ITEM
1
THE FRANCHISOR, AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND
AFFILIATES
To simplify the language in
this Disclosure Document, "We" or "Home Cleaning Centers"
means Home Cleaning Centers of America, Inc., the Franchisor. "You"
means the person(s) who buys the franchise. Home Cleaning Centers'' principal
business address is 4851 134th Street, Suite D, Overland Park, Kansas 66209 (800/767-1118). Home Cleaning Centers is a Kansas corporation, incorporated as
A-l Suburban Home Cleaning, Inc. on January 1,1982. The name was changed to
Home Cleaning Centers of America, Inc. on July 25, 1983. Home Cleaning Centers
has no Predecessor, Affiliate, or Parent company.
Home Cleaning Centers has,
since its incorporation on January 1,1982, operated residential and commercial
cleaning services of the type to be operated by you. Home Cleaning Centers
operated a company owned Home Cleaning Centers of America business in Shawnee
Mission, Kansas, which operation was sold in January, 1985 and is now owned and
operated by a franchisee. Home Cleaning Centers sold its first home cleaning
franchise in March of 1984. Home Cleaning Centers does not offer franchises in
any other lines of business.
Home Cleaning Centers is
engaged in the sale of franchises for the operation of commercial and
residential cleaning services under the name "Home Cleaning Centers of America". The franchises sold by us contain the rights to service an exclusive
geographical territory and it is our belief that the territories which we grant
are significantly larger than territories granted by competing home cleaning
franchises
The franchise consists of the
sale of residential and commercial cleaning services, including carpet and
upholstery cleaning. You will sell only services and will not be in the
business of selling cleaning products to customers.
The market for residential
service is expected to be primarily middle and upper income households where
both spouses are employed. The market for business is expected to be small
businesses, primarily the cleaning of office areas.
You will utilize a common
business format and will operate under uniform methods of operation. You will
be purchasing certain specified major cleaning materials and equipment and will
follow certain cleaning methods and procedures to be outlined by us.
The only governmental
regulations pertaining directly to the home cleaning industry are O.S.H.A
regulations dealing with the labeling of cleaning supply containers and spray
bottles.
Your competition will come from national home cleaning chains and
franchises, as well as local individual maids and maid businesses.
