Service Team of Professionals vs Color Your Carpet Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Service Team of Professionals Franchise
Color Your Carpet Franchise
Investment $48,000 - $144,500$29,890 - $49,500
Franchise Fee $48,000$17,000 - $19,500
Royalty Fee 5-9%-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19711990
Year Franchised 19961990
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Term Of Agreement 10 years-
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Service Team of Professionals Franchise
Color Your Carpet Franchise
Experience
  • Aptitude for management, ability to follow directions
  • -

    Financing Options

     
    Service Team of Professionals Franchise
    Color Your Carpet Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/Yes-/-
    Start-up Costs No/Yes-/-
    Equipment No/Yes-/-
    Inventory No/Yes-/-
    Receivables No/Yes-/-
    Payroll No/Yes-/-

    Training & Support

     
    Service Team of Professionals Franchise
    Color Your Carpet Franchise
    Training On-The-Job Training: 32 hours Classroom Training: 124 hours Additional Training: Training conventions -
    Support Purchasing Co-ops Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Online Support Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software -
    Marketing Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing -
    Operations Franchise can be run from home.

    5% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    - 10

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

    -

    Expansion Plans

     
    Service Team of Professionals Franchise
    Color Your Carpet Franchise
    US Expansion Yes-
    Canada Expansion NoNo
    International Expansion NoNo

    Company Overviews

    About Service Team of Professionals

    Service Team of Professionals (STOP) was founded in 1971 by Mack Clark, a former employee with General Dynamics, Honeywell and BF Goodrich. STOP franchisees specialize in fire, smoke and water damage cleanup and restoration, deodorizing, and carpet and furniture repair.

    The total investment necessary to begin operation of a STOP franchise business ranges from $48,000 (for an existing cleaning company not requiring a work vehicle, additional equipment nor certain training that we require each franchisee to have) or from $83,700 to a high investment range of $144,500 for both start-up and existing companies. This includes $80,000 to $82,000 that must be paid to the franchisor or their affiliates.

    #122 on Entrepreneur's ranking of the top 150 franchises offering incentives and other programs to help veterans become franchisees
    Veteran Incentives  10% off franchise fee

    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.