126 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 MAIDPRO For MaidPro, the job of cleaning is always carried out to the highest professional standards, providing superior service and top-of-the-line cleaning processes, and whose reputation is backed by the highly successful Threshold Brands. Threshold Brands is the umbrella organization under which MaidPro and many other fine franchises can be found. Threshold Brands Vice President of Franchise Development, Ron Bender, sat down with Business View to speak and discuss MaidPro as part of our ongoing coverage of North America’s most successful franchises. MaidPro’s Journey As Bender explains, MaidPro was founded in 1991, as the brainchild of Mark Kushinsky and co-founder Richard Sparacio. The duo identified a gap in the market when Kushinsky couldn’t find a quality maid service that catered to his needs. Six years later, in 1997, MaidPro began franchising the concept to other wouldbe business owners, and its trajectory has been nothing short of impressive since. As Threshold Brands Vice President, Ron Bender, highlights, MaidPro epitomizes the entrepreneurial spirit. “This is a relatively standard scenario in franchising,” Bender says, “where With more than 270 franchises in the United States and a growing number in Canada as well, Bender notes that MaidPro is among North America’s most successful franchises.
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