Budget Blinds Announces 2021 Franchisee Award Winners

North America’s largest window covering franchise honors Franchisee of the Year, Top Sales and Million Dollar Club recipients for 2021

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Budget Blinds^® has announced its 2021 Franchisee of the Year, Top Sales Award and Million Dollar Club recipients, signaling those Budget Blinds business owners who achieved sales and other milestones in 2020.

Honored for window covering sales in 2020 were multiple Budget Blinds Top Sales Award recipients in both the single- and multiple-territory categories. The top three award recipients in each of these categories include the following:

Top Sales for Multiple Budget Blinds Territories

Mike and Adriane Wonderlin, owners of Budget Blinds of Brandon in Riverview, Fla., and Budget Blinds of Land O’ Lakes and North Tampa in Tampa, Fla.
Terry and Sandra Sill, owners of Budget Blinds of Marion, Iowa City, Bettendorf and Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Madison, Northwest Madison, Brookfield and Waukesha, Wisc.
Bob and Kate Engler, owners of Budget Blinds of Hilton Head Island and Budget Binds of Beaufort in Bluffton, S.C.

Top Sales for a Single Budget Blinds Territory

Bob and Kate Engler, owners of Budget Blinds of Hilton Head Island in Bluffton, S.C.
Mike and Stacy Hughes, owners of Budget Blinds Deschutes County in Bend, Ore.
Merv and Adam Epstein, owners of Budget Blinds of Charleston in Charleston, S.C.

The Top Sales Award winners also qualified for membership in the Budget Blinds Million Dollar Club, which this year included more Budget Blinds franchisees than at any other time in the brand’s 29-year history. Million Dollar Club membership is limited to Budget Blinds business owners who generate $1 million or more in window covering sales annually.

Finally, representing Budget Blinds’ most prestigious honor of the year, Terry and Sandy Sill of Mount Vernon, Iowa, were awarded the 2021 Budget Blinds Franchisees of the Year Award as the recognized franchise owner who best models Budget Blinds values while providing uncompromising customer service and contributing to their local communities and employees.

The Sills own Budget Blinds franchises in Marion, Iowa City, Bettendorf and Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Madison, Northwest Madison, Brookfield and Waukesha, Wisc.

All award winners across multiple categories were announced by Budget Blinds President Doug Phillip at the 2021 convention for Budget Blinds franchisees.

The largest window covering franchise in North America, Budget Blinds offers custom blinds, shutters, shades, drapery and more for residential and commercial consumers. Budget Blinds’ more than 900 business owners serve more than 10,000 communities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and have dressed more than 25 million windows since 1992.

Earlier this year, Budget Blinds received its best-ever #12 ranking in Entrepreneur magazine’s 2021 Franchise 500^®, the world’s first, best and most comprehensive franchise ranking.

Budget Blinds is one of five home improvement brands owned by Irvine, Calif.-based Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) along with Tailored Living^®, Concrete Craft^®, AdvantaClean^® and Kitchen Tune-Up^®.

About Budget Blinds

Budget Blinds^® is the largest window covering franchise in North America, offering custom blinds, shutters, shades, drapery, and more for residential and commercial consumers in more than 10,000 communities in the U.S. Budget Blinds is part of the Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) family of home improvement goods and services brands.

To find the Budget Blinds franchise closest to you, visit https://budgetblinds.com. To learn more about Budget Blinds franchising opportunities, go to https://franchise.budgetblinds.com/.

About Home Franchise Concepts

Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) is one of the world’s largest franchising systems in the home improvement goods and services space, among the world’s largest franchise businesses and a recognized leader in franchisee-franchisor relationships. HFC’s five brands including Budget Blinds, Tailored Living^®, Concrete Craft^®, AdvantaClean^® and Kitchen Tune-Up^® are consistently rated at the top of their categories and supported by more than 1,700 franchise territories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.