Inc.com, - Inc. magazine, announced this week the Colorado franchisee for City Wide Maintenance is one of the fastest growing private companies in America for the second ongoing year.
Inc.com, - Inc. magazine, announced this week the Colorado franchisee for City Wide Maintenance is one of the fastest growing private companies in America for the second ongoing year.
Inc. 5000, an extension of Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 500 list, is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy - America's independent-minded entrepreneurs.
"Our second annual Inc. 5000 continues the most ambitious project of business journalism," says Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. "The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivalled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth."
"Our industry is virtually recession proof," says Tom Stone, Vice President of City Wide Franchise Company. "Every business is a prospect and every business needs the services we sell. City Wide Maintenance of Colorado was one of 532 ‘Business Services' companies on the Inc.5000 ranking this year and I'd be surprised if many others enjoy such a favorable business climate."
"City Wide Maintenance of Colorado and others companies that strive to make this list each year are the backbone of the US economy, adds Stone. "They're steady in their approach to growth and work very hard to keep the business on the books."
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 commercial 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." The City Wide franchise model requires few employees to operate the business and requires little to no inventory or equipment investment. Auto-renewing contracts offer compounding growth.
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 Tucson AZ, San Diego CA, Orange County CA, Denver CO, Jacksonville FL, Atlanta GA, Indianapolis IN, Boston MA, Minneapolis MN, St. Louis MO, Charlotte NC, Omaha NE, Newark NJ, Cincinnati OH, Columbus OH, Cleveland OH, Nashville TN, Dallas TX, Houston TX, San Antonio and Lenexa KS.
Complete information on this year's Inc. 5000, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The list features a profile for each company, almost all of them written as a result of Inc. interviews with management. In addition, the list is searchable according to numerous criteria, including industry, city, state, region, and year founded.
Methodology
The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, independent - not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies - as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.
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