JAN-PRO Targets Nashville and Knoxville for its Next Move

One of the fastest-growing franchises in the country is looking to make its grand entrance into East Tennessee, and they’re on the hunt for the perfect Master Franchisee to lead the charge.

This year, JAN-PRO, the leading franchise in commercial cleaning, hopes to find a Master Franchisee who can recruit and train individual unit franchisees throughout the Nashville and Knoxville area, a job that could help create as many as 200 jobs over the next few years.

“The company’s unique Master Franchisee concept gives it an edge in a traditionally high-turnover industry,” said Ed Pierami, the Master Franchisee for JAN-PRO of Memphis since 1998. “JAN-PRO assists our franchisees in all aspects of their business from a comprehensive five-week training program to securing al customer accounts, providing equipment and supplies, and then managing the accounts for our franchisees, covering everything from customer service, quality control and administration.”

Pierami’s territory currently has more than 130 active franchisees throughout the Memphis area, and he believes that hopeful business owners can utilize this same model to grow the brand throughout Nashville and Knoxville. Both are smaller markets, but oftentimes, Pierami believes such markets can be some of the company’s largest-producing.

“There’s less competition; without professional services like we have, it allows us to get market penetration much faster than, say, some of the mom-and pops that are out there, and charge a premium for it,” he said.

Within the first year of singing on a Master Franchisee, the brand plans to add about 25 JAN-PRO units throughout the territory.