Jim's Mowing vs Weed Man Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Jim's Mowing Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Investment	$29,000	$69,790 - $86,850
Franchise Fee	$4,200	$20,000 - $33,750
Royalty Fee	4200/ year	$6.2K-$12.3K/vehicle/yr.
Advertising Fee	-	20% of royalty fee
Year Founded	1997	1970
Year Franchised	1997	1976
Term Of Agreement	-	10 years
Term Of Agreement	-	10 years
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Jim's Mowing Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Experience	-	-
Financing Options
	Jim's Mowing 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
	Jim's Mowing 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
	Jim's Mowing Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
US Expansion	-	Yes
Canada Expansion	-	-
International Expansion	-	-

Company Overviews

About Jim's Mowing

Started in British Columbia in 1997 by a dedicated Canadian family, Jim’s Mowing Canada grew from just one single franchise to now more than 63 franchises servicing customers across all areas of British Columbia.   Jim’s Mowing Franchisees maintain gardens and lawns from Lower Mainland, from the South to the North on Vancouver Island, as well as in the Interior.

Jim’s Mowing Canada spun off from the Jim’s Mowing business originally started by Jim Penman in Australia in 1992, and has since expanded here to Canada, as well as New Zealand and the United Kingdom.   Jim’s Mowing now has in excess of 1900 franchises, who run their own mowing and gardening businesses with the support and guidance of the largest lawn mowing and garden maintenance franchise systems in the world - so large in fact that the Jim’s Group globally now comprises over 50 divisions and 4,000 franchisees.

Jim’s Mowing has grown and become a leader in lawn mowing and garden services through offering training and support to our quality Franchisees. Our clearly defined standards of customer service have earned us an excellent reputation.  For further peace of mind, each Jim’s Mowing franchisee is police checked and fully insured.

One of the World's Largest Lawn and Garden care Franchise organization providing multiple services 12 months of the year. Jim's Mowing offers same day service to clients and provides training, office support, computerized management system, and our unique Work Availability Guarantee of $800.00 per week for Franchisees.

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.