The $27M/Year Business You Never Thought Of!

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John Evans started EverLine Coatings in his backyard fresh out of college. From these humble beginnings, his pavement maintenance and road painting business has grown to nearly 100 franchise locations across the US and Canada, with a total revenue of $2.8 million a year. In this video, you’ll learn how this entrepreneur launched such a successful franchise from scratch.
EverLine coatings wasn’t John’s first venture into entrepreneurship. While still in college, he joined the College Pro Painters program and became one of their top performing painting franchisees. The lessons learned from that experience set him up for fast growth when he ventured into the pavement and line striping industry with EverLine.
John chose the line painting and pavement maintenance industry because he saw there was a lack of well-branded, professional companies in this space. In this interview, he’ll share how he identified this as a niche with tons of growth potential, along with his advice for other entrepreneurs looking for a business where they can satisfy an unmet demand.
While he’s successful now, John still had his setbacks and failures. He lost tens of thousands during his first year with College Pro and had other struggles along the way. He’ll explain why these kinds of failures are necessary for growth and how he bounced back from his mistakes to build EverLine into a thriving, scalable business.
If you learned something from this interview and want to see more like it, check out some of UpFlip’s past videos:
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Resources
everlinecoatings.com/ - Learn more about EverLine on their website
franchise.upflip.com/everline... - EverLine Franchise
www.upflip.com/academy - Launch and scale your business with our expert-led Academy
www.eosworldwide.com/ - Get a grip on your business with the Entrepreneurial Operating System
www.amazon.sg/dp/1936661837 - Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
www.amazon.sg/dp/0316219266 - The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
www.amazon.sg/dp/1442394935/ - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
www.amazon.sg/dp/0399592091 - The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger
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  • @UpFlip
    @UpFlip7 ай бұрын

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  • @mybonsaicha
    @mybonsaicha7 ай бұрын

    This is so awesome! Congrats on all your success, John - you’re killing it. 👏

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the support! 🙏

  • @williammcharo4800
    @williammcharo48007 ай бұрын

    best episode in this series . thanks for this information🤗😇

  • @javier.alvarez764
    @javier.alvarez7647 ай бұрын

    Cycle of Entrepreneurship - uninformed optimism - informed pessimism - crisis of meaning -> crash or burn (not learn from your lessons) -> rechout for support -> informed optimism -> get over it, solve it, overcome it, grown from it -Learn that it is normal part of life. B2B - Very transactional - Repeat service - Deeper relationship with vendor - Long term relationship Persistence and tenacity

  • @everlinecoatings

    @everlinecoatings

    7 ай бұрын

    Bang on!

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for taking notes! These are knowledge for keeps! ☺️

  • @GageHerrmann

    @GageHerrmann

    Ай бұрын

    Lying to your potential customers. Great advice!

  • @Alexis-rz9oi
    @Alexis-rz9oi7 ай бұрын

    Would like to see an HVAC business. I appreciate your videos. I've been subscribed and watching since the views were only a few 100 per video. Now this channel is almost to 1 million subscribers and doing several 100,000 views per video. Some videos even have a million. The channel itself is a great example of entrepreneurship. Never giving up! I really appreciate that you guys show us businesses that are overlooked and aren't looked at as glamorous. Alot of videos pretty much focus on the "sexy" businesses.

  • @mrssamanthashannon
    @mrssamanthashannon7 ай бұрын

    Been a quiet supporter of Mr. Evans for nearly 2 decades now. I'm so happy that John's drive, determination and brilliance is shared with such a wider audience now. Those that knew/know John from 'back in the day' are not one bit surprised by his growth rate or sucess. I absolutely love to watch Everline grow with pride. Even as one of those first "friends" that were using the google docs sheets to make some of those first gorilla marketing calls. All thr congratulations in the world John!

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your incredible journey with John! Glad to see some of John's friends who had witnessed his humble beginnings 🙏

  • @felixvelo
    @felixvelo7 ай бұрын

    Very informative episode.

  • @DrRichardMarques
    @DrRichardMarques7 ай бұрын

    Such an interesting episode! ⭐️

  • @babyface8742
    @babyface87426 ай бұрын

    I do this for work! I’m going to do this as a side hustle

  • @KieranFahey
    @KieranFahey5 ай бұрын

    Nice to see a dude who isn’t a sweaty gypsy in this space, would 100% give him my business if I had a lot that needed services

  • @thebrentrobinsonshow2882
    @thebrentrobinsonshow28827 ай бұрын

    Love this channel, very motivational, keep making more content.

  • @dfig2569
    @dfig2569Ай бұрын

    Great stuff, I work for a Canadian Division of the company Everline, and line painting is good work.

  • @kevinhallam7207
    @kevinhallam72077 ай бұрын

    Wow this business really took off. Congratulations John

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    It did! Hopefully, you learned a thing or two from John himself! 🙌

  • @nuancematters
    @nuancematters7 ай бұрын

    I certainly had never thought of such a business...very interesting indeed. I was thinking, it would also be nice to see some sort of aviation services business, such as a mechanic or logistics service...not something I know anything about but would be interested in seeing that sort of business featured. Best wishes and happy Samhain, love from Scotland

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and greetings to Scotland! You have some great suggestions... Will definitely keep in mind! ☺️

  • @felipemurrieta4984
    @felipemurrieta49846 ай бұрын

    Hello friend's, I appreciate your information it's good to know all those things that could happen, am about to start up my cargo van business, thank you so much!

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    6 ай бұрын

    That's awesome! Best of luck! 👊

  • @littlespressurewashing
    @littlespressurewashing6 ай бұрын

    Great Video

  • @johnsonjordan5117
    @johnsonjordan51177 ай бұрын

    Most Important part to starting any business is finance. How to get the capital to kickstart your idea 💡. I personally went through hell starting my business operation few years ago. Moreover, it also very difficult to pay for marketing and advertising, which are crucial for attracting customers. All thanks to a local lender that got me approved for $500k business loan and my business took a turn ❤. Thanks for sharing your story with us John

  • @kristenmosley2202

    @kristenmosley2202

    7 ай бұрын

    Without capital in hand 😂 no idea 🤷‍♂️

  • @elizabethalli1434

    @elizabethalli1434

    7 ай бұрын

    Is this local lender you mentioned still funding business ?

  • @timothywayneadams6776

    @timothywayneadams6776

    7 ай бұрын

    My LLC was acquired at a loss and is now out of business. Banks are not lending me due to my poor business credit. I want to get back in operation

  • @solomonelson

    @solomonelson

    7 ай бұрын

    You right, finance first

  • @luiswhite7519

    @luiswhite7519

    7 ай бұрын

    Wish you can provide more information on how to directly reach the lender.

  • @tysoncathy38
    @tysoncathy387 ай бұрын

    Fantastic Episode 👌

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! Were you inspired to start your biz?

  • @tysoncathy38

    @tysoncathy38

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes sir @@UpFlip

  • @starikxatabich1412
    @starikxatabich14127 ай бұрын

    love it!

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Glad you did! Are you interested in this type of biz?

  • @OHANA-Beach-Suites-CDO
    @OHANA-Beach-Suites-CDO7 ай бұрын

    Love it! Right on!❤

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Appreciate the support! 🙌

  • @Mike_Wazowskii7
    @Mike_Wazowskii77 ай бұрын

    Yay my favorite interviewer is back :)

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Yay! Don't miss out on his other interviews! We've had quite a few since he came back! ☺️

  • @Mike_Wazowskii7

    @Mike_Wazowskii7

    6 ай бұрын

    @@UpFlip I've already seen them lol but I never said yay yet 😂

  • @ycho
    @ycho5 ай бұрын

    10% of a 15% deposit for material? looks like very healthy margin! excellent decision as to scale the business!

  • @SVL_Drama
    @SVL_Drama6 ай бұрын

    Good video

  • @Yasharala144k
    @Yasharala144k3 ай бұрын

    You should make a painting business video

  • @ComeHereGreatness
    @ComeHereGreatness2 ай бұрын

    Any business can make money, and it's having an understanding of how to implement a business model. You have to understand the business. What is the problem you are trying to solve? Having employees is overhead, and you have to know what the process looks like. The biggest hurdle when starting a small business is understanding how to scale it in such a way that is not too aggressive but aggressive enough to take it to the next stage. There's a lot involved here. So, when you get these videos that glimmer the $27 million dollar businesses just understand majority of the people need help to make it that big.

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    2 ай бұрын

    That's absolutely true! Understanding the business thoroughly is key before making it big.

  • @Sharkdog11b
    @Sharkdog11b7 ай бұрын

    Eeeeeek! Another UpFlip video!

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Did you enjoy this episode? Appreciate the avid support 🙏

  • @jjgowdy89
    @jjgowdy896 ай бұрын

    i work at a warehouse for a large company that uses someone if not your company I ive always said Ill do that job for 50% less than whatever the current BID is, how do you BID on jobs for large companies? Especially when you work for them, and may have that inside knowledge of what they need and how large there budgets are, its insane how much they pay for little things performed by 3rd party contractors.

  • @EngineerDJ_Julius
    @EngineerDJ_Julius7 ай бұрын

    I've always wondered what method was used to paint roads

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    His method is innovative, and it's also very cool right? ☺️

  • @NoSpillsChills
    @NoSpillsChills7 ай бұрын

    Literally what I’m looking into rn thanks for this

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    That's timely! Are you planning on franchising? How's it going?

  • @Irish-Scorpion
    @Irish-Scorpion6 ай бұрын

    Boom!!! Facts!!!

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    6 ай бұрын

    We hope you enjoyed and learned a lot from the video - thank you for watching! ☺️

  • @wendyshoowaiching4161
    @wendyshoowaiching41616 ай бұрын

    Wah! Clever niche business idea

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    6 ай бұрын

    That's right! Are you considering venturing into one?

  • @Elanjemaclord
    @Elanjemaclord7 ай бұрын

    this sweet ❤️

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed this episode 🙏

  • @EmpireOfRealEstate
    @EmpireOfRealEstate7 ай бұрын

    Are you able to do an episode on the home heating oil delivery business? There’s no information online about it.

  • @theunkownmr.562
    @theunkownmr.5626 ай бұрын

    Theres already an everline in San Antonio, TX, so that leaves me out. 😔

  • @jimee998
    @jimee9987 ай бұрын

    Hey, I recognize that guy and footage! ;)

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    That's awesome! Are you a fan of the show?

  • @jimee998

    @jimee998

    7 ай бұрын

    @@UpFlip I am now! I work with John and a lot of the footage in the video, I captured! So really cool to see

  • @mattgeofilms
    @mattgeofilms6 ай бұрын

    Can you do a video on a welding business? Possibly like a mobile welding business or smth? I know a few KZreadrs that share there work is like Austin Ross or Metal Melting Anthony.

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    6 ай бұрын

    That's a great suggestion and a good idea for upcoming episodes. 🙌

  • @mattgeofilms

    @mattgeofilms

    6 ай бұрын

    @@UpFlip Looking forward to seeing that in the future!!

  • @affanden-it5uk
    @affanden-it5uk7 ай бұрын

    wow good nice❤❤❤

  • @kalebbillig3472
    @kalebbillig34727 ай бұрын

    So he paid 30k for a license to sell special paint?? I’m confused

  • @johnspencer8982

    @johnspencer8982

    3 ай бұрын

    Very likely sourced proprietary spray that's adhesive based on surface and it comes with a fee but also the business is based on quality material laid down so it feels like he doubled down on quality

  • @usmanmughal9855
    @usmanmughal98552 ай бұрын

    wish someone know such a channel for japan

  • @tonybp
    @tonybp6 ай бұрын

    I love stories like this but hate that everything I try is a resounding failure. Of course, I wouldn't mind becoming a millionaire, but a life were I can just live comfortably, be able to take a vacation, pay emergency bills and not trying to make ends meet all the time would be nice.

  • @VIPYouOfficial
    @VIPYouOfficial6 ай бұрын

    Can somebody please help me understand how some service businesses are using 1099 contractors in states where it is not accepted anymore. Ex: how can a cleaning business in California use 1099 contractors?

  • @user-hw3fz4wi1v

    @user-hw3fz4wi1v

    24 күн бұрын

    1099 is accepted in California

  • @ryangoulbourne4662
    @ryangoulbourne4662Ай бұрын

    💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @Wheelztotheworld
    @Wheelztotheworld7 ай бұрын

    🙏

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching! 🙏

  • @Dmenciacomun
    @Dmenciacomun6 ай бұрын

    Hello cant you upload the pressure washing again? Why you had to delete????

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes, it'll go live on Monday ;)

  • @Dmenciacomun

    @Dmenciacomun

    6 ай бұрын

    @@UpFlip thank you! I will be ready, what time?

  • @user-pw9un6kx7f
    @user-pw9un6kx7f7 ай бұрын

    Omg this guy is so hot. 😮 The way he handles those line painting machines… simply too good! 👌

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Can't believe that there is an easy way to do it! 💪

  • @christopherstaples6758
    @christopherstaples67586 ай бұрын

    great work doing training at charity sites

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    6 ай бұрын

    There's no better place! 🙏

  • @djodoin9313
    @djodoin93137 ай бұрын

    Is that WWE superstar John Evans???

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Can assure you he's a different John Evans! 😉

  • @ishanr5153
    @ishanr51536 ай бұрын

    Hey man why is ur fucking white n yellow lights not glow at night especially whenbits raining n drivers need it the most!!!! Add radium glow to ur paint plzzz..

  • @MOG214
    @MOG2146 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @Unduplicatable
    @Unduplicatable6 ай бұрын

    $500 can’t buy you that nice of a van anymore :(

  • @LoyaltyRewardStamps
    @LoyaltyRewardStamps4 ай бұрын

    B2B businesses thrive by having repeat customers using a loyalty program

  • @Gursewak173
    @Gursewak1737 ай бұрын

    Software development company and technology company please

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Any company recos? We'd love to hear your suggestions ☺️

  • @westensanchez9483
    @westensanchez94834 ай бұрын

    50 percent gross profit? That doesn't mean anything. Whats their net profit?

  • @Brodc
    @Brodc2 ай бұрын

    So it takes "a mix of family money" and be a "high performer" for most of your life in order to be successful.

  • @DRACULA-SS

    @DRACULA-SS

    Ай бұрын

    You can tell a lot about someone by what they take-away from content. He told you the mistakes he made, and what worked. Use it or stfu.

  • @Brodc

    @Brodc

    Ай бұрын

    @@DRACULA-SS What worked was having a mix of family money and being a high performer.

  • @jess65487
    @jess654876 ай бұрын

    Damn this guy is charismatic, sexy AF and can paint a smooth line?! 🥵

  • @manzoora8101
    @manzoora81016 ай бұрын

    Fishy

  • @joshowens2219

    @joshowens2219

    3 ай бұрын

    All these episodes are. Your never going to get the full story.

  • @shantyluciano
    @shantyluciano7 ай бұрын

    First comment😎

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you for always being on the lookout for new uploads! 🙏

  • @okhotrodder
    @okhotrodder4 ай бұрын

    So is this the guy we can blame for the tiny spaces? Tired of all the micro car parking spots.

  • @warrenlowe676
    @warrenlowe6767 ай бұрын

    This guy sounds like a Psych major with all his talk

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    That sounds about right! Years of dealing with a lot of people gave him such wisdom.

  • @geraldlofton
    @geraldlofton6 ай бұрын

    What is profit margin? That’s the REAL Question

  • @everlinecoatings

    @everlinecoatings

    6 ай бұрын

    Our franchisees earned an average of a 50% gross profit margin on revenue in 2022! Net margin varies depending on their people structure but it is healthy and the reason why we are growing so quickly across the US!

  • @Thebluesky0311

    @Thebluesky0311

    6 ай бұрын

    Probably pretty high as marketing and equipment is not that expensive for this type of work.

  • @mcdbones

    @mcdbones

    6 ай бұрын

    50% to just the franchisee alone or do they still need to subtract payroll from that 50%? Just trying to determine what type of a yearly personal income a franchise might expect

  • @ismaelcruz7576
    @ismaelcruz75767 ай бұрын

    Their startup it’s between $148k-$290k😅

  • @everlinecoatings

    @everlinecoatings

    7 ай бұрын

    That's right - in order to set up franchisees to grow their businesses faster with a much higher upside, we have a proven model that leads to 84% YOY average growth! In fact, our startup cost is well below the average for franchise businesses in general. We are proud to be a lean startup model for franchisees to make it accessible to new entrepreneurs - that is important to us!

  • @ismaelcruz7576

    @ismaelcruz7576

    7 ай бұрын

    @@everlinecoatingsdoes it all have to be upfront?

  • @everlinecoatings

    @everlinecoatings

    7 ай бұрын

    @@ismaelcruz7576 Nope - Franchisees often get the startup costs covered over a period of 3-4 months. That number also includes equipment, franchise, training, setup costs, operating capital and more. Franchisees can get financing for most of the costs to get started.

  • @mrssamanthashannon

    @mrssamanthashannon

    7 ай бұрын

    Damn. Thats a deal!

  • @HyuLilium

    @HyuLilium

    7 ай бұрын

    Seems the franchise is the real business here.

  • @hgeldenhuys
    @hgeldenhuys2 ай бұрын

    I liked everything until you mentioned Bob Iger

  • @user-zs4wg1ku6t
    @user-zs4wg1ku6t7 ай бұрын

    First step - leave Canada.

  • @kingmasonry

    @kingmasonry

    Ай бұрын

    True.

  • @TrudeausBlackFace

    @TrudeausBlackFace

    Ай бұрын

    Sadly true.

  • @111dcormack

    @111dcormack

    27 күн бұрын

    Meh. Where else you getting a free kidney? Move along.

  • @TrudeausBlackFace

    @TrudeausBlackFace

    27 күн бұрын

    @@111dcormack Yea after waiting 3 years on a list & having already died from kidney failure... Enjoy.

  • @user-zs4wg1ku6t

    @user-zs4wg1ku6t

    26 күн бұрын

    @@111dcormack yes, move along tiny tim

  • @davenci4778
    @davenci47787 ай бұрын

    First

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for the support! Appreciate it, fam! 🙏

  • @FreelancerAB
    @FreelancerAB4 ай бұрын

    I just saw your KZread Channel. Your channel looks good as well as content. But you have not sufficient traffic, impression and subscribers. There are some Tag, Title and description issues. And there is some of videos have not enough SEO score. If you increase your Video SEO score as well as title, description and tag, you will definitely get more traffic, impressions and subscribers. Thank You. KZread Marketing Expert.

  • @BNA101
    @BNA1016 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @paulaubin510
    @paulaubin51015 күн бұрын

    This is the same company that was supposed to be doing a project in banff Alberta. Started it and never finished it jerking the contractor around

  • @valisa7207
    @valisa72075 ай бұрын

    Bs

  • @doitall1201
    @doitall12015 ай бұрын

    You had 500 but your dad had 5 million

  • @heyricksander
    @heyricksander4 ай бұрын

    Upflip, I really love your videos, but you massively undermine your credibility if you start with the youtube thumbnails like, "Make $12,983 hour with this machine". We all know you're not making this massive, specific number - it's what scam click bait channels do. You have great content and serious minded audience viewers. We know that we're not making $200k every day. So why lie to your viewers?

  • @Rimrock300

    @Rimrock300

    3 ай бұрын

    Frist, all numbers used when talking about money is majorly the revenue, not net profit or something. Of course most viewers understands the revenue per hour are not that specific number put up, it's an average. Like in this video, 27 mill revenue a year, divided at lets say 50 work weeks, divided at 5 days a week, divieded at 8 hours, gives about 13.500 usd an hour. So, the channel used a bit different numbers of hours a work year, but we are pretty close. It's no lies. Sorry.

  • @aaronkirby5234
    @aaronkirby52345 ай бұрын

    This channel is so click bait lmao selling people false dreams while making his a reality from making fake content. None of these businesses make millions or can make you millions with $1,000

  • @ctt4811
    @ctt48117 ай бұрын

    First comment to say who cares about commenting about the first comment

  • @UpFlip

    @UpFlip

    7 ай бұрын

    That's a first! Kidding aside, hope you enjoyed this episode!

  • @ctt4811

    @ctt4811

    7 ай бұрын

    @@UpFlip definetly enjoyed the episode. Been subbed for a long time to the channel.

  • @ishanr5153
    @ishanr51536 ай бұрын

    Hey man why is ur fucking white n yellow lights not glow at night especially whenbits raining n drivers need it the most!!!! Add radium glow to ur paint plzzz..