{"id":1391,"date":"2018-08-15T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T07:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2020-12-02T11:30:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T11:30:06","slug":"dwyer-group-acquires-mosquito-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/dwyer-group-acquires-mosquito-joe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwyer Group\u00ae Acquires Mosquito Joe\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h3>Dwyer Franchising, LLC (\u201cDwyer Group\u201d), one of the world&#8217;s largest parent companies of home service brands, has announced the acquisition of Mosquito Joe, the leading franchisor in the mosquito control services industry based in Virginia Beach, Va, USA.<\/h3>\n<p>This event marks the first acquisition for Dwyer Group since announcing Harvest Partners in June 2018 as its new private equity partner and launches the beginning of a new era of growth for Dwyer Group. Dwyer Group now has nearly 3,300 franchisees and 825 associates across nine countries, including the UK with offices in Banbury and Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMosquito Joe&#8217;s rally cry is \u2018Outside is fun again,&#8217; and we think their service combined with their professionalism and high customer satisfaction marks are the perfect fit for Dwyer Group,\u201d said Mike Bidwell, President and CEO of Dwyer Group. \u201cMosquito Joe is a market leader in this space, and we look forward to continuing to support its growth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough there are no current plans to launch this brand in the UK, everyone is excited about this new development. It demonstrates our commitment to growth in the USA, UK and Europe,\u201d says Jeff Meyers, Vice President of International Operations for the Dwyer Group.<\/p>\n<p>Mosquito Joe is a rapidly growing company in the mosquito control services industry, with 288 active territories across 34 states and the District of Columbia with expansion opportunities to the western United States, Canada and beyond. The Mosquito Joe brand is known for its reliability and exceptional service, making its addition to Dwyer Group&#8217;s brands a seamless transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to join one of the most powerful organizations in the industry,\u201d said Lou Schager, President of Mosquito Joe. \u201cOur franchise network and customers will benefit from Dwyer Group&#8217;s vast expertise and extensive resources in home services, enabling us to further our expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwyer Franchising, LLC (\u201cDwyer Group\u201d), one of the world&#8217;s largest parent companies of home service brands, has announced the acquisition of Mosquito Joe, the leading franchisor in the mosquito control services industry based in Virginia Beach, Va, USA. This event marks the first acquisition for Dwyer Group since announcing Harvest Partners in June 2018 as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-building-services-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mosquito-joe-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}