Cleaning Services · Residential & Maid Services
Merry Maids Franchises for Sale
A residential house-cleaning service run from a small commercial office with washers, dryers and cleaning teams in branded cars. A 45-year-old brand with a large, consolidating franchise base.
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Franchised and company-owned unit counts for 2023 through 2025, as reported in the franchisor's FDD.
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Merry Maids Franchise Model Overview
Merry Maids franchises send uniformed cleaning teams to private homes on recurring schedules, with a secondary line in small commercial offices under 5,000 square feet. The business runs from a modest Primary Office, typically 450 to 1,800 square feet of commercial space with laundry and supply storage, within an hour's drive of every address in an exclusive territory of at least 40,000 higher-income households. The investment is low six figures and largely working capital, since there is no retail build-out; the main ongoing costs are labor, vehicles and a monthly technology fee for the proprietary scheduling and CRM platform. Royalty starts at seven percent of gross sales and can step down with volume, and the franchisor enforces a minimum sales requirement. Owner involvement is recommended, not required, so a trained manager may run the office. The brand sits in the Roark-backed ServiceMaster family. The system is entirely franchised and has been shedding roughly 60 to 80 territories a year.
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