Housing market, tenant turnover drive demand for Five Star Painting One of the best things about a painting franchise is that it’s largely recession-resistant. Whether the economy is going boom or bust, people need reliable, high-quality painting work for their homes and businesses. These days, even in the face of a still-sluggish economy and housing …
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Five Star Painting Franchise A Bright Option
Dismal housing news shines light on importance of a expert paint job. It’s sobering news for homeowners, but good news for Five Star Painting franchisees. Industry analysts say the housing market will remain lukewarm – at best – for the next two years. The Mortgage Bankers Association, a national trade group that represents more than …
Five Star Painting Franchisee Cruise
At Five Star Painting, we believe in fun. The company, including Five Star franchisees, takes a cruise every winter; this year our five-day excursion started in San Diego and visited Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico. We could talk more about it, but the pictures do a better job. We work hard all year and …
Baby Boomers Increase Demand for Five Star Painting’s Services
Largest, richest U.S. generation more likely to hire out painting Sociologists have compared the Baby Boomer generation to a pig moving through a python. They represent a humongous population born between 1945-1964. Why should a painting franchise care? Because this 76 million-plus demographic will help grow a painting business. Baby Boomers are the wealthiest generation …
Franchise Review: Interview with Five Star Painting Franchisees Adam and Meredith Gilpatrick
Adam and Meredith Gilpatrick own two Five Star franchises in North Carolina’s fast-growing Research Triangle area. They are self-described “do-it-yourselfers.” Before buying their franchises in 2006, the couple renovated housing properties on the side. Adam says one key to their success is their opposite – but compatible – work styles. Meredith is the detail person. …
Recession? What Recession? Five Star Painting Franchise Posts 45% Gain in Revenue for 2010
Painting franchisor up 45% for 2010; 4th record-breaking year in a row Five Star Painting Inc. continues to be a big success story in the slumping home services market. Despite a sluggish economy, the painting franchisor posted a 45% percent gain in individual franchise revenue for 2010 and expanded its franchise system nationally and internationally. …
Five Star Painting Franchisee Mike Christensen
Mike Christensen was on his way up the corporate ladder for almost three decades. Like many people who open small businesses, he was financially successful but was emotionally unsatisfied. When he lost his job in the semiconductor industry during the recession, he had a choice to make. Find something new in the corporate world or …
Five Star Painting Franchise Makes Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 List
Five Star only painting franchise to gain ground in Entrepreneur’s national survey SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Dec. 16, 2010 – After six years of explosive growth, Five Star Painting made Entrepreneur magazine’s “Franchise 500″ list, an annual ranking for top-producing national franchises. Entrepreneur magazine has been ranking the top 500 franchise companies for 31 years and examines …
Franchisee Interview: Five Star Painting’s Rick Watt
When the economy tanked in 2008, Rick Watt’s job in the mortgage industry was in jeopardy. He began a six-month-long search for a franchise that would capture his passion for service and devotion to ethics and fairness. Watt, a former police officer, already had been through a few career changes that taught him about the …
Happy Holidays from Five Star Painting Franchise’s Office of Characters
At Five Star Painting, we take our work seriously. We pride ourselves on helping our franchisees produce some of the highest quality painting jobs in the market and we work hard to make sure the customers who hire our franchisees have such a great experience they want to refer us to friends. We work hard …
