🠈 Dwyer Group 🠊
Dwyer Group
The Dwyer Group is a company out of Waco, Tx that develops home service franchises. The company has over 2000 franchises in its network. In 2018, Dwyer was acquired by Harvest Partners.
Doug Dwyer, son of the founder, owns Dreammaker Bath & Kitchen which offers counter restoration and interior design services.
The Franchise Collection is held in a subsidiary called Neighborly that includes:
- Established 1993, AireServ is a franchise that maintains HVAC systems (AirServ.com).
- Established in 2004 and acquired by Dwyer in 2015, Five Star Painting is a franchise offering painting services. (FiveStarPainting.com).
- Established in 1962, Glass Doctor is a franchise offering glass replacement services. (GlassDoctor.com)
- The Grounds Guys offers landscaping, lawn care and snow removal services. (GroundsGuy.com)
- Established 1996, Mr. Appliance offers full service appliance repair. (MrAppliance.com)
- Established 1994, Mr. Electric offers electrical installation and repair services to both commercial and residential customers. (MrElectric.com)
- Mr. Handyman is a one stop shop for home improvement and repair services. (MrHandyMan.com)
- Established in 1970 Mr. Rooter offers plumbing and drain cleaning services. (MrRooter.com)
- Molly Maid is a cleaning service franchise. (MollyMaid.com)
- Established in 2005, ProTradeNet is a portal that connects Dwyer businesses with suppliers. (ProTradeNet.com)
- Portland Glass had 41 locations in New England. It is being merged into Glass Doctor. (PortlandGlass.com)
- Established in 1994, Protect Painters is a full service painting company that fixes drywall and siding before painting. (ProtectPainter.com)
- Established in 1981, Rainbow International is a global restoration service and cleaning service. (RainbowIntl.com)
- Locatec offer leak detection in Germany and Austria. (Locatec.de)
- Established in 1994, Window Genie is a mobile window cleaning service. (WindowGenie.com)
- Established in 2007, Bright & Beautiful is a franchise offering cleaning services in the United Kingdom. (BrightAndBeautiful.com)
- Established in 1995, Countrywide Grounds Maintenance is a network offering lawn care and grounds maintenance services primarily in the United Kingdom. (CountryWideGrounds.com)
- Drain Doctor is a UK based franchise for plumbing services.
- Established in 1986, Real Property Management is a Salt Lake based franchise offering property management services. (RealPropertymgt.com)
- Dream Doors is a UK firm engaged in kitchen upgrades. (DreamDoors.Co.uk)
Corporate History
It appears that the Dwyer Group network was largely the creation of Riverside Capital. Riverside is a group that specializes in acquiring small businesses. The founder Don Dwyer aggressively built his franchise company but died of a heart attack in 1995. The publicly traded company had difficulty. The Riverside group acquired the company headed by Dina Dwyer-Owen and started adding other franchises.
- 1981: Don Dwyer cofounded Rainbow International Restoration Painting.
- 1988: Dwyer acquired Worldwide Refinishing Systems
- 1971: company founded as Worldwide Refinishing Systems (aka Gnu-Tub). They resurfaced counters with products from GNU Corporation.
- 1975: company began franchising.
- 1993: The company goes public on the NASDAQ with symbol DWYR.
- 1994: Ron Dwyer died of a heart attack in the Cayman Islands and ownership passed to his six children.
- 199?: company acquired Synergistic International, Inc. which owned the Glass Doctor.
- 1999: Worldwide Refinishing Systems changed its name to DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen.
- 2003: Doug Dwyer took ownership of DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen.
- 2003: The Riverside Company acquired Dwyer.
- 2005: Dwyer launched ProTradeNet as a portal between its trade groups and suppliers.
- 2010: TZP Capital acquired Dwyer from Riverside.
- 2014: The Riverside Company re-acquired Dwyer.
- 2015: Dwyer acquired Five Star Painting which was based in Utah Valley and had grown to 77 locations:
History of Five Star Painting
- 2004: Founded in Edmonton, Canada.
- 2005: Company moved to Spanish Fork, Utah and began selling franchises.
- 2015: Dwyer acquired Service Brands International which owned the franchies: Molly Maid, Mr. Handyman and ProTect Painters. This brought Dwyers total franchises to 2,100.
- 2016 – Dwyer acquired Cumberland County Glass which owned Portland Glass network based in Maine.
- 2015: Dwyer acquired Bright and Beautiful *
- 2016: Dwyer acquired Window Genie of Cincinnati, Ohio which had a hundred franchses
- 1994: Window Genie was founded by Rik Nonelle.
- 2017: Dwyer acquired UK based Drain Doctor which had 42 franchises*.
- 2017: Dwyer acquired UK based Countrywide Grounds Maintenance.
- 2018: Dwyer acquired Property Management Business Solutions, LLC which owned the Real Property Management franchise network.
History of Real Property Management
- 1986: Property Management firm was founded by Kirk McGary.
- 2005: Doug Oler joined firm and started franchising.
- 2018: Harvest Partner acquired Dwyer from Riverside.
- 2019: Neigborly acquired Dream Doors which is a UK based home improvement store.
References:
- PRNewswire - Dwyer Acquires Window Genie (Drawn 8/6/2018)
- Dreammaker History (Drawn 8/6/2018)
Directory Listings:
- Coconino County - Business: Rainbow International
- Coconino County - Coconino County: Mr. Electric
- Mohave County - Real Estate: Real Property Management Northern Arizona
- Mohave County - Business: Glass Doctor
- Phoenix Color - Business: Mr. Appliance
- Phoenix Color - Home & Garden: Mr. Handyman
- Phoenix Color - Construction: Five Star Painting
- Phoenix Color - Construction: AireServ
- Phoenix Color - Construction: Glass Doctor
- Phoenix Color - Construction: Mr. Rooter
- Phoenix Color - Electronics: Mr. Electric
- Phoenix Color - Cleaning: Rainbow International
- Phoenix Color - Cleaning: Window Genie
- Phoenix Color - Property Management: Real Property Management Private Wealth
- Phoenix Color - Property Management: Real Property Management
- Pima County - Business: Mr. Appliance
- Pima County - Business: Rainbow International
- Pima County - Home and Garden: Mr. Handyman
- Pima County - Apartments: Real Property Management
- Pima County - Construction: Five Star Painting
- Pima County - Construction: Glass Doctor
- Pima County - Construction: Mr. Electric
- Pima County - Construction: Mr. Rooter
- Yavapai County - Business: AireServ
- Yavapai County - Business: Mr. Electric
- Yavapai County - Business: Mr. Rooter
- Boulder Color - Garden: Grounds Guy
- Boulder Color - Home: Mr. Handyman
- Boulder Color - Business: Window Genie
- Boulder Color - Construction: Five Star Painting
- Boulder Color - Construction: AireServ
- Boulder Color - Construction: Glass Doctor
- Colorado Springs Color - Construction: DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen
- Colorado Springs Color - Construction: Five Star Painting
- Colorado Springs Color - Services: Mr. Appliance
- Colorado Springs Color - Property Management: Real Property Management
- Colorado Springs Color - Plumbing: Mr. Rooter
- Denver Color - Property Management: Real Property Management
- Denver Color - Construction: Five Star Painting
- Denver Color - Construction: AireServ
- Denver Color - Cleaning: Rainbow International
- Denver Color - Cleaning: Window Genie
- Denver Color - Services: Mr. Appliance
- Denver Color - Services: Mr. Electric
- Denver Color - Services: Mr. Handyman
- Denver Color - Landscape: Grounds Guy
- Durango Colorado - Construction: Glass Doctor Durango
- Fort Collins Color - Garden: Grounds Guy
- Fort Collins Color - Services: Mr. Electric
- Fort Collins Color - Services: Rainbow International
- Fort Collins Color - Business: Mr. Appliance
- Fort Collins Color - Real Estate: Real Property Management
- Fort Collins Color - Construction: Five Star Painting
- Fort Collins Color - Construction: AireServ
- Fort Collins Color - Automotive: Glass Doctor
- Grand Junction - Auto: Glass Doctor
- Grand Junction - Apartments: Real Property Management
- Missoula Websites - Autos: Glass Doctor
- Cedar City - Realty: Real Property Management Cedar City
- Davis County - Business: Mr. Electric
- Davis County - Apartments: Real Property Management
- Logan Utah - Business: Mr. Appliance
- Logan Utah - Apartments: Real Property Management Cache Valley
- Ogden, Utah - Construction: Dreammaker Bath & Kitchen
- Provo Utah - Property Management: Real Property Management
- Provo Utah - Construction: Five Star Painting
- Provo Utah - Construction: AireServ
- Provo Utah - Construction: Glass Doctor
- Provo Utah - Service: Mr. Appliance
- Provo Utah - Service: Rainbow International
- Saint George - Business: Rainbow International
- Saint George - Realty: RPM Southern Utah
- Saint George - Construction: Glass Doctor
- Saint George - Construction: Mr. Rooter
- Salt Lake Sites - HVAC: AireServ
- Salt Lake Sites - Plumbing: Mr. Rooter
- Salt Lake Sites - Cleaning: Rainbow International
- Salt Lake Sites - Services: Five Star Painting
- Salt Lake Sites - Services: Mr. Appliance
- Salt Lake Sites - Franchises: Property Management Franchise | Real Property Management
- Salt Lake Sites - Property Management: Real Property Management
- Salt Lake Sites - Property Management: Real Property Management Wasatch
- Salt Lake Sites - Property Management: Property Management - Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake Sites - Landscape: Grounds Guy
- Vernal, Utah. US - Real Estate: Real Property Management