The UK’s leading Commercial Cleaning & Facilities Management Franchise Opportunity
Build a recurring income | be your own boss | grow an asset to sell
Commercial cleaning and facilities management is a vast sector with continuous demand where you manage the needs of your clients, combining your team and the latest tech to deliver the bespoke mix of services their premises require.
Unlimited potential: NO territory restrictions
We have a refreshingly different approach: guiding, supporting and encouraging you to build a larger business, without restricting you to only operating in a small local territory. You can even utilise other franchisees located around the country to deliver your furthest contracts. Win-Win.
Additional income streams from multiple FM services
Your team will deliver the range of repeating relatively simple services, enabling you to build a contracted recurring income. Forge deep client relationships, while continually adding more contracts to grow an asset to sell in the future, all while enjoying a stable monthly income.
The latest cleaning science, tech and robotics
Benefit from the wider group’s experience and buying power to leverage the latest tech to save your cleaning operatives’ time and energy, enabling your NIC business to have a competitive advantage and to maximise profitability with the SME markets you will serve.
No experience needed: 1-2-1 business mentoring
“We believe we provide franchisees the highest level of personal guidance and support of any established franchise in the UK. Typically, each of our full-time Business Development Managers works 1-2-1 with five franchisees; providing ongoing coaching, guidance and support on every element of their business. The support changes as the franchisee confidence grows - it really works.- ”Jo Lock - BDM & Franchise General Manager (and former NIC franchise)
A market-leading brand for your business
Established over 50 years ago, the NIC Services Group has a team of over 10,000 people, serving the UK’s biggest brands. NIC Local benefits from the brand, accreditations, systems, tech and buying power, to target the higher-margin SME market.
Administrative support
We know how to make it easier for you, so you can engage the departments of the group’s vast head office team for supporting your business with functions such as administration, invoicing and credit control giving you valuable time to work on, not in, your business.
Daily Contract Cleaning – a necessity, not a luxury
With 80% of our customers being contracted to regular, often daily, cleans our franchisees businesses remain largely unaffected by seasonal or economic influences. Whilst many other sectors are struggling in the current environment our services have become even more valued.
Franchisees come from a wide range of backgrounds, all hungry to be successful
Leverage your prior career, contacts and sector experience to your benefit. With NIC alongside you, take on higher-margin locally based contracts: schools, colleges, offices, doctors and dental surgeries, retail outlets, university accommodation, car dealerships, pubs and restaurants…
It’s a massive market with no limits to growth and 80% of our customers are contracted for daily cleans.
A journey with guidance every step of the way
Before your business launches, you will undertake a one-week training course at our support office in Leeds. This enables you to really get to know the people at NIC – it’s like joining one big family.
Your role changes as you grow
Initially you can work from your home office, focusing on growing your contracts, with the constant support of your BDM’s 1-2-
1 guidance for every element of your business. This will enable you to learn and grow in confidence as you work together. We don’t know of another franchise with this level of personal mentoring in the UK.
Once your business is established your role elevates to leading your management team, who will oversee your operators. This will free you to focus on maintaining and building client relationships.
Join the NIC Family
NIC Services Group is one of the UK’s largest Contract Cleaning and Facilities Management businesses. Despite our size, with NIC still being family-owned and operated, we are able to retain the culture of a small business where people really do matter.
And with no territory restrictions, you won’t ever run out of target clients!
We have great relationships with the franchise departments of the major high street banks, who have a strong appetite to lend 70% of the start up costs. With a total investment of circa £45,000 including working capital, you will need to invest in the region of £14,000 from your own resources, with bank funding for the rest.
Build from a fresh start, or invest more to buy an existing portfolio. You won’t just build a healthy recuring income with your own NIC business, you will be creating an asset to sell in the future.
Get in touch with Phil to find out more…
Don’t hesitate – make the call that puts your future in your own hands
NIC Local franchisee finalises significant new contract with school network in the North East
We are happy to share fantastic news from one of NIC Local’s longest-serving franchisees.
Matthew Sammons, an NIC Local Regional Director in the Northeast, has been with us since 2011.
In that time, he has grown his business to an annual turnover of approximately £2.7 million and employs approximately 200 staff members.
That revenue has been gradually built up through 120 commercial cleaning contracts, and now he has one more to add to the list.
Inside Matthew’s significant new educational commercial cleaning contract
Matthew’s franchise has recently confirmed a new contract with the Pele Trust, a family of schools working together across Northumberland and North Tyneside.
It is a significant multi-year agreement, underscoring Matthew’s franchise’s capability and reliability in the education sector.
The contract will see Matthew deploying a dedicated team of cleaners to ensure the schools within the Pele Trust receive regular and thorough cleaning services.
The frequency and specific details of the cleaning schedule are tailored to meet the needs of each school, ensuring a clean and safe environment for students and staff.
Matthew said about the new contract win, “We are thrilled to partner with the Pele Trust. This collaboration reflects our commitment to providing exceptional cleaning services tailored to the unique needs of educational institutions.
“Our team is dedicated to maintaining a clean and healthy environment that supports the educational mission of the schools within the trust.
“We have become a trusted provider of school cleaning services, with all our contracts built on word of mouth. Our commitment to quality and reliability has been the cornerstone of our growth, and we are proud to serve 25 schools in and around Newcastle.”
How Matthew gained from his BDM and franchise network
All NIC Local franchisees benefit from ongoing 1:1 BDM support, no matter where they are in their franchise journey.
The NIC Local franchise team, including Matthew’s dedicated business development manager, were crucial in securing the Pele Trust contract.
“They provided invaluable support in understanding the Trust’s specific requirements and helped tailor the proposal to meet those needs effectively,” explains Matthew.
“Their expertise and guidance were instrumental in demonstrating our capability and reliability as a trusted cleaning provider.
“Additionally, collaboration and support from within the NIC Local network, including insights from other franchisees, have been vital in refining our approach and ensuring success in competitive tenders.”
To learn more about the invaluable benefits of having our franchise support team by your side, discover how they helped one new NIC Local business owner achieve 240% of his first-year forecast.
How can I become a NIC Local franchisee?
Please contact our franchise recruitment team to learn more about establishing a life-changing NIC Local business.
You will receive our franchise opportunity prospectus and be able to ask any questions to help you decide whether to manage a franchise in the lucrative commercial cleaning sector.
We look forward to hearing from you!
