1-800-SWEEPER:
10 YEARS OF GROWTH AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS I
t’s been nearly 10 years since 1-800-SWEEPER burst
sure how it was going to be received in order to attract
onto the power sweeping industry scene in August
enough like-mind company owners to make it work,”
of 2011. Armed with a vision, a powerful vanity
says Lucht, President of the organization. “It’s been a
phone number and the support of 22 sweeping
work in progress, and we’ve made some great strides over the last 10 years, while
company owners, Mike Lucht began what
building many strong
remains to be the only
“It’s been a work in progress,
co-op organization in
and we’ve made some
the sweeping industry.
great strides over the last
was going to be easy, but
10 years, while building
an extremely rewarding
many strong relationships
experience.” But make
Headquartered in Toledo, OH, 1-800-SWEEPER now boasts 40 buying group Vendor Partners and 55 Member Partners
along the way...
relationships along the way. No one expected it the challenge has been
it work they did, and 1-800-SWEEPER is proud
representing market
of their accomplishments
coverage of over 95 area
and the contributions
codes across the United States accounting for 18 of
they have made to the businesses represented in the
the top 20 metro markets and 50% of the country’s
group and the power sweeping industry in general.
population. “When we launched the organization, there was no play book to guide us and we weren’t
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Launching the 1800sweeper.com website in October 2011 was the first step in getting the start-
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