Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner vs Color Your Carpet Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner vs Color Your Carpet including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner Franchise
Color Your Carpet Franchise
Investment $117,215 - $207,200$29,890 - $49,500
Franchise Fee $20,000 - $35,000$17,000 - $19,500
Royalty Fee 7%-
Advertising Fee 2%-
Year Founded 19471990
Year Franchised 19721990
Term Of Agreement 20 years-
Term Of Agreement 20 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner Franchise
Color Your Carpet Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner Franchise
Color Your Carpet Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees Yes/Yes-/-
Start-up Costs No/No-/-
Equipment No/Yes-/-
Inventory Yes/No-/-
Receivables No/No-/-
Payroll No/No-/-

Training & Support
 
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner Franchise
Color Your Carpet Franchise
Training Various training offered throughout the year-
Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Internet, Security/safety procedures-
Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media-
Operations Franchise can be run from home.

15% of all franchisees own more than one unit

Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 16

Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (95% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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Expansion Plans
 
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner Franchise
Color Your Carpet Franchise
US Expansion Yes-
Canada Expansion NoNo
International Expansion YesNo

Company Overviews

About Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner

Stanley Steemer International Inc. was founded by Jack A. Bates in 1947. In 1972, the company began offering Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchises, and in 1998, it introduced Stanley Steemer Duct Cleaning Service add-on licenses. The company has more than 240 locations throughout the United States and is based in Dublin, Ohio.

"Entrepreneur

#93 in Franchise 500 for 2020.
#158 in Franchise 500 for 2021.



About Color Your Carpet

Color Your Carpet is the only, onsite, full-time, 100% carpet dyeing & color restoration service in the world. Our unique "Carpet Color Care" services are providing property owners with a cost-effective alternative to costly and usually unnecessary carpet replacement. As a Color Your Carpet franchisee, using our one-of-a-kind products and processes, you will offer valuable services to customers in your area. Every city in the world needs Color Your Carpet services!

Color Your Carpet is a fast growing new high tech service company. Established in the USA and internationally. Demand for our unique services is escalating at an unprecedented business pace. Carpet dyeing, as a business, is an untapped, unlimited market opportunity. Our channel of distribution is through our franchise system.

We invite you to review our web site and discover the potential in your community for owning a  Color Your Carpet franchise. Competition is virtually non-existent or invisible. We believe our web site will encourage the best franchisee candidates to further investigate our exciting business opportunity. The right candidates will find that Color Your Carpet is a great franchise with a long history of expertise, happy franchisees, superior support system and a service that is unmatched.

Color Your Carpet has many endorsements from national and multinational companies. We are known for high quality products and services. These have been recognized with prestigious awards and accolades from notable business authorities including Ernst & Young, the Washington Post, Hotel Motel Management Magazine, AAHOA Business Lodging Magazine and the Success Magazine Gold 100 Award. We will show you how unlimited this specialized market really is and how you can realize the benefits of becoming a Color Your Carpet franchisee.