City Wide Franchise Company Expands Its Reach Into Southeast

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Bill Dube

Company Awards Large Charlotte Market to Single Ownership Team

(Lenexa, KS)– As part of the Kansas City-based company’s national expansion, City Wide Franchise Company – the country’s leading sales and management franchise company in the building maintenance industry – announces its newest addition to its growing list of franchisees and markets.

Now located in 16 markets with the one corporate location, City Wide is proud to introduce Mr. Kenneth Ayers and Mr. Sam Ayers as the new franchisees for City Wide Maintenance of Charlotte, located in Charlotte.  Their exclusive territory encompasses the entire major metro market of Charlotte, North Carolina.

“Kenneth and Sam have been a successful Father/Son business team for years and there’s no reason to expect anything but success from them as they start their City Wide franchise,” says Tom Stone, Vice President of City Wide Franchise Company.  “City Wide Maintenance of Charlotte represents our third major market opened in the Southeast in the past two years.  Our goal is to expand our footprint in that region as we seek other qualified franchise owners for our model.” 

City Wide Franchise Company offers a professional sales and management franchise opportunity within the building maintenance industry.  City Wide utilizes a unique business model to cross-sell and deliver 20+ services to its clients, including janitorial, carpet cleaning, window washing, parking lot maintenance and tenant improvements.  City Wide is the “Total Solution” to its clients for building maintenance services. 

City Wide focuses exclusively on the professional, B2B market by capitalizing on the growing business trend of “outsourcing.”  Auto-renewing contracts offer compounding growth within a virtually recession-proof industry.  The City Wide franchise model requires few employees to operate the business and requires little to no inventory or equipment investment.

City Wide Maintenance was founded in Kansas City, MO by Frank Oddo in 1959 and is now a national organization with multiple franchise locations.  Current President, Jeff Oddo, second generation owner of the family business, began franchising the company’s business model in 2001.

City Wide is a national company with locations in San Diego CA, Orange County CA, Denver CO, Atlanta GA, Indianapolis IN, Minneapolis MN, St. Louis MO, Charlotte NC, Omaha, NE, Newark NJ, Cincinnati OH, Columbus OH, Cleveland OH, Nashville, TN, Dallas TX, Houston TX and Lenexa KS.