Pest Hunters-Mosquito Hunters-Humbug Holiday Lighting

About

The outdoor pest control industry is a high growth market, and Hunters-Humbug’s combines strong branding and best-in-class systems to give franchise owners the ability to grow rapidly. As health concerns surrounding mosquito and tick born illness continue to grow, the need for vector control services has become ever more apparent. To bring further value to customers, Hunters-Humbug now offers an upgraded tick and flea package, a perimeter pest program, rodent control, as well as cutting edge, all green mosquito stations to provide an even better result for customers. Hunters-Humbug has also recently introduced holiday lighting services, under the brand name Humbug Holiday Lighting. Hunters-Humbug owners can generate meaningful revenue all year long and see a reduction in challenges commonly associated with seasonal businesses. These new services not only extend the servicing season, but also increase the annual average revenue per customer. Hunters-Humbug separates itself from others in the space by providing corporate driven lead generation, combined with a national call center to convert sales in real time for franchisees, giving owners the ability to run a home-based business with lower overhead.  

​Hunters-Humbug make mosquito and general pest control affordable, effective, and environmentally responsible too. By focusing on building client relationships, we provide mosquito control services guaranteed by our Client Happiness Promise. By now offering holiday lighting services within the model, we provide an annual business opportunity to franchise owners, providing consistent cash flow throughout the entire year, 

For owners, we provide corporate driven lead generation, a national sales and support call center to help manage growth and give owners the ability to run an office from home to help manage overhead and cut down fixed cost. In addition to being focused on results and great customer service, Hunters-Humbug strives to provide immense value to its franchise partners.Hunters-Humbug understands the importance of both lead generation and speed to lead in this fast-paced, ever-changing world we live in. We have a world class corporate media team and an in-house call center that does the heavy lifting for their franchisees advertising and day to day sales. This gives their owners a unique opportunity to focus on local customer relationship building that lends itself to long term retention. There has never been a better time to start a Hunters-Humbug’s franchise than right now!

• No location required; home office is typical. Small industrial warehouse type location is all one would need, even for larger operators

• Start-up ease: no retail location required, no costly outfitting

• Strong unit-level economics (annual revenue with perimeter pest and holiday lighting service line)

• Simple, scalable business model

• Recurring revenue stream, enabling investments in growth

• No cold calling or hard sales, very consultative process

• Corporate lead generation and call center to perform sales, freeing up owners to focus on upsells and retention

• We also offer a franchise fee discount of 10% to qualified candidates that are military veterans, a minority, or a first responder.

• Extensive training and support from experienced franchisor

• Home-based business offers personal, professional, and financial flexibility

• Recurring revenue / High retention-based business offering long-range profit potential

• World class branding and marketing makes Hunters/Humbug inherently memorable

• State-of-the-art centralized media, in house sales center and back-office management system

• Well-funded franchisor with 50+ years of experience

Industry Talking Points

• Fragmented, mostly moms and pops, tons of opportunity for differentiation and market share.

• $26 billion dollar pest control space, projected annual growth of 20%.

• $6 Billion dollar lighting space in it’s infancy stages

• Fragmented competition / Unsophisticated competition

Who Makes a Strong Franchisee?

• You’re high-energy with a strong work ethic: love the idea of being in business for yourself because you’ll have the chance to work hard and build something of your own

• You’re passionate about service: you believe in speed to lead, good customer service, and the relationships that develop as a result, are the cornerstone of success

• You’ve got management experience: you’re not afraid to encourage, motivate, and educate employees, and to let the buck stop with you

• You’ve got sales skills: you know how to help customers understand and appreciate the value of your services

• You’re a Big Picture thinker: you’ve got the patience and vision to know that success has a lot of moving parts and that it takes teamwork.

• You enjoy being mobile and on the go

• You enjoy a consultative approach, not hard sales

Why Hunters and Humbug?

• Repeat Clientele Business Model

• Protected Territories

• Quick-Starting, Home-Based Business

• Low Startup Costs, Low Overhead

• Lightning-fast Growth Industry

• Annual business combining mosquito control with perimeter pest and holiday lighting service lines

• Proven Lead Generation, No Cold Calling Needed

• In house call center handling sales

• We are a 3 in 1 annual model:

Mosquito

• Barrier

• Stations

• Smart Repellent Systems

Outdoor Pest

• Perimeter Pest (ants, spiders, stinkbugs, etc. all in one treatment)

• Rodent

• Tick

• Deer repellent

Holiday Lighting (Humbug Holiday Lighting)