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and ten other countries. As a franchised business, franchises provide both commercial and residential services.

History

The ServiceMaster Company was founded in 1929 as a moth-proofing company in

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, by Marion E. Wade, a former minor league baseball player. In 1937, it expanded into rug and carpet cleaning, and the first in-home carpet cleaning customer was served using products developed by Wade. The ServiceMaster Company incorporated in 1947, with six employees and revenue of $125,000. In 1952, the first franchise was sold, establishing one of country's first franchise business models. The ServiceMaster Clean name was now in use. In the late 20th century, further expansion of The ServiceMaster Company’s Consumer Services business formed a network of service companies. Headquartered in

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, this network included ServiceMaster Clean, Terminix, TruGreen, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic and AmeriSpec. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (CD&R), based in

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, acquired The ServiceMaster Company in 2007. In 2011, Hank Mullany, a former

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executive, was appointed as CEO for all ServiceMaster brands, and Thomas J. Coba, former COO of Subway, was named president of ServiceMaster's franchise brands, including ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic and AmeriSpec. The company began trading on the

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in 2014. Nikhil Varty was appointed as chief executive officer in July 2017. In 2018, ServiceMaster spun off frontdoor, inc., the parent company of

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. In October 2020,

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purchased ServiceMaster Brands, including ServiceMaster Clean.{{Cite web, date=2020-10-01, title=Roark Capital Acquires ServiceMaster Brands, url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201001005688/en/%C2%A0Roark-Capital-Acquires-ServiceMaster-Brands, access-date=2021-03-04, website=www.businesswire.com, language=en

Organizational structure

ServiceMaster Clean, a subsidiary of ServiceMaster Brands, has 4,500 independently owned and operated franchises worldwide. Its sister companies include ServiceMaster Restore, Merry Maids, AmeriSpec and FurnitureMedic. Its primary service areas are cleaning and disinfection services in commercial and healthcare spaces. The company has a number of patents.Patent 7,845,047
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History

Organizational structure

See also

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