Franchise Deep Dive: Bio-One’s Franchise Costs, Fees, Profit and Data

Bio-One Inc. is a 24/7 crime-and-trauma, scene-cleaning franchise brand that provides services such as homicide cleanup, suicide and recovery cleanup, hoarding cleanup, junk removal, medical waste disposal, mold remediation, deceased animal recovery, rodent and pest droppings, and undiscovered death cleanup.

Bio-One, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has clients that include police, fire and victim advocates, funeral homes, hospitals, and large corporations. The brand has been responsible for providing cleanup services for some of the nation’s most devastating tragedies, including the shooting at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas and the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.

As a result of its services, Bio-One was ranked number one in Crime Scene Cleaning and Trauma Scene Cleaning in Entrepreneur magazine’s 42nd Franchise 500 list.

As of September 2023, Bio-One has more than 100 locations operating in 41 states. The brand is actively offering new franchise opportunities in the following regions:

• Central Illinois

• Dallas, San Antonio, Waco, Texas

• Greater Boston area

• Greater Los Angeles area

• Greensboro, North Carolina

• Knoxville, Tennessee

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Mesa and Chandler, Arizona

• New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana

• Norfolk, Virginia

• Northern Colorado

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

• Wichita, Kansas

Bio-One’s business model is focused on providing immediate cleanup services to crime and trauma scenes. The brand refers to itself as the people you call after the first responders have already left the scene. As such, many of the brand’s current franchise owners are former first responders themselves.

However, the brand does not require its owners and operators to have experience prior to becoming a franchisee. In fact, Bio-One provides all the necessary training in order to run a successful business. The brand walks its owners through every step of the process and provides ongoing support for continued success.

Bio-One has a low startup investment, high-profit margin and requires little-to-no experience. Its business model is centered on providing top-notch decontamination and biohazard cleanup services with discretion, care and compassion.

According to the brand’s consumer-facing website, a day in the life of a Bio-One owner consists of the following:

• Make a daily marketing plan

Decide which locations to market to, how much marketing material to bring and what your plan of attack is for the day.

• Market

Based on which community you will be marketing to, practice your pitch accordingly. Bring along your little black book of marketing and your business and rack cards.

• Call your team

If you get a call at any time of day, it’s your job to make sure your technicians are ready to arrive on a job site quickly.

• Suit up for a job

When arriving for a job, you should have the proper personal protective equipment (PPE). Bio-One works with chemicals to clean and disinfect dangerous germs and pathogens. Safety is a requirement.

• Clean a bio job

Each call for a bio job varies. Make sure you bring the right chemicals and equipment, and you’ll be set to get the home back to normal.

• Clean a hoarding job

A typical hoarding job can take a few days to complete. Clean, organize, and sanitize to help expedite the cleaning process.

• Send an invoice

Price your job reasonably, and send your invoice out. Work with your client or their insurance to get paid.

Bio-One does not have a publicly available Item 19. To learn more, contact the team about reading the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), which will state the total earnings of any company or franchise-owned unit as a reference.

The initial investment required to open a Bio-One franchise ranges from $110,695 to $164,195.

The franchise fee required to open a Bio-One franchise is $55K. The brand also offers a Veteran and First Responder Discount of $8,250 off the initial franchise fee.

• Danessa Itaya, President

• Sandi Ellis, Chief Operations and Initiatives Officer

• Krista Gregg, Director of Marketing

• Russ Jacque, Director of Franchise Development

• J. Andrew Mengason, Chief Growth Officer

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