DUCTZ Franchise Opportunity Meets with Franchise Interviews

Franchise Interviews is meeting with John Rotche, President and Founder of the franchise opportunity DUCTZ. John started the company as a one van operation in Ann Arbor, MI in 2002. Today the franchise boasts 134 locations in 32 states! John will talk about his strategic growth by buying his major competitor Duct Busters in 2006 and positioning the company to become a subsidiary of BELFOR, the world’s largest insurance restoration company. John created the DUCTZ National Service Team, the first rapid-response team in the industry, comprised of highly trained and certified DUCTZ specialists pulled from its franchise owners to provide services throughout the country at major disaster areas after events such as Hurricane Katrina and the California wild fires. The creation of this team allows John to provide built-in business to his franchisees and give them “on the job” training at sites that are in serious need of indoor air quality. John will share his story about what he did to help DUCTZ strategically grow and how to provide DUCTZ franchisees with built-in business and “on the job” training. About DUCTZ DUCTZ, the nation's largest HVAC franchise, was originally founded by John Rotche in 2002, as a “one van” operation in Ann Arbor, MI. Since franchising in 2004, DUCTZ has quickly become a recognizable industry leader now operating 134 franchise locations in 32 states. In 2006, Rotche merged with its top competitor, a strategic merger that created the largest and most technically advanced organization within the industry. DUCTZ is a subsidiary of BELFOR, USA, a member of the National Air Duct Cleaner’s Association (NADCA), and Energy Star approved. DUCTZ was featured on cable television’s show Designing Spaces, and in Entrepreneur magazine’s January 2009 issue, was ranked #1 in its category and in the upper half of the Top 500 Franchises in the United States.