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title: "Insider Louisville: New Master Franchisor Has Major Expansion Plans for JAN-PRO"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/aa613d08-fc81-411b-9126-0ed8e0d33d1f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/insider-louisville-new-master-franchisor-has-major-expansion-plans-for-jan-pro-1853
category: "Cleaning & maid"
industry: "Home Services"
segment: "Cleaning & maid"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2015-06-17T20:15:49.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:34:27.455Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc2007.jpeg
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# Insider Louisville: New Master Franchisor Has Major Expansion Plans for JAN-PRO

**TL;DR:** JAN-PRO master franchisee Doug Labertew plans to nearly triple the number of franchises in the Louisville market within the next year. Labertew has a growth strategy and is recruiting sales folks and inside folks to achieve this goal.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-06-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/insider-louisville-new-master-franchisor-has-major-expansion-plans-for-jan-pro-1853).*

## Story

After more than 30 years working in management for a printing company, Doug Labertew is using his business acumen and executive level management experience as a master franchisee for JAN-PRO, one of the nation’s leading commercial cleaning franchises.JAN-PRO has operated in Louisville since 2001, but Labertew is planning to nearly triple the number of franchises in the market, from 15 to more than 40, within the next year.“My plan for it wasn’t to keep it the same,” he told INSider Louisville from Atlanta, where he was attending training on the industry this week.

“I have a growth strategy. I’m out recruiting sales folks, inside folks.”Labertew’s new clients include area Catholic schools and other institutional players.

The Louisville market is primed for rapid growth in the commercial cleaning industry, hence the aggressive growth strategy, Labertew told INSider Louisville. Click here to read the original story.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Home Services (sector)
- JAN-PRO (company)
- commercial cleaning (topic)
- Louisville (location)
- master franchising (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/insider-louisville-new-master-franchisor-has-major-expansion-plans-for-jan-pro-1853). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/aa613d08-fc81-411b-9126-0ed8e0d33d1f).