cleaning maid service residential cleaning domestic cleaning house cleaning founded mississauga on 1979 founder adrienne and chris stringer number of locations 400 worldwide area served united kingdom canada japan portugal united states products molly maid cleaning handbook 1 website united kingdom 1 molly maid is an international franchise with over 400 individual franchisees throughout the world . they are listed on the franchise 500 list 2 and one of america s top global franchises by entrepreneur magazine . 3 contents 1 history 2 areas of business 3 corporate governance board of directors 4 ms. molly foundation 5 references history edit molly maid was founded in canada in 1979 4 by adrienne and chris stringer 5 the company was named after the character molly brown from the 1964 film the unsinkable molly brown . today the company has over 400 active franchises across the globe . molly maid expanded into the united states in 1984 . 6 areas of business edit molly maid has expanded across canada the united kingdom japan portugal and the united states . the company performs more than two million home cleanings per year . corporate governance board of directors edit headquartered in oakville ontario the chairman and ceo of molly maid is jim mackenzie . ms. molly foundation edit ms. molly foundation an anti domestic violence foundation began in 1996 7 collects money and goods for safe houses and shelters for victims of domestic violence . 8 donation totals by year 2010 167 836 9 2009 146 900 10 2008 127 500 11 references edit molly maid cleaning handbook the complete guide to a clean house published by the penguin group canada first published in 2009 . entrepreneur . franchise 500 list . retrieved 21 june 2012 . entrepreneur . 2012 top global franchises . retrieved 21 june 2012 . international franchise association ifa . molly maid franchise information . retrieved 22 june 2012 . the franchise magazine . franchise profile molly maid premier brand in its sector . http www.geoplan.com about geoplan case studies molly maid http blog.mollymaid.com 2011 10 31 molly maid in the news % e2 % 80 % 93 october 2011 http www.franchise.org industrysecondary.aspx id 41948 http www.prlog.org 11203655 molly maid sets record for donations to support domestic violence victims.html http blog.mollymaid.com 2010 05 22 ms molly foundation raises record funds to support domestic violence victims http www.bison.com press mollymaid 01122009 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title molly maid & oldid 702892640 categories companies based in mississaugaservice companies of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 february 2016 at 06 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view