North American Sweeper - March 2021

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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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