Inspect-It vs Grassroots Home Inspection Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Inspect-It vs Grassroots Home Inspection including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Inspect-It Franchise
Grassroots Home Inspection Franchise
Investment $32,400 - $43,400$23,500 - $28,000
Franchise Fee $24,900$17,500
Royalty Fee 200-$400/mo.7%
Advertising Fee $50/mo.3%
Year Founded 1991-
Year Franchised 1998-
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Inspect-It Franchise
Grassroots Home Inspection Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Inspect-It Franchise
Grassroots Home Inspection 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

 
Inspect-It Franchise
Grassroots Home Inspection Franchise
Training --
Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives-
Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising-
Operations Franchise can be run from home.

0% of all franchisees own more than one unit

Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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Expansion Plans

 
Inspect-It Franchise
Grassroots Home Inspection Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion No-
International Expansion No-

Company Overviews

About Inspect-It

Richard Schneider founded Inspect-It 1st Property Inspection in 1991. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, the company began franchising in 1998. Franchisees inspect a building's roof, walls, ceilings, attics, floors, soffits, foundations, doors, windows and more. Other services include construction phase inspections, listing inspections, commercial inspections, construction consultants, expert witness testimony and real estate arbitration.

Veteran Incentives   10% off franchise fee

About Grassroots Home Inspection

When you’re looking for a Canadian home inspection franchise opportunity, we encourage you to consider joining the Grassroots team. While as a franchisee you are running an independent business, you will do so with the support of head office and the other franchisees in our network. We are dedicated to providing excellence in home, commercial and environmental inspections. If you’d like to be a part of that, consider what Grassroots® has to offer:

We have designed our systems to provide you with every chance of success. We help you get business in your local area as well as work on network programs to give you every possibility of success.

Our programs are intended to get you established quickly in your area. We teach you how to build a referral business so you can increase the quantity of inspections.

Our marketing plans have been designed to systematically get you the needed awareness and to build from that base.

With the strength of our network we are able to provide you with better programs. We continually work on new plans and programs to fill the needs of your customers.