Countrywide Grounds Maintenance was established in Manchester in 1984. Like many franchise brands, Countrywide didn’t start as a franchise, but instead grew as a successful independent outfit. With the Countrywide business model proving to build a secure yet growing income, the first local franchise owner was recruited in 1986, and the network has built from strength to strength ever since.
Fast forward to the present day, and Countrywide is a truly national company with 46 franchisees that cover the whole of the UK. Our network turnover has grown to over £37 million and shows no sign of stopping, with the essential ground’s maintenance services that we provide proving as crucial as ever to businesses, schools, hospitals and more.
Countrywide is a full and active member of the British Franchise Association and has been named an Elite Franchise ‘Top 100 Franchise’ every year since its UK launch.
Join Countrywide Grounds Maintenance and you’ll immediately tap into more than 30 years of franchising experience and gain access to one of the most comprehensive franchise support packages in the UK. Not to mention the exclusive national contracts with some of the UKs most recognised brands, including CBRE, Wickes, Travis Perkins and many more.
When looking for a new business venture, you want something that is robust, something that isn’t going to be swept aside by new technologies. With Countrywide, you have found just that. The truth is, while the grass keeps growing, we will always have work to complete and at high contract values.
What’s more, the Countrywide franchise model is built upon recurring revenue. Your business conducts its work for customers primarily on a pay-per-month basis meaning that you can scale your business on a foundation of regular contracted monthly payments. On top of this you will provide ‘extras’, one off works that you can fit between regular site visits.
As a Countrywide franchise owner, you won’t be conducting the grounds work yourself. Instead, your team of trained operatives will be providing a quality and complete service to:
• Schools
• Hospitals
• Business Parks
• Housing Associations
• Universities
• Hotels
• Graveyards/Cemeteries
• Heritage Sites
• Sports Grounds
• And More…
The Shropshire area of countrywide offers an excellent opportunity for someone with good management skills and little knowledge of soft landscaping to own and manage their own business, secure in the knowledge that it is founded on a working formula that is successful across the countrywide grounds maintenance network. With the right investment and focus the existing client base can be built on, opening more opportunity within the territory and this business could soon be a million-pound business, the owner have worked on providing a good reliable customer service which has not only retained customers but allowed us to expand through recommendations.
Within this territory there are some National Clients which include Travis Perkins, Nando’s, Network rail and recently added Cygnet Healthcare which we currently manage 4 sites, also there is more opportunity in the area to work with CBRE as we currently manage 3 sites.
The owners acquired the Shropshire territory in October 2019 and have grown the territory which had around £ 50,000.00 worth of work when starting and is now currently over £412,000.00 in 2022. Taking into account the fact that this growth occured throughout the years of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns, it is clear that there is so much more potential for growth within the area.
