Concept Description
Bar-B-Clean is the industry leader in barbecue cleaning, service, parts, repairs, and new grill sales. Our mission is to promote a healthy, family-oriented lifestyle while pioneering and leading the untapped barbecue cleaning industry.
Bar-B-Clean was born out of necessity in 2012 when our founder needed his grill cleaned and discovered a gap in the market with only one competitor. Seizing the opportunity, he started his own grill cleaning business, which quickly gained traction and led to franchising the concept in 2014. Since then, Bar-B-Clean has been on an unstoppable journey, creating raving fans along the way.
As a mobile home service business, we offer a solution that customers want but don’t want to do themselves, similar to window cleaning or carpet cleaning. Anybody with a backyard barbecue becomes a prospective customer. It’s crucial to note that if grills haven’t been professionally cleaned within six months, they can harbor cancer-causing carcinogens from old food remnants and rat droppings, posing significant health risks. This opens up a world of B2B opportunities in HOA’s, apartment complexes, office buildings, hotels, and Airbnb’s.
Setting ourselves apart from mom-and-pop competitors is of utmost importance to us. We achieve this through our proprietary steam cleaning system and custom Stainless-Steel Polish, instantly establishing credibility and brand awareness. With our cutting-edge CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system, we keep our customers informed with appointment reminders and professional invoices while ensuring our franchisees are organized and efficient.
Unit Option
Single, Multiple
Background
FDD Franchised Units: 106
Corporate Owned Units: 1
Projected New Units: 27
Year Established: 2011
First Year Franchised: 2013
Type of Business: Franchise
Number of Employees: Small (1-5)
History:
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.
Availability
Territories: United States
Financials
Liquidity: $100,000
*Investment Range: $78,200 - $99,120
Minimum Net Worth: $100,001 to $250,000
Franchise Fee: $49500
Royalty: 6%
Royalty Description: Greater of 6% of Gross Revenue or $500/month
Advertising: $1,000 per month average (local advertising)
National Advertising: Up to 2% of your Gross Revenue.
Passive Ownership: Semi- passive at onset (they can hire a manager to run business)
Passive Ownership means the owner is working 15 hours or less per week in the business.
Available Discounts
- Veterans
Discount Description: 10% off the IFF.
Training, Support and Assistance
Co-Operative Advertising: N/A
Site Selection Assistance: N/A
Lease Negotiation Assistance: N/A
Length of Training: 16 hours or 2 days.
Training Description:
Initial 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.
Operational and Marketing Tools:
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:
1. We strive to be in mailboxes year-round using home improvement magazines, targeted direct mail postcards, etc.
2. We use digital marketing including SEO, search engine marketing, and social media marketing to attract customers.
3. Network with other professionals, service professionals, management companies, etc.
Our proprietary CRM sends out automated reminder emails to previous customers to get repeat business.
Financing Assistance: N/A
