Skedaddle franchise owners handle mice, rats, raccoons, bats, squirrels, birds, and more across residential and commercial properties. Wildlife exclusion is the core service, covering any species that can enter a structure through a vulnerable entry point. Pest control services, available as a supplemental revenue stream, cover insects including mosquitoes, spiders, ants, and wasps.

Pest control and wildlife exclusion are different businesses. Pest control companies spray for insects on recurring contracts. They are not equipped to seal structural entry points, and they do not offer a humane, permanent solution or a lifetime guarantee. The competition Skedaddle actually faces in the field is almost entirely independent single-truck operators who trap and often kill, with no system, no technology, and no guarantee. There is no national brand doing permanent, humane wildlife exclusion. The category is fragmented and that works entirely in your favor as a franchise owner.

Studies have found that seventy percent of relocated animals do not survive. It’s not humane. In fact, studies indicate that in urban areas there are 15-50 raccoons per square mile, and they move in once a den site is vacated. It is impossible to get rid of all raccoons, squirrels, skunks, birds, bats and mice in an urban setting – the animals will repopulate.

The compromised or weak entry points of the building are the areas we will secure. Our system finds where pests and animals are entering and animal proofs the residence or commercial property. For a detailed explanation read this article.

Every home in every city is vulnerable to mice, rats, raccoons, bats, squirrels, and birds. This is not a rural problem — it is a problem in every dense suburban market in North America. In 2025, our Wisconsin owner completed 819 service visits. Our Minneapolis owner completed 759. Our Atlanta owner, in their first full year, completed 243. The demand does not slow down by season or zip code.

There are 25 U.S. franchise outlets, but 62 total when you include the Canadian franchisees. The methodology has 37 years and over 1 million jobs behind it. The U.S. system is not unproven — it is a proven Canadian model in active U.S. expansion. Prime territories in major metros are still available precisely because the network is in a growth phase, not a saturation phase.

Wildlife activity varies by season and species, but it does not stop. Mice and rats are year-round problems in every market. Raccoons peak in spring. Bats peak in late summer. Skedaddle’s four revenue streams are specifically structured to generate income across every season — pest control and attic restoration run year-round, and holiday lighting keeps crews earning through winter months when wildlife activity slows in some markets.

Ask our current Franchise Owners or review the wildlife technician videos. We hire for attitude, and train for skills. There are no schools that provide a pool of possible employees for the animal control industry. This work is a cut above.

We offer competitive wages to retain employees and offer opportunities to grow as your animal control Franchise grows. It is unique as well as challenging, and we hear over and over again from our own employees that each day presents a new adventure. No burger-flipping, low morale, or boring work environment.

Owners manage people and operations — they do not perform field work. A typical day involves overseeing the team, reviewing financials and KPIs, managing customer relationships, and building local presence in the community. The corporate call center handles inbound calls, scheduling, and appointment reminders, which means owners are focused on running the business rather than fielding calls or chasing leads.

Owners can be open and operational within six to eight weeks of signing their franchise agreement. There is no retail buildout, no commercial lease, and no lengthy permitting process. Owners launch from home or a small storage facility with two service vehicles and a small team.

A great question to ask existing Skedaddle Franchise Owners is how much does one of your trucks and wildlife technicians generate? Or, how big or how many wildlife removal franchise territories do I need to maintain a multiple-truck operation?

See Question 10 as to why we have not answered that question directly here.

The unit economics reflect what the investment buys. The Wisconsin franchise owner generated $1,992,235 in gross sales in 2025. The franchisee average across all five disclosed U.S. outlets is $1,090,272. Lower-investment alternatives in home services are typically single-service models where the owner builds a customer base from scratch with no inbound infrastructure. Skedaddle owners have a corporate call center routing 500 to 600 calls per day before they open their doors. The question is not which franchise costs less to enter — it is what the investment actually produces.

Refer to the 2026 Skedaddle Franchise Disclosure Document, Item 19. Individual results will vary.

Initial training takes place at Skedaddle headquarters in Ancaster, Ontario, where Bill and Barry Dowd personally lead the program. Beyond that, the corporate team is regularly in the U.S. and Discovery Days are held domestically. Being part of a Canadian franchise system gives U.S. owners access to 37 years of proven operational history that no U.S.-only competitor can match.

Every service business faces this challenge. The owners who build the strongest teams hire for attitude over experience, because the technical skills are fully trainable through the Skedaddle system. The corporate team coaches owners on hiring and onboarding from Day 1, and the call center handles inbound leads so owners are not simultaneously trying to find customers and find staff.

Most of our current franchise owners would have said the same thing before they bought. What they found when they got into it was a business that solves an urgent, real problem for homeowners who are genuinely stressed, generates strong revenue from Day 1, and produces the kind of customer gratitude that most service businesses never see. One owner put it this way: “No two days are the same. I have a great team solving real problems for homeowners who are genuinely stressed, and we get to be the heroes who fix it.” The business is not glamorous on paper. In practice it is one of the most defensible, recession-resistant opportunities in home services franchising.