Backyard Services Increase Pinch A Penny Pool Franchise Opportunities

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What backyard services can a Pinch A Penny pool franchise offer?

Pinch A Penny’s strategic focus on customers’ backyards has helped grow the brand and its franchisees’ bottom lines the right way.

“We are building programs that are complementary additions to the business model,” says Troy Lindbeck, Pinch A Penny’s Vice President of Operations. “We are always looking for services that fit – those that help people enjoy their pool and backyard areas.”

Pinch A Penny’s three-pronged business model includes retail, pool cleaning, and ancillary services, also known as “backyard services.” The ancillary services include power washing, leak detection, pool resurfacing, hardscaping, and building outdoor kitchens. The last ancillary service introduced was landscape lighting, which debuted at Pinch A Penny’s 2020 trade show. Over the next seven months, Pinch A Penny rolled out training, products, and merchandising to support landscape lighting services. Like all ancillary services, it’s up to each individual franchise owner whether they add a new service to their offerings.

The retail operation and pool cleaning are at the core of the business, and Lindbeck says he advises new franchisees to concentrate on those core services first. “At the end of the day, you’re buying a pool store, and the store cleans pools. The ancillary services come later. These are services you don’t have to offer. After you’re established, however, you begin to look for new ways to boost revenues, and the ancillary services can do that.”

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Nick Walker has owned the North Lakeland, Florida, store for five years. He began working for a previous owner when he was only a teenager, then worked with the next owner as a college student and became a partner in the business.

Four to five years ago, Walker’s store began offering pressure washing and screening, and since then he has added the installation of pavers for the pool deck and driveway, deck renovation, sanding, and sealing. Earlier this year, he began offering pool remodeling.

These backyard services account for about half of the store’s total revenue. In fact, the store has doubled its growth over the last two years largely because of the revenue from ancillary services.

“We listen to what our customers say they want,” Walker says. “Then we add services that we know people need and that not a lot of people provide. Customers frequently ask who we would recommend for different services, and it’s all stuff we can do. You don’t want to see that money walk out the door.”

Listening to his customers was exactly how Walker got into the screen repair business. “There were not many people in our area who did screen repair. We had people from neighboring cities who would come into the store and give us their cards to hand out. Growth is not always about adding money to the bank. Sometimes it’s just finding out what your customers want and providing that. It’s just good customer service.”

Lindbeck agrees that the smart way to grow the business is to learn the retail and cleaning side, then listen to your customers about which ancillary services they want and need.

“After you’re established, you begin to learn about your customers and neighborhoods and what they want and need,” Lindbeck says. “If a customer is in the store three times per month for supplies, we want to be able to talk about what else we can do for them. After all, you can only sell a person so much chlorine.”

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Perfect Time to Convert to a Pinch A Penny Franchise

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You already own a pool business. You may already have trucks and employees and possibly a retail location. You’ve built your own business servicing pools in your area. You love being your own boss and setting your own schedule, but many days you could use some more support, guidance and resources. This summer is the perfect time for independent pool business owners to consider converting to a Pinch A Penny franchise. Franchising with Pinch A Penny offers numerous benefits that can help owners not only protect their investment but also grow their business. As the nation’s largest swimming pool retail, service and repair franchise, Pinch A Penny has developed a dominant presence in a booming backyard-focused industry that’s led to the highest average unit sales in the industry at more than $1.5 million.* When you join the Pinch A Penny family, you gain increased value and support when you are preparing to retire and sell the business; a proven business model with multiple streams of revenue; and purchasing power through our franchise system.

Exit strategy assistance

We understand you are proud of the business you have built – and that you are looking forward to eventually being able to relax and enjoy yourself in retirement. Converting your independent pool business to a Pinch A Penny location now will help you sell it for more later, thanks to the added value that comes with being part of a top pool franchise system whose benefits include a best-in-class training program that will help your successor get off to a good start, in-house financing and more. We can help you plan and execute your exit strategy, whether it’s transferring ownership to a family member or finding the right buyer.

Proven business model

Pinch A Penny has a year-round business model, thanks to multiple revenue streams from retail sales, pool cleaning and backyard services. During the busy summer season, the retail store is busy with customers buying chemicals, pool toys and more. When temperatures drop, cleaning service continues, and hot tub needs rise. Customers also tend to schedule repairs or upgrades like pool heaters in the cooler off-season. Regardless of the weather, DIY’ers will stop in year-round for expertise, water testing and accessories such as grills or new products.

Purchasing power

Pinch A Penny’s strong supply chain keeps costs down and ensures you have the merchandise that you need to serve your customers. Thanks to the collective buying power of our franchise system, we can offer franchisees proprietary products that we source from a number of manufacturers. That means you can purchase high-quality products at extremely competitive prices and that you don’t have to worry about product availability, such as the chlorine tablet shortage of spring 2021. Additionally, we deliver merchandise directly to the stores, so you can count on getting what you need when you need it. When you convert your business to a Pinch A Penny franchise, you can be confident you will have all the necessary resources to build a brighter future for your family and yourself. Now is the perfect time to join the Pinch A Penny family business and take your independent story to the next level as a franchise owner.   *For the year ending December 31, 2020, Pinch A Penny had 257 store open. Of those stores, 253 have been open at least one year. Of those open at least one year, the average annual gross sales were $1,525,624 and some stores (40%) had annual gross sales that exceeded the average. Your results may differ. The is no assurance that you will do as well. See our 2021 Franchise Disclosure Document for more information.

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Working Mom Loves Life Balance with the Best Franchise for Women

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Like many working women, Kristie Martin has found a sweet spot between work and family. In addition to owning and working in the Pinch A Penny franchise business that she owns with her husband, Andy, in Deltona, Florida, she is the mother of two 15-year-old daughters and is very active in her church.

“Pinch A Penny is a fun and family-friendly environment,” Kristie says. “My husband and I met when we worked together at Winn-Dixie, and we’ve always been a good team. If you’re an owner, your kids can start to work as young as 13. And now our daughters have joined us in the family business – one cleaned pools last year and one worked in the store. We love it.”

Laughing, she adds, “The girls don’t mind working, because it lets them earn some money to spend on their hair and nails.”

Kristie is among a growing number of women who have found that franchise ownership is extremely compatible with being a working mom. Pinch A Penny has been named one of the Top Franchises for Women by Franchise Business Review (FBR). FBR surveyed 8,453 female franchisees from 289 leading brands to determine the best franchising opportunities for women, based solely on franchisee satisfaction ratings.

Among women surveyed for the Top Franchises for Women list, 88% say they enjoy operating their business, and 75% say they would recommend their franchise to others.

Kristie and Andy Martin opened their family-owned franchise 13 years ago and have never looked back. “We work hard during the high season, but you’re not always stuck in the store,” she says. “And you have a lot of freedom to do what you want during the off-season.”

Kristie says she usually works 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with Sundays and one other day off. She keeps life in balance by making time for the things that are most important to her: family and church. “When I get home, I see the girls and check on their grades before we have dinner together,” she says. “When I’m not at work, I’m usually doing something with them or with my church. I’m in the women’s group, host a small group meeting at our house on Wednesdays and help with events like the fall festival.”

In between work, family, and church, the Martins find time to support their community and local nonprofits that they care about by participating in fundraising events both as business owners and as a family. “It’s very rewarding to be able to support and donate to charities that you care about,” Kristie says.

Kristie says she would advise other women interested in owning a Pinch A Penny franchise to go for it. “You can make your business your own,” she says. “Pinch A Penny is a great company, and we have become good friends with the other owners in our area. If I need something, I know I can reach out to them, and they will get back to me promptly. And we return the favor. We are not competitors. We help each other.”

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Why 2021 Is the Perfect Time to Launch a Pool Business

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Summer 2020 Brought a Surge in New Pool Construction

2020 has been described frequently as “unprecedented,” and that certainly was true for the swimming pool industry.

The U.S. has more than 11 million residential swimming pools in the U.S.1, and every one of them needs the services and expertise provided by locally owned and operated Pinch A Penny stores.

“Would I encourage other people to open a Pinch A Penny? Absolutely! When the government declares you ‘essential,’ that’s a big deal. Restaurants were closed, retail closed, but we were open … and as challenging as 2020 was, we ended up by a lot year over year,” says Jeff Lewis, who has owned a Pinch A Penny franchise in Lighthouse Point, Florida, for the past nine years.

More Pools To Care For

The swimming pool industry is worth an estimated $15 billion.2 Spring 2020 brought a surge in demand for pools – both in-ground and above-ground – to be added to existing homes that was double to quadruple the normal levels.

Families invested time and money into home improvements and an outdoor-centered lifestyle as they spent last summer at home rather than on vacation. Pool contractors report the interest in building and owning pools and spas remain at very high levels early in 2021.

“Most of the pool builders I know are booked 90 to 100 days out to give an estimate,” says Greg Bowers, the Pinch A Penny franchise owner in Orange Park and Fleming Island, Florida. “It was a record year for pool permits and remodeling.”

Maintenance Is Big Business

Now all those families need to maintain their new pools.

Pool maintenance is a thriving and recurring business, because pools need to be taken care of in order to continue to work properly and safely.

About half of all pool owners hire someone else to service their pools. The rest of them need chemicals, supplies and equipment to keep their pools working efficiently. That’s why Pinch A Penny’s business model is based on multiple streams of revenue – retail, pool cleaning and backyard services.

Pinch A Penny retail stores sell supplies and equipment and offer customers free water testing and guidance on how to use chemicals to keep pools and spas working optimally. Pool cleaning technicians handle routine maintenance services. And Pinch A Penny offers a variety of backyard and repair services, such as leak detection, pool resurfacing, power washing, equipment installation and more, necessary to keep pools and spas operating safely and the backyard ready for families to have fun together.

Lewis, the franchisee in Lighthouse Point, says he has noticed that two of the three revenue streams are always busy. Last year, his location saw substantial increases in the pool cleaning and retail operations. “People were staying home more, and they were looking at the backyard and thinking, ‘It’s time to fix up the pool.’”

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2 U.S. Residential Swimming Pool Market Report by PKdata

Franchise Business Review Article about Family Businesses

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Pinch A Penny’s family-first mentality and sustainable niche has created business opportunities for families over the past 45+ years. The Griffiths and Laudersdorfs share their experiences franchising with the brand in this article in Franchise Business Review: https://franchisebusinessreview.com/post/pinch-a-penny-family-business/

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Pinch A Penny’s family-first mentality and sustainable niche has created business opportunities for families over the past 45+ years. The Griffiths and Laudersdorfs share their experiences franchising with the brand in this article in Franchise Business Review: https://franchisebusinessreview.com/post/pinch-a-penny-family-business/

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Franchisees Renew Friendships and Enjoy Shopping at Pinch A Penny Trade Show

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It looked like a huge family reunion at the 2021 Pinch A Penny Trade Show in the Dolphin Hotel at Walt Disney World – which is sort of what it was.

Every February, Pinch A Penny franchise owners gather for a two-day conference in Orlando, Florida. Day 1 is chockful of educational seminars about hiring and business matters, and Day 2 centers around the ultimate pool industry trade show. The weekend is all about mixing business with pleasure: talking shop, catching up with old friends, checking out new products and even taking a side trip to Disney World.

Franchisees wander through a ballroom full of goggles and grills, spas and skimmers, floats and financing company reps. Everyone is smiling and taking copious notes. Store owners are armed with order forms and booklets. Before they leave the conference, they will place orders to take advantage of show specials.

“We come every year, and it’s extremely helpful,” says Sandra Hoekstra, who has co-owned a store in Punta Gorda, Florida, with her husband for five years. “We buy heavy, because the show gives you the best prices of the year, and we have a big storeroom so we have room for lots of merchandise. Pinch A Penny helps us to have the buying power we need to stay competitive.”

Curtis Burton and Kevin Hannabery, franchise owners in Bradenton, Florida, say the annual trade show gives them the opportunity to renew or build relationships with vendors they see only once per year. Burton has not missed a trade show in 35 years.

“It’s nice to talk with the vendors here because, although they may stop by the store throughout the year, we don’t always have time to sit down and chat then like we do today,” Burton says.

Hannabery enjoys getting a close look at new products and having a chance to ask their fellow owners about the hot sellers. “I like to get the reviews of other owners and find out what they’re having luck with,” he says.

That sense of camaraderie and sharing information is common among Pinch A Penny owners. Both franchisees and vendors commented on what great relationships the owners have with one another. “They really think of one another as peers rather than competition,” says Bill Whitmarsh of Hayward Pool Products, who said he has been coming to the Pinch A Penny shows “since time began.”

This year’s trade show had a lot of energy, he says. “Buyers are here to shop and stock their stores for the coming year. I’m happy to say our new products have been well-received.”

The annual trade shows have given him a front-row seat to watch a passing of the torch to the next generation of Pinch A Penny owners. “It’s always a pleasure to deal with people I’ve had a long and successful relationship with,” Whitmarsh says. “Every year, I see some of the same owners I’ve dealt with for years – or the family members of the owners I’ve dealt with for years.”

On the other end of the ballroom, Kevin Sheffer from Clearwater Spas was enjoying his first Pinch A Penny trade show. Sheffer is the Texas sales rep for the Arlington, Washington, company that sells hot tubs. “These spas are beautiful, and they are built like tanks,” Sheffer says proudly.

He and his colleagues were at the show thanks to their first Pinch A Penny dealer in Florida, who was hovering nearby to keep an eye on the merchandise that was headed for his store when the show ended. Sheffer was excited about Pinch A Penny’s growing presence in Texas. Business at the trade show, he says, was “unexpectedly wonderful.”

Sheffer was quite sure he and his team would be back at next year’s trade show. Based on the reunion atmosphere, he can expect to see a lot of familiar faces.

 

 

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It looked like a huge family reunion at the 2021 Pinch A Penny Trade Show in the Dolphin Hotel at Walt Disney World – which is sort of what it was.

Every February, Pinch A Penny franchise owners gather for a two-day conference in Orlando, Florida. Day 1 is chockful of educational seminars about hiring and business matters, and Day 2 centers around the ultimate pool industry trade show. The weekend is all about mixing business with pleasure: talking shop, catching up with old friends, checking out new products and even taking a side trip to Disney World.

Franchisees wander through a ballroom full of goggles and grills, spas and skimmers, floats and financing company reps. Everyone is smiling and taking copious notes. Store owners are armed with order forms and booklets. Before they leave the conference, they will place orders to take advantage of show specials.

“We come every year, and it’s extremely helpful,” says Sandra Hoekstra, who has co-owned a store in Punta Gorda, Florida, with her husband for five years. “We buy heavy, because the show gives you the best prices of the year, and we have a big storeroom so we have room for lots of merchandise. Pinch A Penny helps us to have the buying power we need to stay competitive.”

Curtis Burton and Kevin Hannabery, franchise owners in Bradenton, Florida, say the annual trade show gives them the opportunity to renew or build relationships with vendors they see only once per year. Burton has not missed a trade show in 35 years.

“It’s nice to talk with the vendors here because, although they may stop by the store throughout the year, we don’t always have time to sit down and chat then like we do today,” Burton says.

Hannabery enjoys getting a close look at new products and having a chance to ask their fellow owners about the hot sellers. “I like to get the reviews of other owners and find out what they’re having luck with,” he says.

That sense of camaraderie and sharing information is common among Pinch A Penny owners. Both franchisees and vendors commented on what great relationships the owners have with one another. “They really think of one another as peers rather than competition,” says Bill Whitmarsh of Hayward Pool Products, who said he has been coming to the Pinch A Penny shows “since time began.”

This year’s trade show had a lot of energy, he says. “Buyers are here to shop and stock their stores for the coming year. I’m happy to say our new products have been well-received.”

The annual trade shows have given him a front-row seat to watch a passing of the torch to the next generation of Pinch A Penny owners. “It’s always a pleasure to deal with people I’ve had a long and successful relationship with,” Whitmarsh says. “Every year, I see some of the same owners I’ve dealt with for years – or the family members of the owners I’ve dealt with for years.”

On the other end of the ballroom, Kevin Sheffer from Clearwater Spas was enjoying his first Pinch A Penny trade show. Sheffer is the Texas sales rep for the Arlington, Washington, company that sells hot tubs. “These spas are beautiful, and they are built like tanks,” Sheffer says proudly.

He and his colleagues were at the show thanks to their first Pinch A Penny dealer in Florida, who was hovering nearby to keep an eye on the merchandise that was headed for his store when the show ended. Sheffer was excited about Pinch A Penny’s growing presence in Texas. Business at the trade show, he says, was “unexpectedly wonderful.”

Sheffer was quite sure he and his team would be back at next year’s trade show. Based on the reunion atmosphere, he can expect to see a lot of familiar faces.

 

 

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IFA Feature Story

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The International Franchise Association (IFA) has published a blog about the growth of the swimming pool sector of the service industry and Pinch A Penny was featured. Click here to read more!

 

 

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The International Franchise Association (IFA) has published a blog about the growth of the swimming pool sector of the service industry and Pinch A Penny was featured. Click here to read more!

 

 

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Award-Winning Franchisee Expects a Bright Future for Pool Industry

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Greg Bowers’ 30-year journey with Pinch A Penny has taken him from “jugger” to multi-unit owner. He is excited to see what the future holds.

Bowers, who owns locations in Orange Park and Fleming Island, Florida, is Pinch A Penny’s 2021 Founders Award recipient. The Founders Award includes both objective criteria, such as sales increases, and subjective criteria such as long-term achievement. It recognizes long-term achievement, how a store owner has impacted their market and how they have helped other store owners grow.

At 18, Bowers, a newly minted high school graduate, was cutting grass to make some cash. One of his customers was the owner of four area Pinch A Penny stores, and he was impressed enough by Bowers to offer him a job.

Bowers’ first experience at Pinch A Penny was as a “jugger,” filling chlorine jugs. From there, he learned how to conduct water tests and operate the cash register, eventually working his way up to assistant store manager and then store manager.

When the owner decided to retire, he offered his store managers the option of buying his stores. “He even offered to help us with some of the financing,” Bowers says. He and the other managers took their boss up on the offer, and all are still Pinch A Penny owners and remain great friends.

Last May, as the pandemic was in full swing, Bowers had the chance to buy a second location on Fleming Island, and he jumped at it. “The timing was odd, and my mom thought I was crazy,” he acknowledges.

But Bowers knew it was a great opportunity. At Pinch A Penny’s annual franchisee conference and trade show, he was asked repeatedly about what kind of year he had. “We had a lot of customers, and our numbers were up,” he says.

Still, it was a difficult year to “protect and serve,” Bowers says. Because of COVID-19, he and his team worked three to four times harder than they ever had, wiping down chlorine carts every 10 to 15 minutes from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. “We would not want to ever put our customers in harm’s way.”

In spite of the challenges, Bowers notes, 2020 was an amazing year for the pool industry. In analyzing his own business and speaking with people he knows personally in the pool industry, he sees a number of signs suggesting that 2021 will be even better for Pinch A Penny owners:

  • Even with the economic issues, his customers with established pools maintained them, so that their families could enjoy them while spending more time at home.
  • The number of customers who remodeled their pools last year was extremely high.
  • A record number of pool permits were issued in 2020, which means more pools that will require regular maintenance.
  • Most pool builders are booked 90 to 100 days out to give estimates on new pools – and more than 3 months to actually build new pools.

“I keep saying that because we are still dealing with the craziness of 2020, the first quarter of 2021 is just a carryover of last year; it’s a 15-month year,” Bowers says. “But I believe we will get things back on track soon. I’m an optimist – obviously, since I’m a business owner who bought a business during a pandemic! I think 2021 is going to be a great year.”

Looking ahead, Bowers echoes what most Americans are feeling. “I wish for a return to normalcy, so we can reunite as family and friends,” he says. “In my mind, there is nothing better than having a cookout and being with your family out in the backyard, and I’m happy that we can help customers enjoy their backyards together.”

In the meantime, Bowers says, he is grateful for the strength of his business and a great career with Pinch A Penny. “I expect that the pool industry is going to continue to keep me busy six or seven days a week for the foreseeable future – which is fine, because I truly love what I do!” 

 

 

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Pinch A Penny Ranks Among The Franchise Industry’s Top Opportunities. Here’s Why

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Pinch A Penny’s outstanding corporate support, financial performance, and family-friendly business model have made it one of the most highly regarded franchises in the industry, thanks to the expertise gained over 45-plus years in business.

The brand has earned impressive rankings again in the recently released Entrepreneur “Franchise 500” and Franchise Business Review (FBR) “Top 200 Franchises of 2021.” Entrepreneur’s annual “Franchise 500” ranking considers factors such as costs and fees, size and growth, support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability, while FBR highlights the best 200 franchise opportunities based on owner satisfaction. Both lists are valuable tools for prospective franchisees who want information on brands’ financial health, startup costs, and fees and who wonder whether current owners feel like franchisors are supportive and deliver on their promises.

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Entrepreneur ranked Pinch A Penny among the top franchise brands for the third consecutive year on the 2021 “Franchise 500” list, and FBR ranked Pinch A Penny among the “Top 200” for the fourth year in a row. Pinch A Penny also is listed among FBR’s “Top Franchises for Veterans,” “Top Franchises for Women” and “Best Second Career Franchise Opportunities.” Additionally, the brand was recognized as having one of the best franchise cultures on FBR’s inaugural “Franchise Culture100” list and was included as a top 100 recession-resistant franchise in FBR’s 2021 special report, “100 Best Recession-Proof Businesses to start in 2021.”

Among the reasons that Pinch A Penny earns high praise in the franchise rankings:

Outstanding financials: In addition to more than 45 years of positive sales growth, Pinch A Penny’s average store revenue is $1.3 million.*

Multiple streams of revenue: The brand’s impressive streak of sales growth mirrors the business model’s multiple streams of revenue – retail, pool cleaning, and backyard services. The multiple revenue streams combine the best of both the retail and service sectors. And, when delivered by local franchise owners, it’s a powerful combination that gets better and better each year.

World-class training: Pinch A Penny’s Pool School teaches franchisees everything they need to run their business successfully. That’s why franchise owners coming from many different industries – with no previous experience in the
business – emerge from the training as experts in water chemistry and pool care.

Family atmosphere: Pinch A Penny started as a family business, is still a family business, and serves safe, family fun to its customers. Throughout its history, Pinch A Penny has maintained its commitment to families and to work-life balance. FBR rankings, especially, put great emphasis on franchisee satisfaction, and franchisees love that they can own a business with flexible hours and no need to travel outside their local area.

Pinch A Penny performs well in the annual franchise rankings because the business model performs well economically and because franchisees are happy with their businesses. Because it’s their business, they can choose to balance work and family the way they choose. Pinch A Penny is a business for families and a business built to last.

 

 

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Opportunity as Big as Texas for Pinch A Penny in 2021

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We’ve all heard everything is bigger in Texas, and soon Pinch A Penny will have an even bigger footprint in the Lone Star State, too.

We went all-in on Texas this past year, and it has been exciting to watch what happened. We opened a new Pinch A Penny location in Pecan Grove and have at least three more stores planned to open in early 2021 across the state. The best news is there are plenty of wide-open spaces left, and so in 2021, we expect to open five to eight new Pinch A Penny locations in Texas.

“We have been so encouraged by how well-received Pinch A Penny locations have been in Texas,” says Adam Heflin, Director of Franchise Development. “We are excited to grow our brand and introduce even more Texas pool owners to Pinch A Penny’s complete line of pool equipment and accessories, pool service, and backyard services, paired with our best-in-class customer service.”

Texas’s family-oriented culture is perfect for Pinch A Penny, Heflin says, because Pinch A Penny is a family-owned business, with franchise locations that are owned and operated by local families, that helps to ensure a safe water environment for family fun moments.

Want to know why Texas is such a tremendous growth market for us? This ain’t our first rodeo, and we know a thing or two about the swimming pool business in Texas:

  • The first Pinch A Penny store in Texas opened in 2016 and demonstrated from the start that there was a huge demand for quality retail pool supply and service operators in the state. In fact, many of our Texas locations have outperformed comparable-sized locations in other markets.
  • Texas is third among states for having the most in-ground residential pools, behind only California and Florida. The Houston and Dallas suburbs, especially, are pool-dense markets.
  • In 2020, Texas – like the rest of the nation – saw a spike in the number of people who built pools because of the pandemic, which encouraged people to spend more time in their own backyards with their families. That means there are now even more Texas pool owners who need Pinch A Penny stores in their neighborhoods.

If you’re ready to take control of your future by investing in a proven business model in a booming market, we should talk! There’s no time like the present to start your own business, and there’s no better place to do it than in Texas.

Look for us at The Franchise Show in Dallas on May 15 and 16. We would love to talk with you about our big plans for Texas in 2021.

We know that 2020 was a challenging year for many, but for Pinch A Penny those challenges reinforced how sustainable our business model is, even during a pandemic and an economic downturn. We are extremely optimistic about what 2021 holds. Throughout our 45-plus-year history, we have logged more than 40 years of positive same-store growth, and we that success to continue in 2021.

We’re coming for you, Texas. In a big way.

 

 

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