NiteLites vs Jim's Mowing Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of NiteLites vs Jim's Mowing including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
NiteLites Franchise
Jim's Mowing Franchise
Investment $65,585 - $102,205$29,000
Franchise Fee $19,995$4,200
Royalty Fee $750-3K/mo.4200/ year
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19981997
Year Franchised 20041997
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
NiteLites Franchise
Jim's Mowing Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
NiteLites Franchise
Jim's Mowing Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/No-/-
Start-up Costs No/No-/-
Equipment No/No-/-
Inventory No/No-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support
 
NiteLites Franchise
Jim's Mowing Franchise
Training --
Support --
Marketing --
Operations --

Expansion Plans
 
NiteLites Franchise
Jim's Mowing Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion Yes-

Company Overviews

About NiteLites

If you are planning on adding lighting to any outdoor space, consider the best in the business to help you get it right the first time. Whether you are looking for professional commercial outdoor lights for your business or outdoor lights to boost the curb appeal of your home, NiteLites has the turnkey solution that will handle everything. Our expert teams will always be available to help with your system with things like: the expert design and estimate phase, white-glove installation, add-ons for your expandable NiteLites system, retrofits, warranty claims, and service for years to come.

NiteLites has been around for over 20 years and will never leave you in the dark.

 
Outdoor lighting sales are being driven by the increasing number of homeowners seeking safety, security and aesthetics, as well as enhancement of their home's market value. This, coupled with the growing trend for people to spend more time in and around their homes, presents a great opportunity for our franchise owners to sell and service our lighting systems. Our NiteLites Franchises install high quality, energy efficient, low voltage lighting manufactured exclusively for our company to our exact specifications and feature an unconditional 5 year warranty. Furthermore, our fixtures are solid brass and copper. We go the extra mile for quality...even down to the kind of connectors we use for our wiring.

About Jim's Mowing

Started in British Columbia in 1997 by a dedicated Canadian family, Jim’s Mowing Canada grew from just one single franchise to now more than 63 franchises servicing customers across all areas of British Columbia.   Jim’s Mowing Franchisees maintain gardens and lawns from Lower Mainland, from the South to the North on Vancouver Island, as well as in the Interior.

Jim’s Mowing Canada spun off from the Jim’s Mowing business originally started by Jim Penman in Australia in 1992, and has since expanded here to Canada, as well as New Zealand and the United Kingdom.   Jim’s Mowing now has in excess of 1900 franchises, who run their own mowing and gardening businesses with the support and guidance of the largest lawn mowing and garden maintenance franchise systems in the world - so large in fact that the Jim’s Group globally now comprises over 50 divisions and 4,000 franchisees.

Jim’s Mowing has grown and become a leader in lawn mowing and garden services through offering training and support to our quality Franchisees. Our clearly defined standards of customer service have earned us an excellent reputation.  For further peace of mind, each Jim’s Mowing franchisee is police checked and fully insured.

One of the World's Largest Lawn and Garden care Franchise organization providing multiple services 12 months of the year. Jim's Mowing offers same day service to clients and provides training, office support, computerized management system, and our unique Work Availability Guarantee of $800.00 per week for Franchisees.