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There are 346 listings in this section of the directory. 304 of them state a starting investment, ranging from $60 to $650,000, with a median of $75,000. Figures are franchisor-supplied and should be confirmed before you rely on them.
Home services covers the trades a homeowner calls rather than the ones a builder employs: handyman work, painting, flooring, roofing, plumbing and electrical service, landscaping, snow clearing, windows, garage doors, home inspection and property management. Most of these are van-based, which is why the category is popular as a first franchise. There is no lease, the investment goes into a vehicle, tools, software and marketing, and the business can start with the owner doing the work.
The hard part is not getting the work, it is scaling past yourself. These businesses are constrained by qualified labour, and in several of them by trade licensing that neither you nor the franchisor can shortcut. Plumbing, electrical, gas and roofing carry provincial licensing and insurance requirements, and a franchisor who is vague about who has to hold the licence in your province is telling you something. Ask what a second and third crew actually cost to add, and what the franchisor supplies to help you recruit, because the answer separates a job from a business.
Seasonality is the other thing to model honestly. Landscaping, snow, roofing and exterior painting are strongly seasonal across most of Canada, and the concepts that work well here either pair a summer service with a winter one or accept a hard off-season and plan cash flow around it.
Based on the 304 listings here that state a starting investment. The other 42 give no figure, or give one that cannot be read as a number.
Head office locations for the listings on this page: Ontario (8), Quebec (4), British Columbia (3), Prince Edward Island (1), Nova Scotia (1). Head office is not the same as where territory is available, so ask the franchisor which provinces they are currently granting.
For some of them, yes. Plumbing, electrical, gas work, HVAC and roofing carry provincial licensing requirements, and the licence has to be held by someone in the business. Handyman, painting, flooring, landscaping and inspection concepts are generally open to an unlicensed owner, though insurance and bonding requirements still apply. Ask the franchisor what your specific province requires and who has to hold it.
Very, for anything done outdoors. Landscaping, snow clearing, roofing and exterior painting have sharp seasons across most of Canada. The concepts that work best either pair a summer service with a winter one or build the off-season into the cash flow plan from the start.
Hiring. Demand is rarely the constraint in home services, qualified labour is. Ask what it costs to add a second crew, what the franchisor provides for recruitment and training, and what the realistic timeline is to stop doing the work yourself.
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