Are you ready to run an air conditioning cleaning business? The home-grown Hydrokleen mobile model offers opportunities around Australia to tackle the environmental irritants and performance inefficiences of air conditioning units.
BUSINESS BASICS
Length of time trading: Five years
Number of franchisees: 25 franchisees Australia-wide
Investment costs: $60,000 to $100,000
Franchise term: Five years.
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
Why is your business different from the competition?
HydroKleen Australia is a national company that provides, through a ‘man-in-a-van’ model, an award-winning split system air conditioning cleaning service proven to eliminate a range of contaminants, significantly improve air quality and reduce power consumption.
It is Australia’s first split system air conditioning cleaning service to use a trademarked cleaning technology and the only national franchise in the market.
Our franchisees are backed by proven processes, custom equipment, effective national marketing and media support and a trademarked cleaning process developed through many years of research and development.
What is the biggest challenge right now to your particular business and the sector you trade in?
The challenge is in ensuring potential franchisees are the right fit for the business. In order to maintain quality throughout our service and processes Australia-wide, our franchisees must possess a warm interpersonal style and bring high levels of care and attention to their work.
Externally, the challenge is in educating our market that dirty air conditioners are expensive to run and expelling harmful bacteria, and that a HydroKleen service fixes both of these problems.
What are your plans for growth this year?
We have just launched our first franchises in Tasmania, and Alice Springs, our fourth operator in the Northern Territory, and plan to expand into the US and New Zealand, where, like Tasmania, air conditioners are known as ‘heat pumps’!
Individual franchisees have registered strong growth throughout the country. A West Australian franchisee last year resold his franchise for more than 300% profit on his initial purchase cost.
What is your vision for the business?
Within head office, we maintain our status as Australia’s number one preferred split system air conditioning cleaning service. We strive for our trademarked processes to be benchmarked as the industry standard.
What can franchisees expect when they join your business network?
HydroKleen franchisees buy into a franchise framework based on two globally recognised franchise brands, which ensures that they’re provided with professional support at each stage of operation.
Operationally, HydroKleen franchises are provided unique trademarked procedures and equipment and the proven capacity to service domestic and commercial clients. Several franchisees have won contracts to clean major hotels and industrial sites, high-volume ongoing clients that provide excellent stability and foundations for growth.
- Visit the Sydney Franchising & Business Opportunities Expo and check out the Hydrokleen franchise offer.