Franchise Article

In today’s challenging economic environment, a home based business has many financial benefits. Many individuals want to be their own boss, make more money and avoid the daily commute to and from work. While working from home does have its advantages, one area of home based businesses that is often overlooked is mobile service franchises. These franchises range from furniture repair to on-site tailoring and put you behind the wheel of a small business that is completely self-contained within a car, truck or van. These franchises deliver nearly all of the benefits of a work from home business while allowing you to provide the service and convenience of house calls to your clients. If you have an interest in taking the wheel and starting your own mobile franchise, take a look at the top 10 home based franchises on wheels.

1) AskAMI
If you have ever been at a hotel on holiday with no idea what the local cuisine or entertainment has to offer, then you know precisely the problem that AskAMI’s mobile franchises seek to address. By building relationships with hotel management and others in the guest services industry, AskAMI delivers state-of-the-art kiosks which act as a virtual concierge, keeping travellers informed on what the area has to offer.

2) Furniture Clinic
All from the comfort of his own van, the Furniture Clinic franchisee is a welcome sight to anyone with a leather couch or leather car interior in need of repair. Trained in the art of restoring dirty and damaged leather, the Furniture Clinic franchisee runs the scheduling and client relations end of the business out of his home and then delivers superior leather care and restoration services on site at the customer’s home or car.

3) Kashket
With over 330 years of Royal service, Kashket’s team of superb bespoke and made to measure tailors deliver the finest quality of tailoring available, whether traditional or contemporary. The Kashket customer need not be royalty to hire the services of a trained Kashket tailor, but they will receive the royal treatment with this high-end on-site tailoring experience. Franchisees will enjoy the prestige that comes with a business of this calibre as well as a lifetime franchise with no renewal fees, monthly fees or annual fees for the life of your business.

4) MOSS RID Roof Restoration
The integrity of a home’s roof is essential to its function and value, and an overgrowth of moss or mould can be detrimental to the home’s equity and can even cause health problems for the tenants. A MOSS RID Roof Restoration franchise, however, has a patented and field-tested system to keep mould out for good, which is good news for homeowners. MOSS RID franchises are easily expandable allowing you to one day transition from owner/operator to a management position over several employees in multiple dedicated territories.

5) Red Hot Camera
Red Hot Camera puts a new and unique spin on real estate photography. Mounted to the top of each of their mobile office/photo-labs is a special telescopic arm that extends a camera high enough into the air to get high-altitude shots without the exorbitant price of hiring a helicopter. This is both a fun and lucrative business for the franchisee as well as a desirable service for the client.

6) Pauline May
Ladies with an eye for fashion, this is the mobile franchise for you. This mobile franchise has the beauty and helpfulness of retail clothing without renting a storefront, stocking merchandise, or any of the other drawbacks of a retail establishment. Pauline May deals in clothing specially designed for elderly women, sold conveniently on site to provide a superb level of service and a vast inventory available by mail order. This business is especially useful for elderly women who cannot easily get out and shop for themselves and allows them to enjoy a fine selection of clothing, tailored for them without ever having to leave their homes.

7) Computer Troubleshooters UK
With the seventh highest amount of computers per capita in the UK, having the tools and training to be able to troubleshoot and fix a broken computer is a much needed skill in the business world and the private sector. With a Computer Troubleshooters UK franchise, you will pack up your computer tools and make house calls to people who need help getting their computers up and running again. This franchise makes a great home based business but franchisees are also given the option to open up a storefront in their own protected territory and attract even more business leads.

8) Dor-2-Dor
One of the more traditional means of marketing in the UK is a door drop—mailers and flyers dropped off right at residential doors. With more and more companies taking advantage of this marketing style, there is a good deal of money to be made for anyone interested in working with advertising clients and delivering the goods to the homes, which is exactly what Dor-2-Dor franchisees do.

9) XTC Discos
Not many people get to call their place of business a party-wagon, but an XTC Discos franchise is just that. Mobile to the core, this business is the industry leader in the niche market of mobile discos. Wherever someone wants a party, the XTC specialist pulls up in his van, unloads a dance floor, disco ball, and speakers, and the party can begin.

10) MyHome Window Cleaning
With all the necessary tools piled high in the back of a company van, MyHome Window Cleaning is another great example of a much-needed mobile franchise that can benefit greatly from the advantages of a home based business. Using their proven business model to build a client base of homes that need a good window cleaning on a regular basis, the MyHome Window Cleaning franchisee can then choose the hours he wants to work and get to it. This franchise has great potential for expansion, so as you build a bigger client base, your business can grow smoothly and allow you to turn a small business into a big business without a hitch.

While some want to start a home based business to get out of the office, others find that working from home can bring a similar monotony, but with a mobile franchise you can get the best of both worlds. You’ll work from home on the administrative end of things, but also get out for some fresh air and a change of scenery when you go out on jobs. You may also find that people are willing to pay a premium for a service when you can bring the service right to their home which makes a mobile franchise a lucrative business with less risk and overhead than a traditional small business or retail store.