Real Stories from *Franchisees*

Julian runs a Jim's Mowing franchise in Sydney South and travels to a different country every month. He batches three to four weeks of work, then flies out for five to seven days.He is nearly four years in. Around 70 regular lawns, plus 20 to 30 gutter jobs on a six to twelve month cycle. Most of those clients have been with him almost the whole time.He did not start here. His first year was six days a week, driving 30 minutes for any lead that came through, taking every job going just to buil

Jim's Cleaning franchisees make $2 to $3 an hour from each employee and up to $20,000 from a single split, and the division is rebuilding its training around those numbers. Haydar Hussein is the divisional franchisor of the Jim's Cleaning Group and has been with Jim's since 2001. He joins Joel Kleber for an October update on a network of about 1,700 franchisees and a goal to pass Jim's Mowing by the end of 2027. Haydar explains why leads make franchisees lazy and what the best operators do wi

Mike Davenport ran the Jim's Group training program for many years, moved to Bali, and has now returned to run the course again. His first session back, the stage flooded and the power went out. Jim Penman found a dry spot and spoke for an hour. Since then Mike has rewritten the whole course. Joel Kleber asks him what changed and what new franchisees should expect. The program now runs 2.5 days with around 20 hours of content. Around 100 people attend every three weeks. Mike explains why the

#ASKJIM Q & A Replay from September 2026 with Jim Penman and Joel Kleber.

A Jim's Window and Pressure Cleaning franchise doing $96,000 a year could start year three with $108,000 of work already booked. No new leads. No extra ad spend. Skagan shows exactly how.Skagan runs his own Jim's Window & Pressure Cleaning franchise in Queensland and took over as regional franchisor a year ago. In 12 months, he has grown the region from around 10 franchisees to 20. On this episode of the Jim's Group podcast, he explains why rising Google and Meta costs mean franchisees need more

Harry Parker bought a Jim’s Mowing franchise at 69. Two years later, his heart surgeon told him the active work may have added 10 years to his life. Harry now works about 32 hours a week, serves 87 regular clients and mows alongside his daughters. In this episode, he explains how he grew revenue by 30% in 12 months without adding clients, earns more through services such as aeration, lawn feeding, pruning and weed control, and uses Microsoft Copilot to write quotes and plan efficient mowing runs

#ASKJIM Facebook Live Q & A with Jim Penman Replay September 2026

Nathan asked his boss for a pay rise after getting married. The answer was no, so he quit and bought a Jim's Mowing franchise in Melbourne. Twelve months later, he earns 10 times what he made as a plumbing labourer. Nathan grew up helping his dad, a Jim's Mowing franchisee for 28 years, and never planned to follow him. At 27, with a new mortgage and bills to pay, he changed his mind. In this episode of the Jim's Mowing podcast, Nathan walks through his first year as a lawn mowing