Restoring the air that people breathe following a natural disaster and maintaining healthy air in homes and businesses across America are enormous, ongoing responsibilities… and big business. The combined demand for commercial and residential air restoration services translates into a $75 billion industry that remains unscathed by economic conditions.
So far, one franchise has emerged the leader in this specialty area. In fact, while shrinking revenues and layoffs dominated business news last year, DUCTZ, the nation’s largest network of contractors that cleans and restores HVAC and energy systems, defied those odds by opening more than 50 new franchises and earning double-digit unit sales increases across the board. In addition, in 2008 alone, franchise owners benefited from more than $4 million of pushdown work from their parent company on national projects resulting from natural disasters.
DUCTZ, originally founded in 2002, as a “one van” operation in Ann Arbor, MI, has rapidly grown to more than 130 franchise locations, and company executives project continued momentum for the coming year with 12 additional locations already in development. More.