Vintage SERVICE MASTER Woolsey Sign Evansville Indiana Boonville Newburgh (B)

Made of pastic
Nice condition. At one time this was a Calendar. Some staining on paper. Please see pictures. Thanks!

L. D. Larry Woolsey
Evansville, Indiana

14-1/2" Wide x 10" Tall

Nationwide Service Products

Industry Approved
Carpet & Furniture
Cleaning

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ServiceMaster was founded in 1929 by Marion E. Wade, a minor league baseball player, as a moth-proofing company in Chicago, Illinois. It was incorporated in 1947 and expanded to franchised carpet cleaning in 1952 Its movement into business services makes it a large outsourcing company.

In the 1980s, the company acquired several branch and franchise-based service companies including Terminix, TruGreen, Merry Maids, and American Home Shield.[7] In 2001, ServiceMaster divested its management services businesses to focus more on its residential and commercial business.[citation needed][clarification needed]

A group of equity sponsors led by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) acquired ServiceMaster in July 2007 and took the company private.In the same year, the company moved its headquarters from Downers Grove, Ill., to Memphis, Tenn.

In 2011, Hank Mullany, former executive vice president of Walmart U.S. and president of northern U.S. Walmart, was appointed as CEO for all ServiceMaster brands.Robert J. Gillette was appointed chief executive officer in June 2013.[10]

As of January 1, 2014, TruGreen is no longer a brand of ServiceMaster, opting instead to remain a privately held company. TruGreen acquired Scotts Lawn Service in 2016.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc., then the parent of ServiceMaster Brands, announced on June 25, 2014, that it had priced an initial public offering of 35,900,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 per share.[11] The shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 25, 2014, under the ticker symbol SERV. The company continues to be majority-owned by private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, StepStone Group and Ridgemont Equity Partners, and JPMorgan Chase Funding.[citation needed]

ServiceMaster moved its global headquarters from East Memphis to Peabody Place in Downtown Memphis in June 2018.[12]

Nikhil Varty was appointed chief executive officer in July 2017.

On July 26, 2017, ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. announced a plan to spin-off its American Home Shield business from its Terminix and Franchise Services Group into a separate publicly-traded company.

In October 2020, Roark Capital Group purchased ServiceMaster Brands.

In August 2021, ServiceMaster Brands purchased Two Men and a Truck, a family-owned moving franchise.

In April 2022, ServiceMaster Brands purchased Aftermath Services, a privately owned trauma & biohazard cleanup company.
Brands

    ServiceMaster Clean (established 1952): Janitorial and carpet cleaning
    Terminix (founded 1927, acquired 1986, separation 2020): pest control; divested from Terminix Global holdings October 2020
    Merry Maids (acquired 1988): maid services
    American Home Shield (acquired 1989)
    Furniture Medic (acquired 1996): furniture repair
    Rescue Industries and American Residential Services, now known as ARS/Rescue Rooter: RI acquired in 1998; ARS acquired and merged with RI 1999; sold 2006
    ServiceMaster Restore (established 2013): disaster restoration
    AmeriSpec (acquired 2007): home inspection
    Two Men and a Truck (acquired 2021)
    Aftermath Services (established 1996, acquired 2022): trauma & biohazard cleaning