Gotcha Covered franchise owners enjoy a high-income potential, impressive margins, and a great lifestyle selling blinds, shutters, shades and custom draperies to the home and commercial markets. Invest in yourself with a Gotcha Covered window treatment franchise. This low-risk, home-based business is the change you’ve been looking for.
Nearly 30 years ago, our founders developed software to streamline the sales process for window treatments. Since then, we have continued to grow, evolve, hit significant milestones, and win awards.
2009: Started franchising as Gotcha Covered
2015: Launched proprietary franchise management software
2016: Aggregated online rating of 4.9/5 stars; maintained ever since
2019: Surpassed $25 million in annual sales; surpassed 100 franchise locations
2020: Ranked as a Top 500 Franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for the first time
2021: Surpassed $50 million in annual sales; acquired by Five Star Franchising
2022: Sold a record number of franchises and won a record number of 10 industry awards
2023: Surpassed 150 franchise locations open
2024: Industry Recognition through Q1’24 - 2024 Entrepreneur Franchise 500 (#359) and Fastest Growing (#105), Franchise Business Review Top 200 and Top Franchises for Women.
WHY GOTCHA COVERED?
Look around and you will see windows everywhere. Every home and every business has windows that need to be covered. This $20 billion industry is largely unbranded. Here’s some of the reasons we think it’s the best opportunity you’ve never heard of:- Fragmented industry – the largest retailer has 3% market share, and the rest is mostly small, independent dealers that lack buying power, marketing sophistication or technology
- Simple business requires no design experience
- Lifestyle business, 9 to 5 with flexibility for work/life balance
- Regardless of the economy, windows always need to be covered
- Low startup cost – high income potential
- Cash flow friendly with no inventory or aging receivables (customers pay before ordering)
- High Gross Margins on Sales Contracts (Over 50%)
- High Sales Contracts Average Amounts ($4,000+)
- High Appointment Closing Ratios (Over 50%)
- High Customer Referral Rate
- Large Marketing Territories
- Flat-fee Royalty with low initial investment
TRAINING & SUPPORT
Initial and Ongoing Training:
- Initial Training: 5 days in Colorado, 5 days in territory
- Advanced Training: 4 days in Colorado(in the fiscal quarter following initial training)
- Ongoing Training: Webinars for training in sales & marketing, business building, products and more, business development workshops, and annual meeting
- Intranet for on demand training and support
- Appointments, Estimates, Orders, Reports
- Collaboration and Inspiration
- Client relationship management
- Workflow management
- Accounting integration
- E-marketing integration
Sales & Marketing:
Our remarkably high 4.9/5 online rating, as well as our partnerships with home services websites, increase your potential for leads and referrals. At launch, we ensure that your business is listed with our partners so you have immediate visibility with your new client base. (Angi, HomeAdvisor, HomeStars, Houzz, Yelp, etc.) When possible, our partners provide discounts on membership fees, select keywords, lead bundles, and more.Our proven digital marketing assets convert views and clicks into clients
- Personalized initial marketing plan
- Personalized website and SEO
- Personalized monthly e-newsletters
- National marketing campaigns
- Social media content and ads
- LinkedIn and Google profiles
- Analytics dashboard
- Online review solicitation
- Direct marketing materials, Business cards, Direct mail, Print ads, Door hangers, Trade show displays & banners, Vehicle wraps, Postcards, Kiosks, Promotional products
- Franchise Starter Package includes a number of assets to help you engage customers right away, including our robust, multi-vendor sample kit
- Tools, resources and knowledge to help build a local referral network with furniture stores, interior designers, builders, realtors, and more (A-NET)
IDEAL CANDIDATE
Our franchisees’ backgrounds are diverse, ranging from stay-at-home moms to CEOs. Very few have design experience, and we’ve found that it has no bearing on success. Here is what does make a good franchisee:- High-energy, friendly personality
- Hard working and self-motivated
- Desire to work with people
- Sales and marketing experience is a bonus
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Gotcha Covered Named a Top 100 Franchise for Women by Franchise Business Review
Gotcha Covered, the leader in custom window treatment across the U.S. and Canada and part of the innovative, growing Five Star Franchising platform of home service brands, has been named a Top 100 Franchise for Women by Franchise Business Review.
With an emphasis on end-to-end consultations, Gotcha Covered provides homeowners and businesses with the best in soft and hard window treatments, including a variety of blinds, draperies, and smart home solutions.
Gotcha Covered, the leader in custom window treatment across the U.S. and Canada, has been named a Top 100 Franchise for Women by Franchise Business Review.
"Gotcha Covered is committed to the success of all of our franchise owners, who come from a wide range of backgrounds and bring a diversity of expertise," said Paul Linenberg, president of Gotcha Covered. "Franchise Business Review rankings stand out in the industry. They represent the real-world experience of franchise owners and show the true value of Gotcha Covered's proven support and systems."
Franchise Business Review, a franchise research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction, provides the only reviews of franchises based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. Franchise Business Review publishes its rankings of top franchises in its annual Guide to Today's Top Franchises, as well as in quarterly reports throughout the year that recognize the top franchises in specific sectors.
Gotcha Covered was among 350 franchise brands, representing over 8,500 female franchise owners, that participated in Franchise Business Review's research on the Top Franchises for Women. Gotcha Covered franchise owners were surveyed on 33 benchmark questions about their experience and satisfaction regarding critical areas of their franchise systems, including leadership, training and support, financial opportunity, and work/life balance.
"Franchising is a terrific option for women seeking business ownership on a full- or part-time basis," said Michelle Rowan, president and COO of Franchise Business Review. "With so many franchise opportunities to choose from, it's critical to do in-depth research to understand how satisfied current female franchise owners are with the training and support, work/life balance, financial opportunity, culture, and leadership of any brand they're considering before making an investment. When you look at the brands on this year's list of the Top Franchises for Women, 89% of women said they enjoy being part of their franchise organizations and 88% said they enjoy operating the business, making them all excellent options for women looking to make the transition to business ownership."
Gotcha Covered was named to Franchise Business Review's Top 200 Franchises list in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, the company appeared on FBR's lists of Top Low-Cost Franchises, Top Recession-Proof Franchises, Top Franchise Cultures and Most Innovative Franchises.
We felt the support that we've wanted to feel. We felt the camaraderie of the franchise and we really think it's been a wonderful experience for us and we would recommend it to just about everybody.
The resources are here with Five Star and Gotcha Covered...they provide all these resources to help you with things that maybe you're not good at.
Our income is probably three, four times what it was in the corporate world. Our time off is three or four times what it was.
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