Business opportunities in the lawn care industry and the garden service industry are positively easier to throw yourself into, because they are generally less expensive

COMPARE LAWNPRO TO A GARDEN SERVICE BUSINESS

How does this Lawnpro franchise compare to a garden service business?

If you have any questions please phone 012 803-4387 or email us on

richie@lawnchemicare.co.za or send particulars here.

First of all; Lawnpro franchisees don't mow or cut lawns. They are all professionally trained Lawn Doctors. As you would expect a Doctor has a patient which is his customer's lawn in this instance. He does not have a supervisor or a boss who he has to report to either, his is a professional job for which he has been trained and on which he is extremely proud. That is the life of a Lawn Doctor, upstanding and intelligent.

It is a criminal offence for garden service companies to treat lawns against pests and diseases, unless they have passed a course like Lawnpro's certificated course. There are thousands of garden service owners who are breaking the law of the Department of Agriculture by applying chemicals and other substabces to lawns without the required qualifications. The Department has its hands full in trying to prevent these operators, and you can play an honest role by exposing these individuals.

Lawnpro visits each client at least 4 times a year, 1 time every season.

A Garden service visits a client at least 52 times a year, 12 times a season.

VERY IMPORTANT: Bear in mind that there are only 4 seasons in a year and that a Lawnpro franchisee will visit each lawn 4 times a year. ONLY 4 TIMES A YEAR.

If a garden service owner has 270 customers he has to visit 270 customers every week. 52 TIMES A YEAR IS THIRTEEN TIMES MORE THAN A LAWN DOCTOR.

If a Lawnpro franchisee has 270 customers he has to visit 22.5 customer a week. THIS IS ONLY ABOUT 4 CUSTOMERS A DAYAGAINST THE GARDEN SERVICE WHO HAS TO SEE MORE THAN 50 CUSTOMERS A DAY.

WITHOUT GOING INTO ALL THE DETAIL IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A GARDEN SERVICE COMPANY WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVICE 270 CUSTOMERS A WEEK:

4 VEHICLES,
4 SUPERVISOR DRIVERS,
25 LABOURERS,
4 TRAILERS,
12 LAWNMOWERS
WHEEL BARROWS
RAKES
SPADES
EDGE TRIMMERS
SPARES
LABOUR RELATED PROBLEMS,
THEFT AND
BREAKAGES PROBLEMS.

WITHOUT GOING INTO ALL THE DETAIL IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A LAWNPRO FRANCHISEE WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING TO SERVICE 270 CUSTOMERS A YEAR:

THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS, WORKING AS THE LAWN DOCTOR,
PLUS ONE LABOURER AND
ONE VEHICLE WITH
THE LAWNPRO TRAILER.

BOTH COMPANIES WILL MAKE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME GROSS PROFIT BEFORE PAYING OVERHEADS LIKE LABOUR, TRANSPORT AND PETROL etc; SEE THIS SECTION ABOUT PROFITS HERE.

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Our research undertaken by the marketing research division of SAHII accurately determined that there are more than 4550 contracted garden service providers in Southern Africa. Consider the amount of effort, infrastructure and the accompanying overheads that go into a garden service provider, then it is easy to understand why Lawnpro, as a franchise business opportunity makes such logic.

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