5 Pool Franchises We Love

As pool popularity bounces back this summer, so does the demand for pool maintenance, pool installation and swimming lessons. The swimming pool industry is expected to skyrocket over the next few years, making it one of the most profitable investments to consider.

Check out 1851’s favorite swimming school franchises with promising predictions of growth. 

Pool Scouts*

• Startup costs: $80,000-$133,000
• Units: 65
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Pool Scouts is a premier pool service franchise that provides pool cleaning, maintenance and minor repair services so customers can sit back, relax and soak up the sun. The brand offers several different options to keep pools sparkling, including season-opening service, ongoing service and maintenance, pool closing service and one-time single service.

Big Blue Swim School

• Startup costs: $2,329,223-$3,636,998
• Units: 8
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Big Blue Swim School is one of the nation’s fastest-growing swim school franchises. The professional, adult instructors at BBSS get into the water with swimmers and adapt lessons to revolve around each individual. Big Blue offers programs for all ages with continuous weekly lessons available year-round so children can start and stop any time. The swim school empowers children with the skills they need to feel confident in the water.

Pinch A Penny, Inc. 

• Startup costs: $289,000-$411,000
• Units: 257

Since opening its first store in 1975, Pinch A Penny has become the largest franchised retail pool, patio and spa company. The brand is staffed with fully-trained experts and has more Certified Pool Operators than any other company. 

America’s Swimming Pool Company 

• Startup costs: $84,294-$201,209
• Units: 300

America’s Swimming Pool Company strives to take the stress out of owning a pool. The professional pool care company provides customers with easy, informative and friendly repair and maintenance for swimming pools, and the pool technicians exceed the highest standards of professionalism and technical skill.

California Pools Franchise

• Startup costs: $28,000-$110,000
• Units: 24

California Pools assists in building in-ground home pools. The brand is said to stop at nothing to ensure customers are not only happy with the swimming pools, but also thoroughly enjoy the process of working with California Pools Franchise from start-to-finish. The brand’s philosophy of always putting customers first continues to be the beacon that guides it to success today.