LISTING ID # 36235
Prestigious carpet and upholstery cleaning company with 5 existing and profitable locations for sale servicing all of NYC. Currently running and booking with 2 part time employees. Designed to have very low overhead, the company incurs $0 in advertising fees and gets all leads for free using reliable SEO strategies, developed over 7 years. This business can be owner operated or you can hire a technician to do the cleaning. Customer booking can also be handled by inexpensive virtual assistants with a time-tested script. The backend systems, including the calendar application, phone system, invoicing, website, blog editor, and other SEO tools are custom built and reliable making operation headache-free. Whether you are new to the carpet cleaning business or already a professional, you can hit the ground running with this business today.
Employees
Business comes with 2 part time employees. Both have been personally trained by the owner and are expert cleaners and do not need supervision when on site. One has worked with the company for 3 years, one for 1 year. Hiring employees is easy as equipment has been selected so that technicians can use even a sedan to go to jobs. Any hatchback is recommended for rug pickups. A commercial car or van is not needed in the business model. The company asks employees to use their own cars for transportation and have had many willing applications when advertising for job openings.
Services
The company offers upholstery cleaning, carpet cleaning, and mobile auto interior cleaning services. Therefore, it cleans carpets, couches, chairs, mattresses, drapes, and interior of cars. Company cleans all furniture on-site and some carpets are taken away to a partner facility which professionally cleans them and charges wholesale pricing. Off-site rug cleaning can be very lucrative as pricing for this service can be high and requires little time investment and no liability as the cleaning is done by a third-party. The company has grown this sector of services significantly in the past year.
Website and SEO
The website is totally custom built to be as favorable for SEO as possible. The owner also owns a digital marketing company and has used advanced techniques to reliably grow SEO over 7 years. The work has already been baked into the website ecosystem and can require no maintenance if desired. Further improvement on the website content will further increase rankings. Digital tools which are used for content creation, and monitoring ranking have been also custom built and can come with the website upon sale.
Booking
Custom phone application allows multiple phone numbers to forward to one phone number while also indicating which location has been called, which is important for booking and pricing. Time-tested sales script is included in the sale that has been used for over 5 years and books at 80% . The owner can answer the phone or a VA can be trained to learn the script. The company has successfully operated in both ways. All phone calls are recorded and can be reviewed, and all text messages are saved in the database.
Clients
Company gets clients from all of NYC and has a list of 2000 previous client in the database with name, phone, address, and previous work done. Pinging previous clients for repeat business can be done successfully. Company gets about 50% of jobs in Manhattan and the rest in Queens and Brooklyn.
Post Sale Support
Owner is willing to train and support the new owner for up to 1 year. This will include advice on how to sell to customers, price jobs, and address certain stains/materials. Furthermore, guidance can be given on how to maintain the website and SEO. Owner can also provide instruction on how to maintain and fix equipment. Owner is also willing to work for the new management, continuing SEO work and digital marketing services if desired.
