Products & Services: Interior & exterior sandless wood refinishing

Number of Locations: 268

Total Investment: $11.94K – 62.54K

Founded: 2004

Began Franchising: 2005
About Mr. Sandless/Dr. DecknFence
Mr. Sandless franchisees use a method for refinishing wood floors that does not require sanding. The company’s finishes are certified green, and its services have been used by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Where Seeking Franchisees: Franchisor is seeking new franchise units worldwide.
Startup Costs, Ongoing Fees and Financing
Total Investment: $11,945 – $62,550
Franchise Fee: $2,500 – $16,000
Ongoing Royalty Fee: 5%
Term of Franchise Agreement: 10 years, renewable
Financial Requirements
Net Worth: $20,000
Liquid Cash Available: $10,000
Operations
Franchise can be run from home. 100% of all franchisees own more than one unit. Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2. Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators).

How This Franchise Supports Franchisees
Training: Available at headquarters: 1 week.
Ongoing Support: Newsletter, Meetings, Grand opening, Internet
Other marketing support: Intranet
Franchise Ranking History
Franchise 500®: #184 (2013), #125 (2012), #162 (2011), #253 (2010), #227 (2009),
Fastest-Growing: #56 (2012), #38 (2011), #38 (2010), #46 (2009),
Low-Cost: #28 (2013), #17 (2012), #34 (2011), #60 (2010), #44 (2009),
Top New: #3 (2010), #11 (2009),
Top Home-Based: #41 (2013), #26 (2012), #45 (2011), #70 (2010), #56 (2009),
America’s Top Global: #125 (2013), #103 (2012), #128 (2011), #188 (2010), #174 (2009),

Our Mission: To refinish the world, one customer, one floor at a time!

Who we are: Mr. Sandless® is the #1 floor refinisher in the world!

Our Goal: To dominate the refinishing and maintenance market.

Our Values: Mr. Sandless is committed to bringing an environmentally safe refinishing to the communities we serve, while providing opportunity to develop business leaders in those communities. We believe that working together is essential to our continued success. We believe in the Mr. Sandless system, our business model, our owner/operators, suppliers, company employees, and having all of these work as one for all of our success.   At Mr. Sandless, we have a code of honor that we live by.  We will do all things in a professional manner, provide the best and most excellent service we can to our customers, and always strive to put our customers first.

We are the American Dream!

Our Partners: Mr. Sandless is a gold sponsor of Alex’s Lemonade, who provides valuable research into curing childhood cancers.  

Our Milestones: We opened in 2004, started franchising in 2006 with just 12 sites open.  By 2008, we had 89 units open.  By 2010 we had 219 units open, and ended 2011 with an astounding 265 and #1 in our franchise category! Mr. Sandless has been featured in Newsweek, Entrepreneur Magazine, HGTV, Forbes, The LA Times, The Chicago Daily Herald, Business Journal, Franchise Times, All Business, and many other publications.  

Our Affiliations: Mr. Sandless is proud members of The International Franchise Association, National Wood Floor Association, The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Philadelphia Apartment Association and the Better Business Bureau.

Our Offering: We offer a revolutionary way to refinish hard wood floors. We do it without odor, without the high cost of sanding, and without the mess that sanding leaves behind. That’s because we do it without sanding!

Dr. DecknFence® is the outdoor version of Mr. Sandless®.  We offer our clients a vast improvement to their decks, fences, patios, gazebos with no downtime or cleanup, with a system that is easy to learn, in-demand, with large exclusive territories and is certified green, kid and pet safe!

This is your opportunity to add the income you have always wanted!  Run as a part time venture, an add-on to a Mr. Sandless business, or as a free standing business!