clayton dublier and rice inc. subsidiary of the servicemaster company industry service founded 1929 headquarters memphis tennessee usa key people thomas j. coba president gary m. bauer chief operating officer website www.servicemasterclean.com servicemaster clean is the doing business as name of servicemaster residential commercial services limited partnership and is a franchisor which sells and supports fire and water disaster restoration janitorial commercial residential and floor care services franchisees through the united states canada and 10 other countries using the servicemaster clean trademarks and systems to residential and commercial services . contents 1 company history and key dates 2 servicemaster clean organizational structure 3 primary service areas 4 servicemaster patents company history and key dates edit 1929 the servicemaster company founded in chicago illinois as a moth proofing company by marion e. wade a former minor league baseball player . 1937 the servicemaster company expanded into rug and carpet cleaning and the first on location in the home carpet cleaning customer was served using products developed by mr. wade . 1947 the servicemaster company incorporated with 6 employees and revenue of 125 000 . 1952 servicemaster residential commercial services now known as servicemaster clean first franchise was sold and established one of america s first franchise business models . 1980 to 2000 further expansion of the servicemaster company s consumer services business formed a network of service companies headquartered in memphis tennessee including servicemaster clean terminix trugreen merry maids furniture medic and amerispec . 2007 clayton dubilier & rice inc. cd & r based in new york city new york acquired the servicemaster company . 2011 hank mullany a former wal mart stores inc. executive appointed as ceo for all servicemaster brands . and thomas j. coba former coo of subway named president of servicemaster franchise brands including servicemaster clean merry maids furniture medic and amerispec . servicemaster clean organizational structure edit servicemaster clean has 4 500 independently owned and operated franchises worldwide . servicemaster clean is a subsidiary of the servicemaster company one of the world s largest service networks with locations in the u.s. and canada as well as 10 countries around the globe . primary service areas edit disaster restoration services including water damage cleanup and restoration janitorial and commercial specialty cleaning residential cleaning and floor care including carpet cleaning servicemaster patents edit the servicemaster company holds two patents that support the servicemaster clean proprietary cleaning process named the capture and removal cleaning system 1 in december 2010 the servicemaster company was awarded u.s. patent no. 7 845 047 for a dust wand . and 2 in december 2011 the servicemaster company was awarded u.s. pat . no. 8 083 860 for the capture and removal cleaning system . the servicemaster clean capture and removal cleaning system meets all the environmental and performance requirements of the green seal environmental standard for cleaning services gs 42 . reference for patent 7 845 047 1 reference for patent 8 083 860 2 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title servicemaster clean & oldid 647215744 categories service companies of the united statescleaning companies1929 establishments in illinoiscompanies established in 1929 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 15 february 2015 at 08 06 . 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