The Gardener vs Weed Man Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of The Gardener vs Weed Man including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	The Gardener Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Investment	$60,000 - $125,000	$69,790 - $86,850
Franchise Fee	$25,000	$20,000 - $33,750
Royalty Fee	-	$6.2K-$12.3K/vehicle/yr.
Advertising Fee	-	20% of royalty fee
Year Founded	1994	1970
Year Franchised	1994	1976
Term Of Agreement	-	10 years
Term Of Agreement	-	10 years
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	The Gardener Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Experience	-	-
Financing Options
	The Gardener Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	-/-	Yes/Yes
Start-up Costs	-/-	Yes/Yes
Equipment	-/-	-/Yes
Inventory	-/-	-/Yes
Receivables	-/-	-/-
Payroll	-/-	-/-
Training & Support
	The Gardener Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Training	-	Extensive 12-day initial training at Head Office addresses all aspects of business operations, including administration, technical, marketing, business planning and budgeting. Training tools will also be provided for training employees. Ongoing training through conference calls, webinars, newsletters, site visits, phone and email correspondence.
Support	-	Every Weed Man Franchise is supported by their local and experienced Franchisor who serves as a personal consultant and mentor, providing experience, guidance and encouragement. The network of Weed Man Franchisors represents decades of lawn care operation experience. Their collective wisdom has been fine-tuned into a system that allows you to run a successful lawn care operation with no prior lawn care or agronomic training or knowledge.
Marketing	-	Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing
Operations	-	Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 4 - 6
Expansion Plans
	The Gardener Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
US Expansion	-	Yes
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	No	-

Company Overviews

About The Gardener

The Gardener is Canada's largest residential landscape maintenance and snow removal company with 31 franchises operating over 80 units. The Gardener franchise owners manage multiple crews that service thousands of satisfied residential and commercial clients providing professional year round property maintenance services including: weekly lawn cutting & garden maintenance, spring and fall clean ups, soil and mulch delivery, planting services and snow removal. Be part of a growing $4 billion a year industry. The Gardener franchisees are given a large exclusive territory and some are currently grossing over half a million dollars per year.

About Weed Man

Weed Man opened its first location in 1970 and started franchising the concept in 1976. Throughout the years, Weed Man has been committed to delivering superior lawn care services to residential customers across North America. Currently sold out in Canada, Weed Man has seen rapid growth across the US in over 250 territories since 2000. With over $100 million in system sales, Weed Man is the leading franchised lawn care company in the green industry.

Franchisor is seeking new franchise units throughout the U.S.,Canada and Eastern Europe