Inc. Magazine revealed today that Two Maids & A Mop has been named to its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

“We operate in a old-school industry that often gets overlooked by glitzier industries with even glitzier trade names,” said Ron Holt, CEO & Founder of Two Maids & A Mop. “Our growth over the past several years has been phenomenal and it’s a huge honor for Inc. Magazine to recognize our explosive growth across the country. The biggest credit goes to our home office team members and entrepreneurial-minded franchisees. We’re one big family that all share a passion for totally disrupting the residential cleaning industry”.

Not only have the companies on the 2020 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but the list as a whole shows staggering growth compared with prior lists as well. The 2020 Inc. 5000 achieved an incredible three-year average growth of over 500 percent, and a median rate of 165 percent. The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue was $209 billion in 2019, accounting for over 1 million jobs over the past three years.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are also being featured in the September issue of Inc., available on newsstands August 12.

“The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 come from nearly every realm of business,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. “From health and software to media and hospitality, the 2020 list proves that no matter the sector, incredible growth is based on the foundations of tenacity and opportunism.”The growth of Two Maids & A Mop has been recognized multiples times by Inc. Magazine over the past few years. For more information of the Two Maids & A Mop franchise opportunity, please visit our franchise opportunity website.

The story behind the Two Maids & A Mop brand was recently featured on Entrepreneurs on Fire, recognized as one of the most popular business podcasts in the world with an audience that reaches more than 1 million people globally.

“I love all things associated with entrepreneurship, so this was a fun experience to tell my story to aspiring entrepreneurs from across the globe,” said Ron Holt. “Hopefully at least one person learned something that will allow them to pursue their dream of building a business.”

John Lee Dumas is the podcast host and is widely recognized as a leading authority on business, leadership and entrepreneurship after interviewing business icons such as Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferris and Kevin Harrington. John shares a few value bombs with each episode and included these three critical points which were discussed during the interview.

It might be impossible to be the first in the market these days, but it is still very possible to disrupt the market and change that industry.

It’s important to think big if you really want to go big, and you cannot do something if you do not see it first inside your head.

Get rid of the fragmentation in your business and it will allow you to start scaling as fast as you want.

Click HERE to listen to the entire Entrepreneurs on Fire podcast interview with Ron Holt.

The CEO & Founder of Two Maids & A Mop, Ron Holt, just published a great article inside Forbes Magazine on his thoughts regarding failure as a necessary step towards ultimate success.

My success as an entrepreneur has always defied logic. After all, there’s no way a small-town boy from rural Georgia should have been able to build a $25 million residential cleaning brand on a shoestring budget. Seriously, my grand opening day resulted in just $130 in revenue. I burned through almost all of my operating capital in the first two years. And probably more importantly than anything else, I had never once actually cleaned a home prior to starting the business. I was set up to fail but didn’t. What was my secret? How did it happen? I’ve thought about those questions often over the years and believe that I finally have the real answer. My success, believe it or not, is a direct result of failure.

Ron Holt, CEO & Founder of Two Maids & A Mop

Our brand’s story dates back more than 16 years ago inside a 250 square foot office space. Those early days were filled with optimism and hope, but we also experienced several failures as well. Each of the failures could have derailed our larger goal of building the largest, fastest growing, most innovative residential cleaning company in the country. The article inside Forbes challenges faced by several well-known business leaders, and also gives you a behind the scenes depiction of the some of more difficult times during our early formative years. The best news of all is that failure should be embraced if you’re always staying true to the overall mission of delivering on your brand’s vision and future.

To read the article, just CLICK HERE to access the Forbes website.

Jessica Dhillon of The Smart Franchisee Podcast recently sat down with one of our Pink Blazer franchise owners to discuss her experience as a franchisee. This is a great opportunity to learn more about what a day in the life looks like for an owner-operator within our franchise network. Click the link to hear this fantastic interview.

Meet Elizabeth Lamar: Superstar Franchisee in Huntsville, AL

Liz worked for about 10 years as a manager for a major restaurant brand, working about 80 hours a week! She came to a point in her career where her quality of life was not poor due to the extreme stress and heavy workload inside the restaurant. She was later introduced to Two Maids & A Mop by a family member. At the time the company was just starting out and so she was hired as a corporate store manager.

Liz says that she took a chance with Two Maids & A Mop but the CEO’s enthusiasm for the future was so contagious that she wanted to give it a shot. As a corporate employee she helped open and manage quite a few stores, but after she met her now husband she decided she needed to settle down and ended up running a corporate location in Huntsville, Alabama.

After Two Maids & A Mop started franchising, Liz watched all the corporate stores one by one convert into franchise locations, until her office was the last one left. That’s when she took an even bigger leap of faith and bought the location with the assistance of a capital partner. In this interview, Liz shares how she is able to have the most profitable location in the Two Maids system and what she watches to keep her profitability up.