History
Ted and Doris Isaacson launched Servpro in 1967 as a painting business in Sacramento, California. With a background in cleaning and restoration, Ted and Doris changed the direction of the company, becoming a franchisor of cleanup and restoration services.
After selling their first franchise in 1969 Servpro acquired the Bristol-Myers Domesticare Division and its 175 franchises in 1979. Servpro relocated their corporate headquarters from Sacramento to Gallatin in 1988, placing itself within 600 miles (970 km) of 50 percent of the U.S. population. At the time of the relocation, the Servpro system consisted of 647 franchises.
The company sold its 1,000th franchise in 2000. In 2005, Servpro moved to a 106,000-square-foot (9,800 m2), facility in Gallatin to provide more room for expansion. More than 1,600 franchises are in operation nationwide.
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