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pr o file : J im’s P ool Care
OFFICE BY THE POOL
Jim’s Pool Care continues to grow year on year and now has 118 franchise owners. The success has been built off the back of meeting growing customer demand for home services and a business model that is built around the franchisees’ goals and lifestyle. It is exciting as Jim’s Pool Care continues to grow. We now have Mobile Pool Shops in all major cities around Australia and the recent growth being driven from people wanting to take control of their work/life balance and many wanting to work closer to home. Jim’s Franchise owners can sell ongoing services, retail items, chemicals, and charge for their time. All these income streams ensure that owning a Jim’s Pool Care Mobile Shop gives you flexibility and multiple ways to make money from a growing industry.
Services include pool cleaning, regular maintenance, pool heating, pool inspections, lighting, pool blankets, and robotic cleaners.
Why does Jim’s Pool Care continue to grow? As a key division of the Jim’s Group, Jim’s Pool Care began around 15 years ago in Western Australia. Owner and General Manager Brett Blair has seen the franchise chain grow from around 30 to 118 franchisees and 13 Regional Franchisors over his 11 years in the role. Mr Blair believes a key success factor has been franchise satisfaction, by offering a system that is easy to follow and allows owners to build a business to suit their lifestyle and goals. “The Jim’s Pool Care concept is a true mobile pool shop that not only provides pool maintenance but sells a full and complete range of pool equipment and chemicals,” says Brett. “Our team are mobile pool shops on wheels. This means our franchisees can charge for their time and earn great margins on lucrative chemical and pool equipment
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products. So, you can work smarter and not harder by building long term relationships with customers. “Reflecting on the last 11 years and this amazing growth of Jim’s Pool Care, I am very proud of the team and the individuals who invested in our business and invested in themselves. Their reward is they are in a business that has no limits on their growth, they have full flexibility over how hard they work, their lifestyle choices and they are in fact their own boss. It is not easy for any new business to start up and it takes hard work each time, but my team are always here and committed to be there for their journey.”
Jim’s Group – A Huge Network that Works As part of the Jim’s Group – there are currently over 4000+ Jim’s franchisees making it one of Australia’s recognised brands. Jim’s Pool Care is big on ongoing support. After a thorough initial training program, to support our franchisees and encourage continual professional development, we ensure we have regular meetings and supplier training sessions
