Top 10 Mobile Franchise Opportunities
Take your business on the road with these 10 franchises.
For prospective buyers looking for a franchise with more flexibility and less risk, a mobile brand might be the right choice. These brands allow owners to take their business on the go, worry less about upkeep and enjoy cheaper start-up costs.
If this sounds like something you’re interested in, look no further. Here are 10 options to consider in a range of industries.
Footprints Floors*
Investment Range: $78,505–$113,030
Unit Count: 70+
Footprints Floors specializes in installing hardwood floors, carpet, tile floors, backsplashes and laminates. With more than 50 current locations, it offers franchisees a robust support system, including a call center, flexible hours for work-life balance and a low cost of entry.
Kona Ice
Investment Range: $150,000–$189,000
Unit Count: 1,480
Kona Ice says its Kona Entertainment Vehicle is the ultimate salesperson. Since 2007, the brand has been building these trucks and has worked with several engineers to evolve the truck into “a shaved ice experience on four wheels.”
Pool Scouts*
Investment Range: $79,650
Unit Count: 60+
Pool Scouts, the premier pool service franchise part of the Buzz Franchise Brands family, delivers a quality, consistent brand experience while providing pool cleaning, maintenance and minor repair services. Low initial staffing needs and the ability to operate as a mobile business mean a significantly lower cost than many franchises.
Chem-Dry Carpet Cleaning
Investment Range: $69,000–$205,000
Unit Count: 2,500+
This mobile franchise offers a safe and healthy carpet cleaning experience. The brand also provides commercial and residential upholstery, tile, stone, grout, air duct, wood floor, and pet urine and odor cleaning services, allowing franchisees to tap into multiple revenue streams without high start-up costs.
United Water Restoration Group
Investment Range: $159,342–$441,874
Unit Count: 80+
UWRG knows that regardless of what is happening with the economy, pipes still burst, mold still grows and natural disasters still strike. With UWRG, prospective franchisees have the opportunity to be a part of a scalable, recession-resistant business at a low cost of entry.
Aussie Pet Mobile
Investment Range: $180,000–$199,000
Unit Count: 75+
Founded in Australia in 1996, Aussie Pet Mobile offers contact-free mobile grooming for cats and dogs. In 1999, the franchise established its global headquarters in the U.S. and now boasts the number-one brand in mobile pet grooming worldwide.
ecomaids
Investment Range: $110,990–$136,379
Unit Count: 100+
Since becoming a part of Happinest Brands, ecomaids has become the fastest-growing cleaning franchise in the United States. The brand’s mission is to deliver a spotlessly clean home every time by using only green and eco-friendly products and services.
Glass Doctor
Investment Range: $158,200–300,400
Unit Count: 180+
Glass Doctor is an industry-leading glass franchise, specializing in both auto glass services and home and business glass services. Owners enjoy a values-based culture, flexible work week and established systems for success.
Home Clean Heroes*
Investment Range: $76,902–$100,851
Unit Count: 11
Home Clean Heroes is the residential cleaning franchise under the Buzz Franchise Brands umbrella that supports local first responders with every house it cleans. As a mobile brand, it offers franchisees a frequently recurring revenue model with exclusive territories in a year-round business.
Mr. Appliance
Investment Range: $81,000–$159,000
Unit Count: 350+
Mr. Appliance has been a nationally recognized brand in appliance repair franchising since 1996. The brand is not only one of the most well-known and trusted in the industry, but the mobile concept offers franchisees flexibility in a booming market.
*This brand is a paid partner of 1851 Franchise. For more information on paid partnerships please click here.