ShelfGenie Franchise a Neighborly brand

ShelfGenie Franchise Opportunity

Own a ShelfGenie Franchise

ShelfGenie®, a Neighborly® company, designs and manufactures custom glide-out shelves and storage. The company focuses on repairing, maintaining, and enhancing homes and businesses through creative storage solutions. Their glide-out shelving solution empowers people to reclaim control of their living space through simple organization. Acquired in 2020, ShelfGenie® is part of Neighborly®, the world’s largest home services franchise with 17 brands in the United States, more than 5,000 franchises, and 10+ million customers worldwide.

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ShelfGenie Awards from Franchise Business Review

FBR Hall of Fame
2022 Top 200
2021 Top
2020 Best Culture
2020 Top Home-Based Franchise
2020 Top Low Cost
2020 FBR Top
2019 Services
2019 FBR Top
2019 FBR Low Cost

ShelfGenie Franchise Information

Business Model

ShelfGenie is part of Neighborly®, the world’s largest home services company. Neighborly is the world’s largest home services company with 32 home service brands and 5,500+ locations and offers franchise owners a distinct advantage through its experience and scale.

From networking with other owners both locally and nationwide, to leveraging exclusive vendor and operational savings with ProTradeNet®, to accessing valuable customer insights provided by our in-house data science team — the Neighborly Advantage offers franchise owners the support and resources they need to launch and successfully grow their businesses.

The multi-brand portfolio also means that networking and customer referrals flow more easily between brands in the same local market, creating value for customers and franchise owners alike.

Franchise Owner Satisfaction: ShelfGenie ranks high for franchisee satisfaction. Our tremendous level of owner satisfaction is built on our strong culture of support and the visionary leadership.

Proven Success: Our established business model is focused on scalability, flexibility, and ease of management.

Ongoing Support: We offer franchise business owners unparalleled administrative and business support, plus training for designers and installers. That allows franchisees to focus on growing their businesses.

More Territories Available: With 260 territories across the U.S. and Canada, we have room for more ShelfGenie locations.

Key Benefits

Built for Scalability: Owners start with 1-3 designated territories and have room to grow .

No Employees Needed to Start: Subcontractors can be effectively used for both design and installation needs to simplify HR needs.

Small Footprint: Minimal overhead, no office space required, no inventory, no storage, no employees required.

Easy-to-Follow Operations: Established model and systems, focused on flexibility, ease of management and scalability. No prior experience needed.

Improved Work/Life Balance: Family-friendly work week, no on-call or emergency work.

Ongoing Operational Support: We instruct, coach, train, mentor owners on how to build a successful business. Proprietary CRM and business software. Scheduling call center. Unparalleled administrative and business support, including training for designers and installers, allowing franchise owners to focus on their business.

Made in USA: We own and build our own product in our US based manufacturing plant.

The Neighborly Advantage: Five Star Painting is part of Neighborly®, the world’s largest home services company with more than 30 home service brands and 5,500+ locations and offers franchise owners a distinct advantage through its experience and scale. The multi-brand portfolio also means that networking and customer referrals flow more easily between brands in the same local market, creating value for customers and franchise owners alike.

Marketing Support

We provide robust brand and marketing support at both the national and local levels.

National brand marketing is led by a team of experts on behalf of all franchise owners. From strategy to creative asset development and brand marketing initiatives, our campaigns will help you create brand awareness and generate leads.

At the local level, we provide performance marketing tools, plans, and resources that franchise owners can easily customize and deploy in their local markets. Individualized support is provided to new franchise owners to boost engagement and success.

Training Programs

You start off in ShelfGenie with a comprehensive eight-day training session that teaches you about the company’s history, philosophy, core values, and expectations. This also includes covering the technology, marketing, management procedures, and systems that you will need to run your business.

With ShelfGenie, you will also get the built-in virtual assistant through the Business Support Center that will help you handle administrative duties so that you can focus on clients and marketing. This support system will help you stay organized and keep you from overbooking your team. Our Business Support System also helps with lead generation and follow-through thanks to the reminders, schedule booking assistance and follow-up that is built into the system.

Do you offer a discount for veterans?

20% off for qualified veterans opening up their first business

ShelfGenie Videos

ShelfGenie® President Jeff Meyers

ShelfGenie® Franchise Owner David Curtis Finds Confidence in Franchising with Neighborly®

ShelfGenie Cost & Fees

Here’s what you can expect to spend to start the business and what ongoing fees the franchisor charges throughout the life of the business.

  • Initial Investment

    The total estimated cost for establishing the business (including: franchise fee, fixed assets, inventory, deposits, other fees and costs, and the working capital required for initial start-up).

    $90,600 - $135,500
  • Cash Requirement

    Your liquid capital, or the cash you need on-hand in order to be able to enter into the franchise agreement.

    $50,000

ShelfGenie designs and installs custom-made organizational solutions in existing cabinetry. They transform everyday frustrations into joy by creating up to 50% more storage and better accessibility to the items in cabinets. Shelf Genie offers superior solutions, services, and a dedicated team of experienced home organization consultants. 

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  • Min. Cash Required: $50,000
  • Total Startup Investment: $90,600 - $135,500
  • Franchising Since: 2008
  • Franchise Units: 283

Available Markets

USA United States:

AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

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I would like to explore funding for my business venture from Benetrends Financial (minimum investment $50K, US only).