Chem-Dry Carpet Drapery & Upholstery Cleaning Franchise News

Zack Fight of Kentucky, Wes Parkinson of Michigan Overcome Tornado, Knee Damage to Open Chem-Dry Locations
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - May 15, 2012) - The two newest members of the Chem-Dry franchise family are longtime small businessmen who fought through injury and natural disaster to open their Chem-Dry locations in areas new to the world's largest carpet cleaner.
Wes Parkinson of Grand Rapids, Mich., was all set to move forward with his training and opening in late spring. Then, a few weeks ago, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees while playing pickup basketball at lunch.
Parkinson plans to open in July now. But the injury hasn't deterred him. "We offer something better," he said. "If I didn't believe in it, I wouldn't do it...

Chem-Dry Carpet Cleaning Companies Strengthen Hold on Important Demographics
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - May 9, 2012) - Chem-Dry, the world's largest carpet cleaning company with more than 3,500 units, recently expanded its franchise holdings in key markets in Colorado, Texas and Illinois.
Two bought additional licenses in their existing areas. A third, Ishmael Acquah, bought a new license in another state and installed his longtime lead technician as the new franchise's manager. Acquah owns three Chem-Dry licenses covering the Orlando and St. Augustine, Fla., areas, and his longtime lead tech in Orlando, Joel Figuera, wanted to move back to his hometown of Chicago.
So Acquah, realizing a business opportunity and a chance to help a friend, bought a Chem-Dry license on the potentially lucrative north side of Chicago, covering parts of Cook and DuPage counties...

Carpet Covers Nearly Half of the Nation's Flooring, and Other Surfaces Need Cleaning Too
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - Apr 12, 2012) - As the nation continues to pull itself out of recession, demand grows for reliable, affordable ways to maintain surfaces in the country's homes.
Market data this year have revealed some signs that the nation's housing market, depressed and stagnant since its 2008 collapse, is slowly recovering. The number of Americans who signed contracts in January to buy homes rose to its highest level in nearly two years, and buyer interest -- fueled by low home prices and record-low interest rates -- is at its highest point in several years.
"As the housing market goes, so goes our business, because we pride ourselves on keeping the surfaces in homes clean and healthy," said Dan Tarantin, president and CEO of Nashville-based Harris Research Inc...

Franchise Clique has signed a new client Chem-Dry Carpet Cleaning Franchise. Chem-Dry is a highly specialized upholstery and carpet cleaning business.
Charleston, SC (PRWEB) April 01, 2012 - Dave Schwartz is a pretty proud business owner today. Though he has been practically obsessed with contracting new clients to his website FranchiseClique.com for the past two years, there is no excitement quite like signing a huge franchisor like Chem-Dry. Chem-Dry is one of the leaders in the cleaning franchiseindustry, ranking #46 on Entrprenuer Magazine’s Top 500 Franchises in 2012 list. “It’s a coveted position; many other companies would love to be where Chem-Dry is,” Dave Schwartz boasted. And it’s great for his business as well...

May 20, 2010 // Franchising.com // (Logan, UT)-- Chem-Dry now offers a more comprehensive, natural clean. Chem-Dry's scientists have revamped three new products to provide customers with a green cleaning from start to finish. To complete this line of products, Chem-Dry's green product list will now include three newly released products: sanitizer, pre-spray and protectant.

Ed Durrant, Chem-Dry's lead chemist is excited about the three new green solutions, he said, "We care about the environment and our customers; so concocting more green products to offer customers a more complete green clean was what we determined to do."

Upon application, these three products along with Chem-Dry's core cleaner, The Natural, combine together to create the proprietary Chem-Dry cleaning process...