Invest in your own specialist drain servicing business with the famous Dyno-Rod brand. Start your business with employees, vehicles and an established income stream.
Leading brand, lucrative sector
- Stable service mix: profitable emergency work, repairs and recurring commercial contracts
- Brand power: Dyno-Rod is synonymous with drain repairs across the UK
- National and key accounts: regular work from big businesses in your territory(s)
- Continuous demand: 24/7/365 for domestic and commercial customers
- Fewer employees = less stress: start with a team of c.10 staff per territory
- Truly recession resistant: unblocking drains is unaffected by the economy
About you and your role
Franchisees come from a wide range of backgrounds, the most successful sharing an ability to manage their drainage engineers.
This is not an absentee investment opportunity, your role as franchisee and business owner is to lead your team, ensure an exceptional level of customer service is delivered and focus on growing your business, with guidance and support available for you at every stage.
World-class systems and support
Your business support team at Centrica plc (Dyno-Rod’s parent company) is led by long-standing franchisee advocates, leaders who are driving the next exciting era for Dyno-Rod business owners.
- World-class business information and management systems to empower you with the reporting and insight you need to manage and grow your business.
- Out-of-hours enquiry handling, job bookings and cashflow admin by an inhouse team mainly located at Centrica’s Stockport offices.
- HR, Legal and H&S guidance from leading consultants helping to ensure you can keep your business operations compliant.
- A national and key accounts sales team that win work for franchisees, adding to your locally won emergency residential and commercial contracts.
- Long-standing experienced team of business coaches who provide one-2-one in-territory guidance and support covering every element of your business.
First established in 1963, Dyno-Rod is widely recognised and trusted, with customers expecting both service excellence and premium pricing. This brand reputation is maintained through national marketing activity (some examples below) and you will also benefit from local lead generation.
Your Business Journey
This is a proven franchise opportunity, one of the oldest in the world! Dyno-Rod franchisees often build sizeable multi-territory, multi-service operations. Due to their commitment and hard work, established franchisees can enjoy healthy incomes, a good work/life balance and build a sizeable pension pot for their future. Many of the larger businesses command £1m+ valuations.
Interesting facts about Dyno-Rod
- The brand is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2023 and is one of the oldest franchises in the world
- Some franchisees have operated their Dyno-Rod businesses for 30+ years
- Originally franchised by the industry legend Jim Zockoll, a former airline pilot
- Founding members of the British Franchise Association
- One of our franchisees has the Royal Warrant serving King Charles’s Sandringham Estate
- Contracts to work at sites for Costa Coffee, CBRE, British Gas, Amazon
- A constant stream of work from the British Gas service contracts
- More than 400,000 drains cleared in the last 2 years
The Next Step
There are several routes into owning your own Dyno-Rod business with different levels of investment from £300k upwards.
Whether you are looking for a proven management franchise and have no experience of the sector or are an ambitious manager of an existing drainage business – please get in touch with one of the team at Dyno-Rod HQ to find out more.
How Dyno-Rod franchisees are driving team performance and retention with our Orange Moments rewards app
With more than 1,200 engineers and support staff working across 54 Dyno-Rod franchises throughout the UK, we understand the strength of our network lies in the people who represent our brand on the ground.
But as any strong franchisor will testify, maintaining team engagement, motivation, and consistency across such a wide footprint is no small task.
To that end, we have always been proactive in ensuring our franchisees have the tools they need to inspire and retain high-performing teams, as they are crucial to their business’ success.
And it’s why we launched Orange Moments, our dynamic new colleague engagement and rewards app, in September 2024.
What is Orange Moments?
Built in partnership with Rippl, Orange Moments is a fully branded, all-in-one app that brings staff recognition, communication, benefits, and rewards together in one easy-to-access place.
Available via desktop, iOS or Android, it was created to be mobile-first and user-friendly for our busy teams working in the field.
Key features include:
- Social timeline and community groups which enable staff connection and engagement
- Personalised recognition cards that celebrate triumphs big and small.
- Centralised reward pots for franchisees to celebrate great work from team members, with points redeemable at 300+ retailers.
- Benefits Hub to enable colleagues to take advantage of discount vouchers and wellbeing resources, wherever they are.
- News feed that keeps every colleague aligned and informed on business-wide news, updates and announcements.
- 'Configurable incentives and competitions personalised to business objectives.
- Training decks, surveys, polls and customisable content modules to develop staff skills and career growth opportunities
Crucially, franchisees are empowered to spotlight staff achievements in real time, which has proven to be a differentiator in keeping employees engaged and motivated.
What impact has Orange Moments had?
Orange Moments has already had a transformative impact on Dyno-Rod’s franchise operations. The numbers after just six months of use speak for themselves:
- 500+ recognitions sent, celebrating performance and long-service milestones
- 4000+ social timeline posts and interactions
- 2,300+ news articles read
- 420 learning and training decks completed
- 6,500+ views of Benefits Hub
- Almost £82,000 spent on discount vouchers, saving over £4,000
Most impressively, employee turnover is 72% lower for engaged users on Orange Moments compared to those who are yet to register.
These results show a clear return for franchisees who embrace the platform as part of their operations.
Why Orange Moments is such an important development for our franchise network
Finding and keeping the right people is one of the biggest challenges all businesses face.
With job markets becoming increasingly competitive across the country, standing out as an employer of choice is more important than ever. But the Orange Moments app is helping our franchisees do just that.The early success of Orange Moments underlines the power of meaningful engagement; when employees feel valued, they stay longer, perform better, and contribute to a stronger business culture.
For current Dyno-Rod franchisees, this is directly translating into reduced recruitment costs, improved customer satisfaction, and greater long-term profitability.
And for those considering joining our network, it’s another clear example of our forward-thinking approach and unrelenting commitment to franchisee success.
“It’s been great to partner with Rippl in developing our Orange Moments platform,” commented Lee Parry, Dyno-Rod’s Network Performance and Strategy Manager.
“The collaboration represents a significant step forward in enhancing how we can support our franchises and their employees.
“Together, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that support improving recruitment and retention of people through engagement, recognition and benefits.”
Interested in finding out more about Dyno-Rod franchise opportunities?
If you want to learn more about how Dyno-Rod can support you in leading a high-performing business in a sector with 24/7 demand, please visit our dedicated franchise information page.
Opportunities are available across the UK for driven individuals ready to build the future of drainage and plumbing, backed by a brand that truly invests in people.
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