How Neighborly Is Turning Essential Home Services into a Scalable Franchise Platform

Few franchise systems operate at Neighborly®’s scale, and even fewer do so across so many essential home service brands.

With another impressive showing on Entrepreneur’s 2026 Franchise 500, Neighborly continues to strengthen its position as the world’s leading home services franchisor. The company supports 28 global brands and nearly 5,500 franchise locations across North America and Europe, with 19 brands in North America.

Those brands span essential service categories that homeowners rely on every day, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, glass repair, fire prevention, and property management. Well-known names in the system include Aire Serv®, Mr. Electric®, Mr. Rooter® Plumbing, Glass Doctor®, Dryer Vent Wizard®, Precision Garage Door Service®, and Real Property Management—all of which rank #1 in their respective categories.

Over the past year, Neighborly has focused on three core growth drivers: digital enablement, national demand generation, and expanded franchise business owner support.

The company continued rolling out enhanced technology tools across its brands, including improved CRM functionality, smarter scheduling systems, AI-supported customer engagement, and deeper performance visibility. These investments are designed to help franchise business owners convert more leads, reduce downtime, and improve first-time-fix performance.

Neighborly has also made significant investments in national marketing and brand unification. Stronger cross-brand visibility, improved lead attribution, and deeper integration across Neighborly.com are helping generate coordinated demand across the system, the company says. Because customers often require multiple home services over time, the ability to share customers and referrals across brands becomes a built-in growth engine.

Support continues to expand, with enhanced onboarding, advanced technical training, and coaching resources to help owners hire, retain, and develop talent as they scale.

The broader market continues to support essential service providers. Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies projects total homeowner spending to reach approximately $522 billion by the end of 2026.¹ For franchise business owners operating in maintenance and repair categories, this represents a sustained opportunity tied to aging housing stock and ongoing homeowner investment.

Neighborly’s long-term technology modernization and unified branding efforts are now translating into measurable gains in conversion rates, owner performance, and national brand recognition. And because many home service categories are still dominated by independent operators, the professionalization and systems advantage offered by a platform like Neighborly can create meaningful differentiation in local markets.

For entrepreneurs seeking essential, service-based businesses with national backing and local ownership, Neighborly’s ecosystem approach continues to scale.

Click here to learn more about Neighborly and to find out if one of its franchise opportunities is right for you.

^{1 Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), Remodeling Growth Set to Downshift in Late 2026, January 26, 2026}