Kitchen Guard

Kitchen Guard is a franchise of EverSmith brands, the platform for B2B Commercial Facilities franchises (including MilliCare, Prism Specialty Restoration, The SEALS, U.S. Lawns and Clintar). Kitchen Guard is the premier Commercial Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning (KEC) company.  Professional, reliable, quality service. In 2024, their first year of franchising, the franchise sold 44 units. As of May, 2026, the franchies has 121 territories, many of which from IFPG! Differentiators: • Built-In Demand with Recurring Revenue (Clean Ventilation Required by Law) • 4 Major Revenue Streams: 1) Full Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning; 2) Filter Exchange Program; 3) Technical Repairs & Maintenance; 4) Green Steam Vapor Cleaning • Innovative, Customer Centric Technology Helps Keep Commercial Kitchen Clients Compliant • Commercial Grade Equipment & Chemicals • Certified & Uniformed Professional Cleaners Perform All Services to Highest Established NFPA 96 Standards with Advanced Techniques • Highly Fragmented, Easy-to-Grab a Piece of Market Share Backed by modern technology, Kitchen Guard provides professional kitchen hood and exhaust cleaning services to help commercial kitchens be clean, fire-safe, and compliant at the highest quality standards established by the National Fire Protection Association. It also offers comprehensive services including Filter Exchange and Fan Maintenance Programs, and Green Steam for surfaces to protect clients' capital investments and keep them fully operational. The KEC industry is highly fragmented and there is only one true national competitor in Hoodz.  Kitchen Guard's value proposition is clearly industry leading and ready to truly disrupt & professionalize a demanded industry. Ideal Customer is Class A commercial properties & middle to high end restaurant/food eateries there is a huge market that is demanded by fire inspection code regulations (NFPA 96) therefore our services are legally required along with being demanded. Continuing with EverSmith Brands' focus on the commercial B2B space, Kitchen Guard has demonstrated continued ongoing customer retention for ongoing recurring revenue streams. Scheduled, repair customers = a fully forecasted revenue model based on facts. Very imperative in designing business growth plans.

Kitchen Guard (with full P&L provided in Item 19) easily differentiates itself in the market place by not only providing premier kitchen exhaust cleaning, but additionally provides a robust filter exchange program, standard/basic technical repairs, as well as cleaning product distribution sales. Vast majority of the market place only provides exhaust cleaning, and only cleans the lower 50% of the KEC system, therefore leaving significant revenue & service lines on the table. As you can see, we have a much higher average service ticket, higher NPS survey scores for account mgmt, and a much sticky and retained customer; we are very excited to bring Kitchen Guard's proven systems nationwide!