JAN-PRO Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary in Canada

PRO , a franchise-based commercial cleaning business is celebrating its 20 th year in Canada. JAN-PRO International (JPI) was founded in 1991 in the United States by Jacques L. Lapointe, and established in Quebec City, Canada shortly after in 1995 by JAN-PRO Canada’s founder Jean Roberge. 20 years later, JAN-PRO is consistently listed as a top franchise system in multiple categories in Canada. This year JAN-PRO Canada was listed as the #4 franchise in Canada. With 12 regional offices across Canada, the JAN-PRO franchise continues to grow.

JPI’s Executives, Jacques L. Lapointe (Chairman), Richard Kissane (CEO), and Eddie Curry (CFO), attended a special event to celebrate 20 years of growth and success in the franchise market in Canada. The event took place in Quebec City on Monday, August 31 st , and also included attendance by Unit Franchisees, Canadian Regional Master Franchise Owners, employees, clients and business partners.

“Being of French-Canadian extraction, the idea of having a JAN-PRO business in Canada was not lost on me on how surreal that would be. And here we are today celebrating that wonderful journey we started 20 years ago in Quebec City” said Jacques Lapointe.

Within the province of Quebec, JAN-PRO has been able to grow rapidly over the past 20 years. Jean Roberge and his partners Sylvain Primeau and Francois Carmichael had the man-power to grow the Quebec region, eventually being renamed as Jan-Pro Eastern Canada. This umbrella includes offices in Quebec City, Montreal, Sherbrooke and Halifax, along with Ottawa and Gatineau locations managed by Marc Simard. These individuals believed in the power of this business model and invested in what they saw to be a successful business.

JAN-PRO has offices across all major Canadian cities, with individual owners who also saw the potential in the franchise-based commercial cleaning business. Locations (and Regional Master Franchisees) are in Vancouver (Simon Russell), Calgary (Bruce Weaver), Edmonton (Al Abm), Toronto West (Chris Foote), Toronto East (Colin Bates), London (Al Ratavicius).

With 900 franchisees, 4700 clients and 85 employees across the country, JAN-PRO has been able to create and sustain substantial growth and financial stability in Canada.

“Despite the recession from 2008 to 2009, we were able to grow our business by over 10%,” said Jean Roberge. “JAN-PRO has proven to be a recession resistant business model, and that has been one of the big reasons this business has been able to prosper for 20 years.”

Success continues for the Jan-Pro team in the province of Quebec as the brand has expanded into a separate business venture in 2014, through a partnership with Tania Hope and Liana Munteanu. Jan-Pro Eastern Canada was able to open Maid Right, a residential cleaning franchise of Premium Franchise Brands, under the name of Parfait Ménage.

JAN-PRO Canada has continues to provide optimal service while improving the lives of many by promising clients to be “the last cleaner you’ll ever hire” and providing a fresh start to those starting their own business with a franchise.