How to Grow a Pest Control Franchise
Pest control franchise owners are in a continually growing market place. According to Franchise Direct. The pest control industry has been performing well in recent years. A service that will always be very much in demand, pest control is a necessary function in society and ensures adequate health and hygiene standards are maintained in both homes and businesses. A couple of key factors have contributed to the growth of this industry:
- Budget cuts within local authorities have led to an increased use of private businesses within the public sector, replacing their former in-house pest control provision.
- Tighter health and hygiene standards, due to legislation.
*According to the 2015 Rentokil report, the UK pest control sector is valued at approximately £400 million with a growth of 3% per annum.
In order to achieve your desired company growth, it is critical that franchise owners, firstly ensure that their business is running at maximum productivity, and secondly, introduce business automation once business processes are fully understood.
What to master?
Productivity:
- Ensuring that paperwork is minimised within the franchise – without compromising customer service.
- Managing time of yourself and any staff members, being able to remotely manage ALL staff and time.
- Building repeat business from all activity, enabling field staff to schedule follow-up opportunities
Technology:
- Utilising technology to the full enables franchise businesses to stay ahead of their competitors.
- Partnering with a great tech provider will ensure that as your business grows – scaling will be seamless.
Marketing & Sales:
- In order to ensure a steady flow of opportunities, marketing and sales are required, this could be done internally or working with an external agency.
Mills Consultancy Group has created a stand-alone system that can be implemented within two days, built using ServiceM8 and Infusionsoft. We are happy to demo, all you need to do is schedule a call at your own convenience.