Take Over Established Routes, Part-Time | Chem-Dry
Take over 2 running Chem-Dry territories already serving roughly 700 clients a year, no startup build required. This van-based cleaning business has operated under the Chem-Dry name since 1998, serving residential and commercial customers across a wide service area in California. Chem-Dry brings a longstanding reputation, proprietary low-moisture cleaning products, and franchisor-backed training, equipment support, and processes. The business handles carpet, tile, upholstery, vinyl, and wood floor cleaning, with roughly 45% of revenue recurring. The owners run it part-time between them, answering calls, ordering products and keeping the vans maintained, while a part-time crew covers the daily jobs. The owner is selling for personal reasons unrelated to the business. Highlights include: This may suit a hands-on owner-operator, an existing cleaning or home-services operator expanding territory, or a local entrepreneur who wants a proven route-based business.
Owner became disabled; unrelated to the business.
The business is van-based with no retail storefront, so fixed facility costs stay low. Each day the part-time crew loads products from the equipment trailer and heads to jobs scheduled in the CRM, returning at day's end to service the vehicles and equipment. A new owner arranges their own storage for the 2 vans and the trailer. FF&E, including the cleaning vans, the equipment trailer and the proprietary low-moisture cleaning equipment, transfers with the sale, and sellable inventory and supplies on hand are included. The van-based structure means the operation travels to the customer across both territories rather than depending on foot traffic.
Chem-Dry provides franchisor onboarding and training as part of the standard franchise transfer process, along with ongoing product, equipment, and operational support that the brand is known for. The seller estimates roughly 1 month to adequately train a buyer and can support the transition. A $6,000 franchise transfer fee applies, plus the franchisor's training travel costs and vehicle and phone transfer costs at closing. The part-time crew performs the daily route work, and the seller reports that with someone covering the owners' admin role the business runs without disruption.
The fastest lever is commercial work, which the current part-time model has never fully chased: hiring full-time and dedicated sales staff would let a new owner push into commercial accounts properly. Adding a van and running 3 crews daily across the west, east and south ends of the territory would expand daily job capacity. Building recurring commercial maintenance contracts, deepening the current recurring residential base, and investing in local search visibility and online reviews are all practical paths to higher volume within the existing service area.
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Take over 2 running Chem-Dry territories already serving roughly 700 clients a year, no startup build required. This van-based cleaning business has operated under the Chem-Dry name since 1998, serving residential and commercial customers across a wide service area in California. Chem-Dry brings a longstanding reputation, proprietary low-moisture cleaning products, and franchisor-backed training, equipment support, and processes. The business handles carpet, tile, upholstery, vinyl, and wood floor cleaning, with roughly 45% of revenue recurring. The owners run it part-time between them, answering calls, ordering products and keeping the vans maintained, while a part-time crew covers the daily jobs. The owner is selling for personal reasons unrelated to the business. Highlights include: This may suit a hands-on owner-operator, an existing cleaning or home-services operator expanding territory, or a local entrepreneur who wants a proven route-based business.
Owner became disabled; unrelated to the business.
The business is van-based with no retail storefront, so fixed facility costs stay low. Each day the part-time crew loads products from the equipment trailer and heads to jobs scheduled in the CRM, returning at day's end to service the vehicles and equipment. A new owner arranges their own storage for the 2 vans and the trailer. FF&E, including the cleaning vans, the equipment trailer and the proprietary low-moisture cleaning equipment, transfers with the sale, and sellable inventory and supplies on hand are included. The van-based structure means the operation travels to the customer across both territories rather than depending on foot traffic.
Chem-Dry provides franchisor onboarding and training as part of the standard franchise transfer process, along with ongoing product, equipment, and operational support that the brand is known for. The seller estimates roughly 1 month to adequately train a buyer and can support the transition. A $6,000 franchise transfer fee applies, plus the franchisor's training travel costs and vehicle and phone transfer costs at closing. The part-time crew performs the daily route work, and the seller reports that with someone covering the owners' admin role the business runs without disruption.
The fastest lever is commercial work, which the current part-time model has never fully chased: hiring full-time and dedicated sales staff would let a new owner push into commercial accounts properly. Adding a van and running 3 crews daily across the west, east and south ends of the territory would expand daily job capacity. Building recurring commercial maintenance contracts, deepening the current recurring residential base, and investing in local search visibility and online reviews are all practical paths to higher volume within the existing service area.
"*" indicates required fields
Take over 2 running Chem-Dry territories already serving roughly 700 clients a year, no startup build required. This van-based cleaning business has operated under the Chem-Dry name since 1998, serving residential and commercial customers across a wide service area in California. Chem-Dry brings a longstanding reputation, proprietary low-moisture cleaning products, and franchisor-backed training, equipment support, and processes. The business handles carpet, tile, upholstery, vinyl, and wood floor cleaning, with roughly 45% of revenue recurring. The owners run it part-time between them, answering calls, ordering products and keeping the vans maintained, while a part-time crew covers the daily jobs. The owner is selling for personal reasons unrelated to the business. Highlights include: This may suit a hands-on owner-operator, an existing cleaning or home-services operator expanding territory, or a local entrepreneur who wants a proven route-based business.
Owner became disabled; unrelated to the business.
The business is van-based with no retail storefront, so fixed facility costs stay low. Each day the part-time crew loads products from the equipment trailer and heads to jobs scheduled in the CRM, returning at day's end to service the vehicles and equipment. A new owner arranges their own storage for the 2 vans and the trailer. FF&E, including the cleaning vans, the equipment trailer and the proprietary low-moisture cleaning equipment, transfers with the sale, and sellable inventory and supplies on hand are included. The van-based structure means the operation travels to the customer across both territories rather than depending on foot traffic.
Chem-Dry provides franchisor onboarding and training as part of the standard franchise transfer process, along with ongoing product, equipment, and operational support that the brand is known for. The seller estimates roughly 1 month to adequately train a buyer and can support the transition. A $6,000 franchise transfer fee applies, plus the franchisor's training travel costs and vehicle and phone transfer costs at closing. The part-time crew performs the daily route work, and the seller reports that with someone covering the owners' admin role the business runs without disruption.
The fastest lever is commercial work, which the current part-time model has never fully chased: hiring full-time and dedicated sales staff would let a new owner push into commercial accounts properly. Adding a van and running 3 crews daily across the west, east and south ends of the territory would expand daily job capacity. Building recurring commercial maintenance contracts, deepening the current recurring residential base, and investing in local search visibility and online reviews are all practical paths to higher volume within the existing service area.