts.  If you are seriously considering a business, this can be your personal opportunity to become part of the nation’s most innovative and fastest growing natural, organic-based/biological lawn care service.

All of their franchise candidates are screened very carefully because they seek owners who welcome a challenging and rewarding career path in addition to growing a rather significant business.  NaturaLawn of America is not for everyone.  However, if you feel you have the dedication, commitment, and skills to consider franchise ownership with them, it will be important you meet the following minimum requirements - Sales or sales management experience - and/or - middle or upper management experience - and/or - significant entrepreneurial experience, and a minimum net worth of $250,000 of which $50,000 is liquid.

NiteLites Franchise Systems, Inc. - Do you have the drive, determination and desire to own your own home-based business? Are you goal oriented and driven by beauty, excitement and a healthy return on your investment?

If you have at least 5 years management experience and an entrepreneurial spirit, a NiteLites Franchise could be the career opportunity you've been looking for!

The outdoor lighting industry is growing strong with sales being driven by the increasing number of homeowners seeking safety, security and aesthetics, as well as enhancement of their home's market value. This, coupled with the growing trend for people to spend more time in and around their homes, presents a great opportunity for our franchise owners to sell and service our lighting systems.

NiteLites business owners a proven system of selling and installing outdoor illumination systems for both residential and commercial properties. Due to the growing trend for Americans to purchase outdoor lighting systems, NiteLites Franchise Systems, Inc. is expanding their operations in selected regions of the United States. They warmly invite you to join them as a NiteLites Franchise owner to share in the Outdoor Lighting Industry's dramatic growth.

OxiFresh Carpet Cleaning - Oxi Fresh is now the frontrunner in the evolution of the carpet cleaning industry!   Our key strengths are in our wealth of business experience and innovative products proven to reinvent carpet right before the customer's eyes.   Oxi Fresh uses a revolutionary combination of oxygen, soap-less rinse, and its powerful counter rotating brushes to clean down deep into the bottom of the carpet pile and lift the stubborn stains all other companies have failed to combat.   The power of oxygen is undeniable; Mother Nature has utilized oxygen to naturally purify the earth for thousands of years.   Now, Oxi Fresh is offering the peak of carpet cleaning innovation to potential business owners everywhere.

Oxi Fresh's customers are continually astonished by the outcome of our technique, resulting in a service business marked by customer retention, good word of mouth, and increasing revenues.   Oxi Fresh is a business built simply on success, delivering our franchisees the ability to own their own business, create their own work schedules, and a direct path to financial freedom.

ProSource Wholesale Flooring Coverings - ProSource is an unrivaled wholesale flooring showroom designed exclusively for trade professionals. Founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri, by the flooring industry’s most successful cooperative, this unique “members only” concept caters to builders, remodelers, interior designers, installers, architects, real estate professionals, contractors, and property managers, and is not open to the public.

ProSource Showrooms are bigger in size and more diverse in selection than anything of its kind — bringing together more than 20,000 flooring choices including carpet, vinyl, ceramic tile and natural stone, laminate, and wood products, all from the world’s leading manufacturers.

ProSource is committed to serving the needs of trade professionals and this business model has proven successful. Now is the right time to investigate if becoming a ProSource franchisee is right for you.

Re-Bath Bathroom Remodeling - Owning a Re-Bath Franchise will provide you with a proven business opportunity. Over 84 million homes in the United States are over 15 years old, and each of these homes has at least one bathroom. That is a huge number of bathtubs, showers and walls in the residential market alone. Now add apartments, dormitories, military housing units, H.U.D. projects, hotels and motels to the equation.

To meet this nationwide demand for Re-Bath products, Re-Bath LLC, established what is now the largest franchise network in the industry. Our comprehensive approach, excellent products, years of experience, sound management and positive reputation all combine to give you a unique opportunity in the booming remodeling industry.

As a Re-Bath Franchisee you get the following: Prime exclusive territory, the industry's leading products, ongoing operational and marketing support, complete training program, proprietary product and patented installation technology.

Re-Bath is looking for exceptional people to join our organization. Find out if you have what it takes to become part of this booming industry.

Rug Decor - Rug Decor® is a CCA Global Partners Affiliate whose franchisees sell branded, fashion-oriented area and accent rugs, and operate in high traffic retail locations.

CCA Global purchased Rug Décor in 2000 to tap into the rapidly growing market for fashion-oriented area rugs, a need that evolved as consumer preferences began shifting to hard surface flooring. Fueling this growing demand for area and accent rugs are technological advances in rug manufacturing, which not only have improved the variety and quality of these rugs, but also lowered pricing.

For the niche segment of fashion-oriented area rugs, store location is very important. Rug Décor franchisees currently operate in high-quality outlet centers, anchored by well-known branded stores such as Nike, Old Navy, and Nautica. These outlet centers have a reputation for offering everyday low prices on name-brand products, and for providing a pleasant shopping environment for customers. Franchisees of Rug Décor, collectively, are positioned to be the nation’s leader in the mid-price specialty rug market.

Showhomes - Showhomes has helped Realtors and homeowners sell more than 22,000 homes worth more than $7 billion since its founding in 1986. Showhomes gives its franchisees an opportunity to add value to a well-defined, but under-served, real estate niche: vacant houses.

It's a fact: well-furnished homes, kept in show-to-sell condition seven days a week, sell faster—and at higher prices—than vacant properties. We add value to empty houses by transforming them into inviting, cared-for homes, furnishing, decorating and managing them for maximum value. Our proven business model offers robust returns without the risk and capital expense of buying and selling property.

If you're a business person with leadership skills, integrity, a fundamental knowledge of real estate and the desire to provide an exciting, unique service, you could be a Showhomes franchise owner.

UBuildIt - UBuildIt is the first and only Franchise Company to offer a national construction consulting service to the owner-builder segment. Recognizing a need by consumers for help and guidance on their self-managed building projects, UBuildIt was formed in 1988 to offer solutions. Since that time we have helped thousands of owner-builders realize their housing dreams by consulting on the construction of their new home or significant remodel project. Entrepreneur Magazine ranked UBuildIt as a top franchise 500 in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Our Franchising system is based on the premise that we as a company can only be successful if our Franchise Partners are successful first.  We believe in a partnering relationship with our franchisees, our vendors and suppliers, our employees, and our clients. Success for UBuildIt, both corporately and for each of our Franchise Partners, flows from the success of our strategic business partnerships.

• UBuildIt seeks successful entrepreneurs or business managers looking for a business to grow and operate.
• They want successful builders looking to utilize experience and knowledge to transition out of hands-on daily involvement in the construction process - someone who wants to offer a unique service and become the clients advocate.
• Franchising is based on a solid system. Strong candidates understand this and are willing to follow a proven program. There is comfort and support when operating a business inside of a quality franchise network.
• UBuildIt has a strong, proven business model that just happens to be construction consulting. The franchise owner does NOT need a construction background. We do require that the UBuildIt Construction Consultant have residential construction management experience, and current relationships with local, quality subcontractors.