116 | BusinessWorld | August-September 2014
Actual on-site work is performed out of
company trucks – labeled corporately as
“service units” or “mobile business units” –
that are staffedwith one or two technicians.
The franchise territories typically equal a
local population of 250,000 to 300,000, so
franchises that beginwith one or two trucks
will swell to three or four while growing
their technician workforce up to six or
eight.
In that expanded case, one or two of the
service units would be reserved exclusively
for the emergency water removal element of
the business, while the remaining trucks
and technicians would handle the everyday
schedul ed mold remova l , and a i r
duct/vent/coil cleaning services.
Prospective franchisees can sign on for a
single territory or purchase a three-territory
