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A Franchise Charges an Arm and a Leg for This.
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47 tools across 12 categories — the stack behind a franchise-grade HVAC, plumbing, or electrical business, with real pricing and an honest take on every one.
What's in it
- Job management — Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan and Workiz, with what each one is actually good at
- Lead generation — Local Services Ads, Google Ads, Meta, Angi, Thumbtack and Nextdoor, and which to start with
- Website, local SEO and Google Business Profile — the binder a franchisee gets handed on day one
- Reviews, online booking, call tracking and texting — the systems that stop leads leaking
- Invoicing, payments, accounting, payroll and hiring — the whole back office
- CRM, follow-up automation and reporting — so you know which jobs your money is coming from
The whole stack runs roughly $300–$800 a month in software. A home-services franchise wants a $42,500 fee, $150,000 to $300,000 to open the doors, and then 8% of everything you earn after that.
We build this exact stack for trade businesses for a flat monthly fee. We're publishing the whole list anyway — if you'd rather build it yourself, build it yourself.