Bar-B-Clean Claimed
Bar-B-Clean Franchise For Sale
Bar-B-Clean offers barbecue cleaning, service, parts and repairs, as well as new grill sales. Our mission is to promote a healthy, family-oriented lifestyle to our clients while pioneering and leading the untapped barbecue cleaning industry.
Bar-B-Clean started in 2012 out of necessity. Our founder needed his grill cleaned and there was only one competitor in the market. Rather than calling the competitor, he capitalized on an opportunity and started his own grill cleaning business. After finding success, he franchised the business in 2014 and hasn’t looked back since.
Bar-B-Clean is a mobile home service business where we provide a service that customers want done, but don’t want to do themselves – similar to window cleaning or carpet cleaning. Anybody with a backyard barbecue is a prospective customer. If grills haven’t been professionally cleaned within six months, cancer-causing carcinogens left behind by old food & rat droppings cause real health risks. HOA’s, apartment complexes, office buildings, hotels and Airbnb’s also offer great B2B opportunities for our franchisees.
Our customers are typically in the middle to upper class demographic, so we know it is important to set ourselves apart from our mom-and-pop competitors. We do that through our proprietary steam cleaning system and custom Stainless-Steel Polish, bringing instant credibility and brand awareness. Our proprietary CRM keeps our customers up to date with appointment reminders and professional invoices while keeping our franchisees organized and efficient.
Competitive Advantages
- Proprietary steam cleaning system and stainless steel polish
- Safe to use the grill immediately after cleaning. No residual chemicals.
- Relationships with grill manufacturers and parts distributors allow us to purchase parts and new grills at a deep discount
- One-stop-shop for all a customer’s barbecue needs
- Simple / turnkey business
- Franchisees can optionally offer fireplace cleaning service for seasonal customers.
- We offer a service our customers want, but don’t want to do themselves.
- Great add-on opportunity for existing home-service business owners – they are already in or at the home
- Proprietary CRM to keep franchisees organized and efficient
Top 5 Selling Points
- Niche market – very limited number of organized competitors
- Low investment and overhead – home based and no need for a specific truck or van. The equipment set is inexpensive and fits in any trunk.
- Proprietary steam cleaning system and product – Our stainless-steel polish brings credibility and brand awareness.
- Very fast turn times to launch the business as well as recover the initial investment
- Relationships with grill manufacturers and distributors as well as parts manufacturers and distributors gives our franchisees another stream of income directly related to our core offering.
Franchise Background
Franchised Units: 60
Company Owned Units: 1
Registration States: Registered in CA, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, NY, RI, SD, VA, WA & WI
Pending Registration in HI, MN & ND
Canada/International Franchises: No
B2B & B2C
Home-based
Semi-Absentee/Executive Model
Average Number of Employees: 2-4, can start with less
Financial Terms
Franchise Fee: 1 Unit - $49,500 / 2 Units - $91,500 / 3 Units: $129,500
Royalty: 6%
Ad: 2%
Item 19: Yes - see summary below
Veteran Discount: Yes - 10% off first territory franchise fee
Item 19 Earnings Claims
$139,930 Affiliate Owned Location Adjusted Earnings (35% margin)
Franchise Locations Average Gross Revenue: $415,708
Support & Training
Lease Negotiation Assistance: No
Recruiting Assistance: Yes
Cooperative Advertising: No
Training:
Training consists of a 2-day meeting. The first half of the first day is at our home office going over our 100+ page operations manual. Everything from starting their business, growing their business and being efficient in their business. Of course, training in marketing strategies, sales, sales pitch, technology, parts and new grills, etc. The second half of the first day and the second day, we go out into the field with our operations manager and we train them on the technical side of the business. We will take apart 3 grills, show them the configurations and how we go about repairing the individual parts inside the grills. We will also go over the entire cleaning process. We will give the new franchisees an opportunity to see the cleaning process, take part in the cleaning process, then teach the cleaning process.
On-Going Support
Business coaching where we meet once a month to go over a goal planning exercise, then review monthly numbers and discuss what is needed to stay on course to reaching those goals.
Management of relationships with parts distributors and grill manufacturers.
Proprietary CRM that handles customer info, scheduling, royalties, etc.
Operations manager to help all franchisees and techs with issues they face in the field.
Yearly franchise conference in January where the franchisees all come together to create plans for the upcoming year and share ideas that are working and not working in their individual areas.
Regular virtual meetings with all franchisees.
Marketing Strategies Due to the fact that there are very few competitors, we need to do more advertising than marketing. We use a 3-pronged attack to get people to know our service even exists:
We strive to be in mailboxes year-round using home improvement magazines, targeted direct mail postcards, etc.
We use digital marketing including SEO, search engine marketing, and social media marketing to attract customers.
Network with other professionals, service professionals, management companies, etc.
Our proprietary CRM sends out automated reminder emails to previous customers to get repeat business.
Ideal Candidate
Natural relationship builder
Competitive and assertive
Ability to lead and grow a team
Customer service obsessed
Most Zees don’t do the cleaning
Existing owner of a home services business or franchise - they are already in or at the home!
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