Clean Air Lawn Care vs Weed Man Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Clean Air Lawn Care vs Weed Man including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Clean Air Lawn Care Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Investment	$75,116 - $109,006	$69,790 - $86,850
Franchise Fee	$35,000	$20,000 - $33,750
Royalty Fee	8.5%	$6.2K-$12.3K/vehicle/yr.
Advertising Fee	$750 per year	20% of royalty fee
Year Founded	2006	1970
Year Franchised	2007	1976
Term Of Agreement	5 years	10 years
Term Of Agreement	5 years	10 years
Renewal Fee	$1000	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Clean Air Lawn Care Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Experience	Clean Air Lawn Care is dedicated to working with high quality, first class individuals. No experience necessary, just a positive outlook and be someone we want to work with. The golden rule is everything.	-
Financing Options
	Clean Air Lawn Care Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	Yes/No	Yes/Yes
Start-up Costs	Yes/Yes	Yes/Yes
Equipment	Yes/Yes	-/Yes
Inventory	No/Yes	-/Yes
Receivables	No/No	-/-
Payroll	No/No	-/-
Training & Support
	Clean Air Lawn Care Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
Training	Training takes place at Headquarters and additional training on-site. Week long training covers every aspect of launching your business, marketing, sales, estimating, equipment, and access to our institutional knowledge. Training is comprehensive to our model and support structure.	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	Support covers all aspects of daily operations, billing, accounts receivable, marketing, and profitability. We have local and national lead generation sites, dedicated business consultants, and high quality support staff to ensure successful launch and maintenance of your business.	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	Marketing for our franchise includes a comprehensive digital footprint, search engine optimization and search engine marketing, digital advertising on every major social media outlet and centralized messaging management, flyers, press release support and dedicated PR go to market plan and execution, television and radio commercials, co-op advertising, national owner growth funding, ad slicks, national media, an extensive and complete marketing portfolio including truck graphics.	Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing
Operations	Franchise can be run from home. Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: Varies, 0 - 10 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.	Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 4 - 6
Expansion Plans
	Clean Air Lawn Care Franchise	Weed Man Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	Yes
Canada Expansion	-	-
International Expansion	Yes	-

Company Overviews

About Clean Air Lawn Care

Clean Air Lawn Care is a full service, sustainable lawn care company, with over 60 franchised territories around the US. We utilize solar powered electric equipment for mowing operations, and all-organic lawn fertilizers for a safer, more environmentally smart approach to lawn care. We're creating "The Neighborhood’s Healthiest Lawn”, one lawn at a time by improving quality of life for you, your family, & your community. Our business model is one of low overhead, high margin, recurring revenue. We’re committed to reducing gas and chemicals from lawn care operations. Local owners of Clean Air franchises find independence, flexibility, fun, financial freedom, & the ability to make a difference by working with us. If you consider yourself part intelligent businessperson, a little bit tree-hugger, and a pioneer, we'd like to meet you and discuss the opportunity.

Clean Air Lawn Care is the nation's leading full-service sustainable lawn care company. We're cleaning up a dirty industry of gas-powered pollutants and harmful chemicals one community and one green franchise at a time.

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.

Franchisor is seeking new franchise units throughout the U.S.,Canada and Eastern Europe