Rating Scale:

***** (5-Star): "Excellent Opportunity"
**** (4-Star): "Good Opportunity"
*** (3-Star): "Average Opportunity"
** (2-Star): "Below Average Opportunity"
* (1-Star): "Poor Opportunity"

Company:

Maid Brigade

Centercourt Rating:

***** (5-Star)

Business Type:

Franchise

Description:

Since 1979 millions of busy people like you have depended on Maid Brigade to help with cleaning the home. Maid Brigade is an international residential cleaning company with locations throughout the United States and Canada. All of our locations are locally owned and operated.

Mailing Address:

Maid Brigade
Four Concourse Parkway, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30328

Telephone:

1-800-722-6243

Fax:

(770)-391-9092

E-Mail:

chay@maidbrigade.com

Web Site:

www.maidbrigade.com

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Program Summary
Program History
Program Description
Franchise Components
Rating Summary

Program Summary:

There are few businesses quite as attractive as the maid service industry.Consider these facts:

1. Busy households today spend thousands of dollars annually to free themselves from the chores of keeping a clean and healthy home.

2. When surveyed, all of our customers consider their Maid Brigade service as a necessity as opposed to a luxury.

3. 70% of our business is comprised of regular customers.

4. We operate normal business hours. No nights, no weekends, no travel.

5. Ours is a cash/credit card business. No receivables.

6. The size of the business is tailored to your investment and management capability.

Program History:

Established in Atlanta in 1985, Maid Brigade is a widely respected franchise company because of its franchisee relationships built upon openness, communication and integrity.The Maid Brigade fraternity is located in 30 states, Canada, Ireland, Singapore and growing at a very healthy rate. Even our franchisees that have been in business over ten years continue to grow by double digits every year.

Program Description:

If you recognize the current and growing need in this country (and many others) for reliable, good value maid service, then look closely at Maid Brigade because it stands out for many good reasons.

We include the largest territory in the industry because we want you to grow the largest possible business. We provide an unparalleled level of training and support. Everyone in franchising talks about it but we're the ones who spend 10 days at your new office to get your opening off to the strongest start. With Maid Brigade your support team stays with you forever. Not 90 days, but forever.

Communications operates at the highest level including our private Web site, Bulletin Board and Email. Everyone at Maid Brigade, including the President, takes your calls all day long. This is a company that listens and where relationships mean everything. Openness, honesty and integrity are paramount at Maid Brigade.

Franchise Components:

It's amazing, even to us, how many of our franchisees have developed million and multi-million dollar businesses. Plus they did it on surprisingly small investments. Obviously, our business model has undergone many revisions to allow our people to respond to the demands of our marketplace.

Who are these Maid Brigade people? They come from a variety of backgrounds including educators, engineers, lawyers, MBA's, women re-entering the workplace and many experienced management people making mid-career choices to take charge of their lives and build equity.

Regardless of backgrounds, they all share some common characteristics. They are committed to their business, they are organized, they are good communicators and they love being part of the " fraternity" where everyone talks and shares ideas. Some of our franchisee's best friends are fellow Maid Brigade owners.

The investment range starts from the $40K's to over $200K dependent upon your market and personal goals.

In terms of support, you can't get any better than the team at Maid Brigade. Your start-up team is dedicated to you throughout the life of your business. At the beginning, the team concentrates on getting you ready for your week of formal training in Atlanta. Next is the "Blast-Off" stage prior to your official opening.

The same team arrives for opening week to ensure that all gets underway in the best manner. This is invaluable to the new operator. Following this, you'll probably be talking to your support people every day for a while as you get to know this business intimately; they're there to help.

Maid Brigade's systems will be assisting you everyday using our MicroMaid software (the most experienced in the industry) and you can view operational and marketing data on every Maid Brigade office through our Vision system on our private Web site as it's updated every week. It's at the private site that you can communicate with everyone in the system via our Bulletin Board, order products online, download manuals and compare your numbers to everyone else.

So to review what Maid Brigade has:

1. Solid growth industry in which to operate.

2. Relatively low investment.

3. Wide spread success of our franchisees.

4. Ever changing technology.

5. Communications, integrity and relationships.