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1) The franchise fee to open a franchise with us is $55,000. There are some additional start-up costs, which include an initial equipment package, vehicle (lease or buy), and working capital. 

2) We strongly recommend our franchise owners to work from a warehouse location with enough room to store their equipment, vehicle, and have a small working office (approximately 1,000 – 3,000 square feet). Franchise owners are able to work out of their homes when first starting their business, but should have a plan in place for growth into a dedicated office space. 

3) Storms do not actually make up the bulk of our business in this industry. Our franchise owners are responding to emergencies right in their own communities for water lines breaking, a bathtub left running, and dozens of every day emergencies that occur in the home or office. You might not see the frequency of these events occurring but one in 55 homes will. Through the relationships we teach you to build, you have a great business opportunity in the community you live in right now. 

4) Your dedicated Regional Director will be there from the time you open your doors, to your first job and beyond. Not only do you have support through our operations team, but you have support from our marketing team who can provide you the materials you need to market in your local community and optimize your personal website to be found by your local market of customers. 

5) Advanced Restoration Services believes in not restricting the growth of any of our franchise owners. As such, our network supports an open territory model. New franchise owners are provided protected office locations of 100,000 in population where no new Advanced Restoration Services offices will be opened. To further allow our franchise owners to develop and serve their communities, we add an additional HALO of 150,000 in populations to expand each franchise owner’s reach.

But don’t view these lines on the map as walls. If an opportunity arises beyond your territory, and you are qualified for the work, you will be able to take it!

6) An ideal Advanced Restoration Services franchise owner is growth oriented, General Manager type who is good at building relationships. In the initial ramp up phase, the franchise owner will be required to wear a variety of different hats – business development/marketing, project management, operations, customer service, and will even be “rolling up their sleeves” and doing some restoration work. However we do not want owners buying themselves a job to continue working in the business. As the business grows, we want owners to work less IN the business and more ON the business, ultimately managing a multi-vehicle, multi-technician team operation. 

7) To begin your journey as an Advanced Restoration Services franchise owner you’ll receive hands-on experience over the beginning weeks during your company ramp-up period and the training covers full technical education in water and fire damage, mold and biohazard remediation and, carpet and upholstery cleaning. It also includes sales and marketing, operations and other training in all facets of the business. Field training is also offered at each franchise owner’s business location prior to opening your doors.

8) Shortly after opening day, your regional director will continue support at your office for In-field Franchise Training. During this time, they’ll help you set up the operation and offer tips on making sales calls and route sales and keeping records. You’ll have all the time you need to ask questions about all aspects of the business. After this training, you’ll also have contact information for your regional director you can use at any time, 365 days a year.

There will be additional opportunities to attend classes and training that is offered in abundance via on-line and other training courses and additional revenue streams to your business. We are constantly improving and expanding instructional content to help you and your team members with extensive training, online learning programs and technical assistance.

9) One of the advantages of being an Advanced Restoration Services franchise owner is access to our proven, optimized sales and marketing program and our award-winning, in-house team of professionals. Whether you plan on doing the marketing yourself or hiring a business development representative, Advanced Restoration Services has the tools and systems to help you succeed in creating relationships that generate the work and ensure rescission proof work and jobs.  

Assets in this program are ready for you to leverage in your local market from day one, and you’ll benefit from the strength and increasing awareness of the Advanced Restoration Services national brand — both online and offline. When you present a polished, consistent and attractive property restoration service image to your customers, you attract new customers by increasing their confidence to call and recommend you to others.

10) If you currently own a property restoration business and aren’t seeing the kind of growth you’d expect, or you’d like to rebrand yourself and join forces with a leader in the industry, then converting your existing business to an Advanced Restoration Services franchise is the way to go! When you convert and become part of the Advanced Restoration Services team, you’ll enjoy immediate benefits that would not otherwise be available to you, and that will give you important advantages over the competition. 

We’ve taken our extensive industry knowledge and used it to develop and refine a business conversion model that’s easy to follow and helps support you in the areas of your property restoration business that need growth. 

You may feel that you’re a one-person show and need more hands, eyes or ears. You may feel like your business is taking off and you just can’t keep up with the demand. Either way, our systems are customized to support you and your goals. 

Our operations team is ready to jump in with you to examine your business top to bottom and  identify where you can generate more growth and profitability.

Join the Advanced Restoration Services team and receive a complete business review and access to our elevations growth plan. This information will provide you with information to grow your business in the three most vital areas, production management, sales and marketing, and office procedures.

We have had other independent business owners join our system and immediately see their business flourish while building their own knowledge and joining an extremely professional network of other franchise owners motivated to grow their businesses just like you.