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CertaPro Franchise Failures

NAVIGATION
Nearly 70% Of CertaPro Franchisees Gone In Six Years

Of 208 franchisees listed on CertaPro's franchise listing of 12/31/2004, 143 (69%) are gone from the 12/31/2010 listing. About 31% are apparently still in business. As you can see from the chart below, the "norm" is about a 40% survival rate after 6 years (this applies to both franchises and non-franchise startups).

See for yourself:

CertaPro 12/31/2004 Franchisee Listing
CertaPro 12/31/2010 Franchisee Listing

   

SOME OF THE FRANCHISEES WHO ARE GONE

Here's a partial list of franchisees who have apparently disappeared
from about 2010 to about 2014.
This list is by no means complete.
There are probably dozens, maybe hundreds, more.
Certapro has the audacity to say failed franchisees
didn't work hard enough.

David Chapman
Birmingham, AL

Tom Ballock
Birmingham, AL

Richard Schoenherr
Birmingham, AL

Gilbert Chandler
East Valley, AZ

Armando Sanchez
Tucson, AZ

Luis Delgado
Camarillo, CA

Tony Martin
Chula Vista, CA

Tim Chesser
La Jolla, CA

Randall Scott
Marin, CA

Chris Mura-Smith
Mission Viejo, CA

Robert Murphy
Santa Barbara, CA

Sean Packard
South Valley, CA

Sean Packard
South Valley, CA

Gary Victor
Stockton, CA Elk Grove/South Sacramento

Paul LeNeveu
Summit County, CA

Christopher Kelly
The Central Coast, CA

Don Bartolomei
The Central Valley, CA

Clyde Wikkeling
Westchester, CA

Nick Capurro
Livermore, CA

Ariel Preminger
Beverly Hills, CA

Monica Hunter
Davis, CA

Patrick Wade
Huntington Beach, CA

Jeff Taylor
Laguna Nigel, CA

David Tackman
Modesto, CA

Lane Pedersen
Newport Beach, CA

Freeman Hayes
North San Diego, CA

Peter Cagner
Ontario, CA

Andrew Hall
Placerville & S. Lake Tahoe, CA

Robert Lewis
Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Peter Coticchia
Saddleback Valley, CA

Matt Hampton
Simi Valley, CA

John Calkins
Denver West, CO

South Denver
South Denver, Co

Ken Kortan
Fairview, CO

Nathan Kirkland
Longmont, CO

Ravens Roost Painting Inc
Northern El Paso County, CO

Warren Buettner
Summit County, CO

Michael Feinman
Westbrook, CT

Don Sabia
Western New Haven County, CT

Michael LoGiudice
Danbury, CT

Bob Kneen
Monroe, CT

John Bednar
Wilmington, DE

Alex Maldonado
Broward, FL

Robert Scott
Jacksonville, FL

Joe Andrews
Lakeland, FL

Joe Vidal
Lee County, FL

Nancy Casey
Naples, FL

Mike Spinazzola
North Brevard County, FL

Debbie Alcocer
Pinellas/Pasco, FL

Ron Bacak
The Treasure Coast, FL

Keith Kirkwood
Winter Park & Altamone, FL

Sean Williams
Altamone, FL

Kelli Smith
Boca Raton, FL

Eduardo Hirsch
Naples, FL

Jeffrey Joerin
St Petersburg, FL

Brian Stepp
Winter Park, FL

Russ Jones
Buckhead, GA

Craig Gentry
Cumming, GA

Bryan Ricke
Douglasville, GA

Dan Jacob
East Cobb, GA

Certa Marietta GA
Marietta, GA

Brian Robinson
North Atlanta, GA

Fayette Coweta GA
Peachtree City, GA

Fox Valley
Batavia, IL

McHenry County IL
Lake/McHenry County, IL

Todd Johnston
Rockford, IL

Jack Kausal
Central Lake County, IL

Terri Nystrom
Glen Ellyn, IL

Joseph Scalzo
Gurnee, IL

Donald Pittman
Homewood, IL

Bob Rettger
Orland Park, IL

Leslie White
Plainfield, IL

David Yunis
Crown Point, IN

Sherrie Fox
Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana, KY

Certapro of Metairie
Metairie, LA

Karin Gibbs
Lafayette, LA

Joe Markey
Boston Suburbs Northwest, MA

Ilene Karlsberg-Gerstein
Boston Suburbs West, MA

Paul Jurewicz
Woburn, MA

Mike Bailey
Newton, MA

Alfred Dantas
Shrewsbury, MA

Mark Bulpitt
Worcester, MA

Eastern Maine
Eastern Maine, ME

West Bloomfield
Down River, MI

Certapro Rochester Hills
Rochester Hills, MI

Jim Hamilton
St Joseph, MI

Certapro of Southern Washtenaw
Southern Michigan, MI

Luigi Mancini
Clinton, MI

Certapro of Lansing
Lansing, MI

David Ziemba
West Bloomfield, MI

Brad Sahr
West Michigan, MI

Certapro of Southeast Minnesota
Rochester, MN

Randy Hohbein
St Cloud & Central MN

Todd Anderson
Brooklyn Park, MN

Bill Weber
Cottage Grove, MN

Tom Higginbotham
Eden Prairie, MN

Twin Cities
Twin Cities, MN

Bill Hurston
St Louis, MO

Greater KCMO
Kansas City, MO

Chris Damron
Mid Missouri, MO

Christina Lerner
Las Vegas, NV

Reno
Reno, NV

Andrew Hall
Placerville & S.Lake Tahoe, NV

Anthony Gaudioso
Flushing & Garden City, NY

John Notaro
Long Beach, NY

Byron Howard
Medford/Patchoque, NY

JOKY Associates
Nassau & Suffolk Counties, NY

Certapro of Smithtown
Smithtown, NY

Chris Kracke
Eastern Bergen County and Hudson County, NY

Howard Teich
Merrick, NY

Chris O'Connell
Stongsville, West Lake/Bay Village, OH

D&H Finishes
The Miami Valley, OH

Chris Valley
West Portland, OR

Lou Bayne
Greater Media, PA

Michael Santanna
Harrisburg, PA

Joan Niediaco
Northeastern PA

Rich Resnick
Pittsburgh East, PA

Wayne Strobel
Bethlehem, PA

Larry Snell
Malvern, PA

Daniel Kraemer
South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA

Allan Moss
Rock Hill, SC

Chris Holloway
Wilmington, NC

Todd Scircle
Beaufort County, SC

Certapro of the Low Country
Charleston, SC

Gary Blenister
Charleston, SC

Joel Randolph
Hendersonville, TN
Bowling Green, KY

Joe Thurman
Tri-Cities, TN

Jerome Masole
Arlington, TX

T&B Contractors
Friendswood, TX

Renee Paret
San Antonio, TX

Jeffrey Baldwin
Katy, TX

Michael Marmaro
Lake Ray Hubbard, TX

John Denning
Metroplex, TX

Brandon Malone
Tyler, TX

Esmaeil Motedaeiny
Annandale & Falls Church, VA

Brian Frerichs
Midlothian, VA

Joe Lisi
NW Richmond, VA

Jim Pruitt
Springvield, VA

Abdallah Fawaz
Washington DC & Arlington, VA

Booker Harrison
Federal Way, WA

Brendan Phillips
Pierce County, WA

Paula Margerum
Bellingham, WA

Vee Sloan
sW Washington

Jim Simon
Mequon, WI

David Dumke
Sheboygan, WI

Tom Obermayr
Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Steve Leland
Brookfield, WI

Bill Weber
Cottage Grove, MN

Scott Tuszkiewicz
Fox Valley, WI

John Schwartz
Shoreview, MN

Donny Gonzalez
Washington, DC

Robert Smith Jr. & Olga Ischenko-Smith
Boca Raton, FL

Brian Stepp
Gotha, FL

Jon Kish
Orlando, FL

Jeffrey Hassell
St Johns, FL

Reid Centers
Granger, IN

Richard Clare
Amesbury, MA

Matthew & Tonya Clarke
Eureka, MO

Anthony Gaudioso
Brooklyn, NY

Neil Logan
Front Royal, VA

Jeffrey Sharp
Bainbridge Island, WA

Now imagine this:

These (and MANY more) failed franchisees encountered such things as:

  • Loss of their home
  • Divorce
  • Loss of life savings
  • Loss of retirement savings
  • Left with huge loans to pay off
  • Bankruptcy filing
  • Severe emotional distress
Do you believe these franchisees were just too lazy,
too unconcerned, and didn't spend long hours trying to make it work ?

That's what Certapro Painters wants you to believe.

Certapro is selling a franchise with a HUGE failure rate.
"The business in a box" is "failure in a coffin".
"No experience needed" is a lie.
"The Plan" doesn't work.
CertaPro is, in my opinion, running a con game to
fleece the misinformed of their hard-earned (and borrowed) money . 

Certapro Painters: "We put the pain in painting"

HOW the hell can those people sleep at night?
  
  

Certapro Painters depends on "churn":
Recruit new chumps to replace the failed chumps.

  

Below are some examples of CertaPro franchisee failure rate
over a period of roughly 3 years (roughly 4 years for Florida).

"Sold or resold": Indicates change in franchisee name.
Sometimes a franchise is sold for a profit, sometimes for a loss.
Sometimes it's resold by CertaPro after the franchisee fails.

"Believe the reality, not the hype"




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