“I’m building a £2m+ business with 120+ operators overseen by my management team.” |
Build a recurring income | Be Your own boss | Grow an asset to sell
Commercial cleaning and facilities management is a vast sector with continuous demand where you manage the needs of your clients, combining your team and the latest tech to deliver the bespoke mix of services their premises require.
The NIC Commercial Cleaning Franchise has a refreshingly different approach: guiding, supporting and encouraging you to build a larger business, without restricting you to only operating in a small local territory. You can even utilise other franchisees located around the country to deliver your furthest contracts. Win-Win.
Your team will deliver the range of repeating relatively simple services, enabling you to build a contracted recurring income. Forge deep client relationships, while continually adding more contracts to grow an asset to sell in the future, all while enjoying a stable monthly income.
Benefit from the wider group’s experience and buying power to leverage the latest tech to save your cleaning operatives’ time and energy, enabling your NIC Franchise business to have a competitive advantage and to maximise profitability with the SME markets you will serve.
We believe we provide franchisees the highest level of personal guidance and support of any established franchise in the UK. Typically, each of our full-time Business Development Managers works 1-2-1 with five franchisees; providing ongoing coaching, guidance and support on every element of their business. The support changes as the franchisee confidence grows - it really works. |
Financial and business planning guidance |
Field support with winning and setting up new clients |
Stay up to date with evolving |
Established over 50 years ago, the NIC Services Group has a team of over 10,000 people, serving the UK’s biggest brands. NIC Local benefits from the brand, accreditations, systems, tech and buying power, to target the higher-margin SME market.
NIC know how to make it easier for you, so you can engage the departments of the group’s vast head office team for supporting your business with functions such as administration, invoicing and credit control giving you valuable time to work on, not in, your business.
With 80% of NIC's customers being contracted to regular, often daily, cleans our franchisees businesses remain largely unaffected by seasonal or economic influences. Whilst many other sectors are struggling in the current environment NIC's services have become even more valued.
Initially you can work from your home office, focusing on growing your contracts, with the constant support of your BDM’s 1-2-1 guidance for every element of your business. This will enable you to learn and grow in confidence as you work together.
Once your business is established your role elevates to leading your management team, who will oversee your operators. This will free you to focus on maintaining and building client relationships.
Lead your small management team in your office |
Oversee operational activity in your business |
Check-in with your supervisor and operatives on sites |
START | GROW | SCALE-UP | ESTABLISHED | BUILD BIGGER |
Start your business, win your first contracts and grow your cleaning team |
Grow your business, employ the first member of your management team | Scale-up, adding more team members; focus on the areas of the business you enjoy |
Enjoy a healthy work-life balance – your hard work early on is now paying off |
No territory limits means no limits on your growth, and when you’re ready, sell your portfolio |
0 - £150k | c.£150K-£300K | c.£300K-£500K | c.£500K-£1M | c£1M-£4M+ |
NIC Services Group is one of the UK’s largest Contract Cleaning and Facilities Management businesses. Despite their size, with NIC still being family-owned and operated, they are able to retain the culture of a small business where people really do matter.
And with no territory restrictions, you won’t ever run out of target clients!
NIC have great relationships with the franchise departments of the major high street banks, who have a strong appetite to lend 70% of the start up costs. With a total investment of circa £45,000 including working capital, you will need to invest in the region of £14,000 from your own resources, with bank funding for the rest.
Build from a fresh start, or invest more to buy an existing portfolio. You won’t just build a healthy recurring income with your own NIC Franchise business, you will be creating an asset to sell in the future.
The commercial cleaning industry is a very lucrative market with high return on investment and continual year-on year growth.Nusrat Ali
We really enjoy running a franchise, especially being your own boss and the independence that brings.Kerry Miller
I have grown my business to over £700,000 since joining NIC.Rob Hampton
Comprehensive training & on-going support programme
Huge market potential – industry worth over £8.8 billion
Over 50 years of industry experience and over 20 years of franchising experience