HickoryDecks Franchise Profile
Hickory Dickory Decks can provide Canadian franchise opportunities to qualified professionals in many cities across Canada specialized in quality custom built deck. you don't even have to be a carpenter! Take control of your financial and personal future. Help others realize their dreams, and make your own come true.
Type : Franchise
Units : N/A
Started : 1987
Investment : $50,000
Franchise fee : 50000
In 1999, Hickory Dickory Decks awarded their first franchise to Garth Hutchinson in Whitby, Ontario. Garth came from the renovation market and wanted to concentrate on one trade (decks) instead of 40 home renovations. Whitby is on the eastern side of Toronto, which is Canada's largest city. Our head office is in Hamilton, which is on the western side of Toronto. In 2000, two more franchises were awarded - one to a past employee, and the other to one of our builders. In 2001, three more franchises joined our team. Today, we are the largest deck company in Canada and number two in the world, working in over 50 cities.
To become the leader in our industry in delivering a quality built custom decks to our customer on time, to their complete satisfaction, and at a fair price.
To build our business with quality team members, who value honesty and great customer satisfaction along with pride in a job well done, and to treat our team members with integrity and respect.
To focus our company's growth on quality custom decks with quality customers, built by team members who are committed to delivering value to our customers. To have a team members who create custom decks that they would be proud to have in their own backyards.
Marketing and Sales
Hickory Dickory Decks has been in business since 1987, and has grown every year to become the largest custom deck company in Canada and number two in the world. Our success has been a combination of many traits, the most basic being, "building quality custom decks at a fair price and delivering great customer service." Marketing is one of the major contributing factors to our success. It has taken us over 20 years of hard work and trial and error to become experts of marketing custom decks. We have developed proven methods that are working to get quality leads for our franchises.
Training and Support
Our initial training program is for four weeks for the owner and three weeks for their lead carpenter, held at our head office in Hamilton, Ontario. One of the four weeks is sales and marketing and is done in a classroom environment. Our trainers are experts in design, sales, building, and business operations, with all segments being interwoven into a complete training system.
There are three weeks of deck building during the day with our experienced and licensed crafts person. One of these weeks is usually spent inside our 6,000 square ft wood shop/training facility. During training, the new franchisee will spend time in real life situations with our professional team. Over the training period many long term relationships will be built that can be of assistance in the future. Our training manuals cover sales, building and operations, and are constantly being updated and improved. Our philosophy is that training never stops.
Once the initial four week period is complete, the new franchisee will be in daily conservations with a franchise manager. These managers have experience in all of the fields of running a successful deck business and are available daily for questions and support.
Benefits of Joining
- In business for over 20 years.
- Proven system to follow in all areas of the business.
- Experienced training system in all business areas, with hundreds of years of combined experience
from our professional trainers.
- Expert knowledge on composite decking, taught to you during training and throughout your business
operation.
- Competitive advantages on marketing programs.
- Major purchasing power in many areas including marketing, decking specialty items, building products,
and supplies.
- You are joining a strong team that will help grow your business; in time, you will also help other team
members learn, grow, and improve.
- Specialized warranty that gives Hickory Dickory Decks a major competitive advantage in the industry.
- Best website in the decking industry worldwide.
- Two great web addresses: www.hickorydickorydecks.com and www.decks.ca.