The Caretakers

What The Caretakers does

The Caretakers is a privately held facility-services provider headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota, in operation since 1971. The firm delivers five core service lines: carpet cleaning, snow removal, restoration, lawn care, and janitorial services. These offerings position the company as a multi-trade, on-site services contractor rather than a technology or product business, and the multi-vertical mix is consistent with a regional full-service maintenance provider for both residential and commercial customers.

The company operates with a workforce of 11-50 employees, indicating a small-to-mid-sized local services business. No information about its technology stack, scheduling or dispatch systems, fleet, equipment, certifications, or supplier relationships was available from the source materials; the corporate website (thecaretakersinc.com) returned only a verification/loading screen during data collection, and no pricing models, customer logos, partnership arrangements, or app presence were disclosed. Materials and platforms underlying the service delivery, as well as any software used for routing, CRM, or workforce management, are therefore unverified.

Commercially, The Caretakers is structured as a private, for-profit firm with no parent company, no subsidiary entities, no disclosed investors, and no funding rounds on record. Revenue mechanics (pricing model, contract structures, billing cadence) are undisclosed, and the firmographic profile suggests revenue is generated primarily through transactional and recurring local-services contracts rather than a SaaS, marketplace, or e-commerce model. No certifications, regulatory actions, leadership profiles, or M&A activity were reported in the input.

Name

The Caretakers

Website

https://thecaretakersinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Caretakers is a Mankato, Minnesota-based facility services company founded in 1971 that provides carpet cleaning, snow removal, restoration, lawn care, and janitorial services to local residential and commercial customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cleaning and Property Maintenance Services

NAICS

Janitorial Services (561720), Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services (561740), Landscaping Services (561730)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPABABAA

General Commercial Janitorial (Recurring Contract Cleaning)

Business & Public Services/Facilities Management & Building Services/Commercial & Janitorial Cleaning Services

SECONDARYHSAEAAAA

General Recurring House Cleaning (Whole-Home)

Home & Personal Services/Home Cleaning & Housekeeping/Standard/Recurring House Cleaning

Keywords

• Carpet cleaning services
• Snow removal services
• Restoration services
• Lawn care services
• Janitorial services

Headquarters

HQ city

Edwardsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

The Caretakers delivers property maintenance, cleaning, and grounds services for the Mankato, Minnesota area. Their service portfolio covers carpet cleaning, snow removal, restoration work, lawn care, and janitorial services. The company operates as a local service provider with field crews delivering on-site work for both residential and commercial customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carpet Cleaning
• Snow Removal
• Restoration Services
• Lawn Care
• Janitorial Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Broad incumbents

• TruGreen: Largest U.S. residential and commercial lawn care service provider with national reach. Comparable to The Caretakers on the lawn care service line and competing for the same homeowner customer base.
• Merry Maids: National residential cleaning franchise backed by ServiceMaster. Targets the same residential customers as The Caretakers for recurring house cleaning services.
• Molly Maid: Established national residential house cleaning franchise with strong brand recognition. Comparable to The Caretakers on the residential cleaning side, though narrower in service scope.

Direct peers

• ServiceMaster Clean: National janitorial, carpet cleaning, and disaster restoration franchise network. Directly comparable to The Caretakers across all of its core service lines and likely competes for the same commercial and residential accounts.
• CleanNet USA: National commercial janitorial and day-porter services provider operating through regional franchisees. Direct overlap with The Caretakers' commercial janitorial offering.
• Stanley Steemer: National carpet, upholstery, tile, and janitorial service provider with technician-driven service delivery. Overlaps heavily with The Caretakers on carpet cleaning and broader cleaning services.
• ChemDry: Largest carpet cleaning franchise in North America, operating a localized owner-operator model similar to The Caretakers. Competes head-to-head for residential and commercial carpet cleaning customers.
• Vanguard Cleaning Systems: Commercial janitorial franchise organization focused on recurring contract cleaning for offices and facilities. Comparable model and customer set to The Caretakers' janitorial line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/caretakersinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/care-takers-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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