City by city home improvement franchise market

A home improvement franchise in your area could be booming. With less people moving and more fixing up their homes the home improvement market continues to show steady growth having turned the corner fuelled by pent up demand. Professional home improvement franchises are becoming more popular as entrepreneurs jump on the bandwagon realising the need for home improvements is growing.

Summary

In a previous post I shared with you where the home improvement market was forecast to go in 2013 and beyond. In this post let's consider what the actual size of the home improvement market is in your city today by considering what it was last year. Find out the market potential for your home improvement franchise in your city by reviewing remodeling magazine's 2012 residential remodeling index.

 

Residential Remodeling Index: Top 20 Performance Markets 2012

Top performers

Top performing cities are characterized by steady housing prices and building permits. According to remodeling magazine remodelors in these cities enjoyed the most consistent workloads and backlogs in 2012.

If your city is not listed in the top 20 list below please visit http://www.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling-market-data/city-watch.aspx for the full Top 100 list for 2012.

2012 Rank	Market	Index	2011 Rank	Change
.	1	Houston	97.6	2	+
.	2	Minneapolis	95.4	3	+
.	3	Dallas	95.2	4	+
.	4	Austin, Texas	93.4	5	+
.	5	Cleveland	92.7	74	+
.	6	Denver	92.3	13	+
.	7	Columbus, Ohio	92.2	10	+
.	8	Seattle	92.1	13	+
.	9	Kansas City, Mo.	91.5	7	–
.	10	Portland, Ore.	91.5	17	+
.	11	Milwaukee	91.4	18	+
.	12	Charlotte, N.C.	91	8	–
.	13	Boston	90.9	13	–
.	13	Oklahoma City	90.9	9	–
.	15	Philadelphia	90.7	10	–
.	16	St. Louis	90.2	20	+
.	17	Detroit	89.8	20	+
.	18	Atlanta	89.7	40	+
.	19	Tulsa, Okla.	89.6	29	+
.	20	Chicago	89.4	22	+

Starting a handyman franchise just got easier

Need help choosing a franchise? Find it difficult to decide which franchise to buy? You are not alone. Franchising has grown so much over the last 10, 20, 30 years according to AskJim.biz (no relation) there are now over 3,000 different franchises to choose from, in about 75 different industries. That's a lot of franchisors and a lot of franchisees and there is no sign of that growth letting up.The International Franchise Association is forecasting growth again in the number of franchisees in 2013.

Summary. Help with finding a franchise.

In this blog posting I will share franchise information by giving you a taste of what we do at House Doctors. This can help you decide not only if we are the right franchise for you but it will also give you some guidance if you are investigating other concepts. Maybe it's because of my background as a former franchisee but although we didn't invent franchising I believe we take it more serious than a lot of other organisations I've come across. This is a big decision for you let's make sure you have the best franchise information available to help you make it the right decision.

Important Franchising Information

First let's look at the franchise business model. Franchising is not immune to changes in the economy but one of the strengths of franchising is it's diversity across so many different industries. No wonder many people faced with career changes from the Corporate world investigate franchising. Despite the financial ups and downs we've seen over the recent years franchising just keeps trundling along.
However with so many options in franchising how do you choose the right franchise?

The International Franchise Association supplies some great information to help you in your search but here are some of my own thoughts.

"In business for yourself but not by yourself" a quote made famous by the legendary Ray Kroc founder of McDonald's Corp. If you've looked at franchising for any length of time you'll have heard that statement a number of times.
It conveys the philosophy behind the true franchising model in 8 simple words.

What "In business for yourself but not by yourself" really means in franchising.

1. Motivated franchisees.
2. A strong franchise business model that gives franchisees access to a Corporate support structure and vision. 
3. Franchisees are not alone when they need to discuss anything.
4. Franchisees work with a partner to build success.

In franchising there are two to tango however a franchise is not a guarantee of success. Even if a good franchisor works hard to put in place the tools for a franchisee to succeed it still will not work if the franchisee does not use those tools because of a lack of standards, strengths or skills needed to run that particular business.

Even the great Ray Kroc had challenges when franchisees didn't maintain the standards that he set. “If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I’d probably be able to bridge the Atlantic Ocean with them.” —Ray Kroc

It seems common sense that if you go into a restaurant business you would understand the importance of quality, service, cleanliness and value but let's face it everyone has different standards, strengths and skills. Our standards, strengths and skills are gained from our genes, the way we are raised, our environment, our education, the training and coaching we get, our experiences in our life and career. Franchisees bring their standards, strengths and skills to the table as potential franchisees and the challenge is that they must find a franchise where their skills match with the requirements to run that business successfully. Coaching will only take you so far. Visit our franchising site to find our ideal owner.

At House Doctors just like other good franchise companies we make efforts internally to identify the strengths that our most successful franchisees have. 
Companies like House Doctors want every franchisee that comes on board to do well in their system.That's how we build our Brand and succeed as a company.

We take our prospective franchisees through a full discovery process where they get to know us and we get to know them. We share lots of information on our franchise concept and discuss with the prospective franchisee what we are looking for in that process. The prospective franchisee has an opportunity to speak with existing franchisees to get a feel for the role of the franchisee in the business.

We ask prospective franchisees to complete personality profiles so we can compare their strengths with the strengths existing franchisees are already showing.

Finally after all of that if both parties are happy we invite the prospective franchisee to our Corporate Office to meet the support team they will be working with as they launch their new business. All this before either party reaches their decision.

 

A handyman or home improvement franchise just got easier to find

 

If you want to learn more please visit our franchising web site.

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• Learn Franchise information at House Doctors. We can help you decide if a franchise is right for you. At House Doctors we aim to make the franchising process easy. Our franchise opportunity offers low initial investment, a proven business model, hands on support and a booming industry. The possibilities are endless.

How do you feel? Is now the time to consider a franchise? Let us guide you through our franchise information gathering process? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

 

 

 

Why a home improvement franchise?

Considering a home improvement franchise, a remodeling franchise, or a handyman franchise?  Franchisees in the home improvement industry operate in the huge (and growing) home maintenance, improvement and property repair market including the fast growing aging in place niche where baby boomers are modifying their homes to live in them longer.

Summary

More and more people are considering self employment and the International Franchise Association predicts franchising will grow in 2013. We understand that it can be challenging choosing the right franchisor to partner with. At House Doctors we want you to be successful so here is more information on the remodeling market and the House Doctors home improvement franchise opportunity we have available.


The home improvement & property repair market

There are a lot of franchises out there so why a home improvement franchise? Well in all my years in business I've never been so excited about a franchise opportunity. Home renovation and the sale of home improvement products is a $300 billion market today in the United States and as an industry it will always be here. The US housing stock is aging, home repair and home improvement is not going anywhere soon. Also consider the growing trends fueling growth opportunities in the remodeling market. New trends like aging in place and energy efficiency, are creating fast growth niches. Changes in demographics, lifestyles and fuel costs happening today are creating opportunities that were hardly even thought of just 10 years ago. This indeed is an exciting time to be considering a House Doctors home improvement franchise. House Doctors is in the midst of the perfect positive storm and our home improvement franchisees have the opportunity to ride the wave of success.

Growth rates of total Home Improvement market size for the current year and 5-year forecast periods are as follows:

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Also consider the increased confidence shown by NARI members (National Association of Remodeling Industry) In the latest survey of home improvement companies there is an increased confidence that we are starting to see more people remodeling and improving their properties.Now is the time to consider a home improvement franchise.

But why House Doctors?
A handyman & home improvement franchise 

 1. Our name "House Doctors" does not restrict us, unlike a number of other "handyman" competitors. Our franchisees are then able to offer handyman services, installation services and light remodeling and home improvement services to busy home owners.

2. Our logo with the "blue cross" and "green house" positions us perfectly for the growth niches in the home improvement market of aging in place and energy efficiency .

3. The growing number of "relationships" we are building with home improvement "product manufacturers" allowing us to become installers for their products as we build our Brand nationally.

4. The market "space" that House Doctors and House Medic Brands are in as a "whole house" service provider to the homeowner. This allows our franchisees to offer so much more than the average "small job" handyman working on a "to do list".

Home improvements just got easier!

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• House Doctors Franchise Opportunity House Doctors is the perfect home improvement franchise opportunity for you. With low initial investments, a proven business model, hands on support and a booming industry, the possibilities are endless.

How do you feel? Is now the time to consider a home improvement franchise? Is there any other questions that you should consider? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.