WILL MY HOUSECLEANING FRANCHISE HAVE A PROTECTED TERRITORY?

WILL MY HOUSECLEANING FRANCHISE HAVE A PROTECTED TERRITORY?

This post is one of a series devoted to the pros and cons of purchasing a housecleaning franchise. - Ed.

WILL MY HOUSECLEANING FRANCHISE HAVE A PROTECTED TERRITORY? Absolutely! The professional housecleaning franchise, You’ve Got MAIDS, wouldn’t have it any other way. Each You’ve Got MAIDS Franchise Partner has a protected territory to ensure no company-owned or other franchise partner will ever compete with them for the same Customers.

You’ve Got MAIDS favors straight lines on a protected territory (zip code lines, census lines, rivers, roads, etc.). Some franchisers do a radius which seems problematic at best.

Domino’s Pizza protected territories are roughly 3 miles, but could be smaller in an urban environment. Their goal is quick pizza delivery, so they give their franchise rep a stop watch and send them to the proposed site to do drive times with the franchisee. Starting at the proposed store location, the franchisee and the franchise rep will drive 12 minutes in various directions. This is a very dangerous time for Domino’s Pizza franchise reps as the franchisee normally offers to drive. Franchisee’s have been known to break a few driving laws to extend their protected territory. Speed limits become suggestions, and red lights become stop signs. In my years as a Domino’s franchisee I have been guilty of this on a few occasions.

Subway has a very small protected territory. That is one of the reasons there are so many of them. Good for the franchisor, but it would concern me as a franchisee.

Then the biggest franchisor, McDonalds has the smallest protected territory…your address. Of course, McDonalds is the gold standard for franchising and they can get away with it.

If you are considering purchasing a housecleaning service franchise in Saint Augustine, Melbourne or Miami Beach, Florida or housecleaning services franchise in Hilton Head Island, Columbia, or Greenville, South Carolina, please consider You've Got Maids. If you want more info, click here to email our Franchise Approval Department. You’ve Got Maids stands for professionalism, integrity and clean, healthy homes.

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