Belleville News-Democrat: Childhood Friends Establish Mosquito Extermination Franchise

Mosquito Joe, a mosquito spray and treatment service, is set to open up shop in Belleville, Ill. The new Mosquito Joe will be part of the life-long journey of two friends Chad Mueller and Ed Rust, who met in Belleville in the first grade.“We both started looking at franchising through the years as an idea.

I had started looking at up-and-coming franchises and real necessity franchises. I wanted to do something that would give back to the community as a business and came across Mosquito Joe,” Rust told the Belleville News-Democrat. After bringing up the idea to Mueller, the two decided this was the franchise for them.

They both enjoyed that there are no contracts involved and that they are able to provide customer service to their community. The two friends currently work in medical sales for different companies, but hope to have Mosquito Joe be their full-time career in the future.“We are hoping that down the road at some point in time that this will be our full-time position.

We have one truck today, and I would like to have seven to 10 vehicles out on the road in the future,” Mueller told the Belleville News-Democrat. The two friends will be opening their Mosquito Joe franchise on June 1 and will be focusing their efforts on the community that they were both born and raised in. Click here to read the original story.