
If you've ever wanted to own a professional service business in a category nobody has consolidated, this is your ground-floor opportunity.
Own a home-based, van-based drywall repair business in a fragmented $13B+ category — where a systematized operator wins by default.
No storefront, no landlord. Low breakeven, fast scalability.
97% of U.S. structures have drywall — and competitors are unbranded mom-and-pops.
Leads generated for you, so you run the business instead of chasing work.
Declining franchise fees built for operators who think in territories.
Most homeowners' prior “drywall guy” was late, dusty, cash-only, and half-finished. Hole in the Wall® was built to be the opposite: a uniformed tech in a wrapped van who lays plastic, repairs and texture-matches cleanly, quotes transparently, and warranties the work for a full year.
In a category where competitors are overwhelmingly unbranded, a systematized, professional brand wins by default.
The Systemizer. You spent 15–25 years inside a corporate machine and you trust yourself to run process, people, and a P&L better than the “two guys and a ladder” incumbents. You never want to mud a ceiling — and you never have to.
The Trade Upgrader. You're a painter, GC, or handyman who's been half-solving drywall calls for years. This gives your hustle a brand, a CRM, and a van wrap that turns it into a real company.
In-house marketing runs your digital and local campaigns, so leads come to you. A proprietary CRM handles estimating and scheduling so nothing leaks out of spreadsheets and text threads.
And the School of Rock Academy — an in-house, hands-on training facility with 300+ topics and 50+ tutorials — lets a non-tradesperson confidently certify a tech and step out of the truck. Part of the FranGrowth family of brands.
Every plumber's access hole, every move-out ceiling, every kid's foot through a wall is a job. Drywall repair is high-frequency, non-discretionary demand in a $13B+ category that nobody has consolidated.
Apply NowA home-based, van-based footprint keeps your fixed costs low and your breakeven fast. Here's the shape of the opportunity.
1Figures reflect a single company-owned location as disclosed in Item 19 of the Hole in the Wall® Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD); they are a single data point and cannot be extrapolated to any other location. For the most accurate and current information, review the latest FDD for Hole in the Wall®. These figures are not a guarantee or projection of future results, and individual results will vary. This is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise.
No storefront, no landlord, no standing inventory obligation. You run the business and certify a tech; the brand drives the leads and the systems.
You run the business.
We drive the leads.
You don't need a taping knife — you need the discipline to run a system. Hole in the Wall owners tend to share the same traits.
You'd rather build a repeatable system than wing it.
You'll run a proven playbook instead of reinventing it.
You can hire, train, and hold a small team accountable.
You find the next referral relationship before you need it.
You watch close rate and average ticket, not just busyness.
You see one van as the start, not the ceiling.
No. The School of Rock Academy and ride-alongs let you certify a trained technician and run the business — you manage process, people, and the P&L, not the taping knife.
You operate from home, route your tech in a wrapped van, and manage the numbers. As you grow, you add vans and territories rather than hours in the truck.
An in-house marketing team runs digital and local campaigns on your behalf, and a proprietary CRM keeps estimating and scheduling organized.
Homeowners after leaks, moves, and kids; Realtors prepping listings; property managers on move-out day; and plumbers, electricians, and restoration crews who opened a wall and need it closed cleanly.
A clean, dustless, texture-matched, warrantied repair — delivered under a professional brand in a category dominated by unbranded mom-and-pops.
Territories across the U.S. are open now. If you're ready to professionalize a fragmented category and own a low-overhead business you control, your next step is simple.
Apply NowWe'll review your application, schedule a Discovery Call, and walk you through available territories and how to get started.

This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. Any figures referenced are historical results disclosed in the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) and are not a guarantee of future performance. For the most accurate and current information, review the latest FDD for LIME Painting®. We do not make any representation that you will achieve any particular result.
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