Orkin vs Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Orkin vs Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Company Overviews

About Orkin

About Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control

Skedaddle is a unique franchise opportunity with HUGE profit potential for Owners who want to help wildlife and humans with a home-based, low-overhead business. Skedaddle is North America’s #1 humane wildlife control franchise company and has been a pioneer in the industry since 1989. 

Why choose us?

Here are the top 6 reasons why you should own a Skedaddle franchise right now: 

• Amazing profit potential: With a low initial investment and low overhead, we had a record year in 2020 - and the investment starts at just $89k! 

• Our humane approach: Unlike 95% of the wildlife control industry, Skedaddle never uses traps or kills animals. We focus on sealing the home and preventing a repeat incident.

• Little competition: Very few companies focus on wildlife control specifically, and even fewer focus on HUMANE wildlife control. Most companies out there are one-person exterminator operations. 

• No need to handle wildlife unless you want to: If you want to take part in this lucrative investment but don’t love the idea of handling wildlife, you can hire a trusted manager while you focus on growing the business as a semi-absentee Owner. 

• Year-round business, multiple revenue streams: Wildlife removal is the main revenue stream, which lends itself nicely to other year-round services like attic restoration, pest control, and holiday light decorating. 

• Easy to build an empire: No brick-and-mortar space required! Because of the low investment and low overhead, you can scale from a 1-van business to a fleet of 10+ easily! 

We never use bait or traps to remove animals. 

• We use hands-on removal, no traps 

• We physically take babies out of the home and reunite them with their mother 

• Our proprietary baby box keeps babies warm and safe until their mother can get them and take them to a new den 

We focus on reinforcing customer homes so the wildlife can never re-enter.

• After 30+ years in business, we’re confident enough to give a lifetime guarantee

• We don’t relocate animals away from the urban setting where they were found 

• Animals will find dens in other homes (but not the ones we’ve reinforced!)

HISTORY 

1981 - Bill Dowd is drafted to the Stanley Cup Champion New York Islanders, where he goes on to have a career for the next 3 years.

1985 - Like many professional athletes, Bill finds himself in search of his next career; he goes back to college and finds his calling - to pursue his passion for wildlife.   

1989 - After witnessing and learning about the cruel, unethical, and ineffective practices in the wildlife control industry, Bill founds his own humane wildlife control company.  

2013 - The company is rebranded as Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control, and the first franchise was awarded in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

2016 - Skedaddle grows to over 20 locations in Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. 

2017 - As one of the largest wildlife companies in Canada, Skedaddle decides to try their time-tested model in the United States. 

Present - After the first U.S. franchise in Milwaukee became a huge success, Skedaddle starts awarding franchises nationwide! 

Industry Facts

• Skedaddle operates within the enormous $380 billion home improvement industry which is expected to reach $454.6 billion by 2023.

• Home improvement spending nationwide has grown at almost double the rate of the rest of the retail sector.

• The wildlife and pest control industry is valued at $17.4 billion and has grown 5.2% annually since 2015.
  

Are YOU Skedaddle Material?

• Are you a sales-oriented individual with a strong management background?

• Are you enthusiastic and customer-service oriented?

• Do you possess a growth mindset and a drive to build an empire in your community?

If so, we want YOU to help us take Skedaddle across America!

USA all states except  Hawaii, North and South Dakota.