
The Beaumont Centre mixed-use development anchors the territory across 750 acres, generating substantial visibility from the 35,500 Average Daily Traffic count along Harrodsburg Road. Blinds by Design operates at 161 Lexington Green Cir as the entrenched local provider, leveraging a physical showroom to secure trust for premium Hunter Douglas products.
Bloomin’ Blinds is positioned to capture unabsorbed consumer preference for mobile-first convenience, offering direct-to-home consultations. Operationally, technicians must execute complex parts identification via network crowdsourcing while clustering appointments geographically through CRM software to maximize billable hours.
To facilitate this, National Call Center agents use specific scripts to qualify leads and book appointments directly to the franchisee’s calendar. Navigating the Harrodsburg Road and New Circle Road interchange gridlock during peak windows creates a “windshield time” tax that physically limits daily service capacity.
Additionally, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Planning enforces residential zoning prohibiting home-based commercial vans, requiring operators to factor $1,500 to $2,500 in monthly off-site fleet storage into their fixed overhead.
Sources: lexingtonky.gov, lexingtonky.gov
| Franchise overview | |
| Marketing fund (in %) | 2% |
| Minimum cash required | $25,000 |
| Franchise fee | $49,500 |
| Who Has an Advantage | A charismatic owner-operator with strong project management skills, comfortable with fleet management. |

