Maintenance King of Lorain

Date: October 10, 2014

A second-generation family business, Lorain, Ohio’s Gergely’s
Maintenance King provides the area with cleaning projects and supplies. In the
last dozen years, owner Mike Gergely has purchased Dasco Paper, a party and
janitorial materials supplier, as well as the San-Bay Company, which outfits
restaurants with industrial-grade equipment. The three-business operation now employs
over eighty workers, fifty of which are full-time.

Mike’s parents, John and Maggie, started a part-time carpet
cleaning business in 1972, and a few years later purchased a Maintenance King
franchise. Mike has worked for the company since he was ten, and after doing
every job available, now serves as Vice President of Gergely’s Maintenance
King. Through his time, Gergely has expanded the business far beyond the small
carpet cleaning shop his parents began forty years prior.

Maintenance King joined NFIB in 1995. In the time since,
Mike has become an active member and now has three memberships. Gergely
appreciates NFIB’s help with workers compensation issues. Further, he believes
businesses need to be a part of a group, and says NFIB is the “only real voice
for small businesses.”

Like many small business owners, Gergely feels the weight of
a high tax burden, which limits the ability of businesses to thrive and expand.
When viewed in combination with the ever-rising tide of regulations, businesses
often find themselves in a difficult spot. More locally, Gergely says it is
always tough to find people who want to work.

Still, Gergely enjoys what he is doing, and says there is
“something new every day.” For those looking to open a business today, he
offers this advice: do your research and promote yourself. Those who are able
to find a niche, he maintains, are those who will be successful.

For more information about Gergely’s Maintenance King,
please visit www.gergelys.net

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