Consumer Services Industry Competitors

Best Friends Pet Care takes good care of man's best friend. The company provides pet boarding and day care services through more than 40 locations in almost 20 US states. It offers dog and cat grooming and boarding, as well as dog training through its Canine College....

H. Betti Industries lets you play pinball while having a cup of coffee and a frozen dinner. The company is a leading national coin-operated equipment distributor through its Betson Enterprises unit. It specializes in supplying parts and service for video games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, pool tables, currency changers, and machines for specialty coffee and frozen food, as well as machines for snacks, beverages, and cold food....

If the online personals scene has left you feeling a bit chilly, maybe you should add a little lava to your life. Lavalife is an interactive dating service with personals that can be accessed on the Internet as well as over the phone. The company's service has nearly 7 million members (about 600,000 of whom are active customers) looking for love in more than 60 markets throughout Canada, Australia, and the US....

If only Romeo and Juliet met on the Internet, maybe things would have turned out differently. Match.com operates one of the world's largest dating Web portals, boasting more than 15 million registered users and about 1.3 million paying subscribers. Registered members can post a personal profile and browse the site in search of a potential match....

From roadside repairs, to medicine forgotten on a trip, to a broken water pipe on a weekend -- Mondial Assistance can handle it all. The emergency services and travel insurance company offers its services in Germany and around the world through its four segments -- automotive, travel, home, and health....

Tired of getting dirty looks whenever you nod off during a business meeting? Don't understand why daily naps ended in nursery school? Neither do the folks at NapCentre (which does business as MetroNaps). MetroNaps offers napping centers, where customers can pay about $14 to rent one of the company's patented sleep pods -- an ergonomic recliner with a hood for privacy -- and count sheep for 20 minutes....

You might spot a few more George Hamilton and Pamela Anderson look-alikes now that Palm Beach Tan is expanding its operations and looking at acquisitions to extend its reach into additional states. The tanning salon chain operates more than 120 company-owned salons and franchise locations in some 18 states nationwide....

Once a traditional film processor, PhotoWorks has reinvented itself in an effort to take advantage of the advent -- and rapid growth -- of digital photography. The company's Web site provides software and services that enable users to manage digital photos and incorporate them into albums, greeting cards, and other gift items; it also enables customers to store photos online and share them with family and friends....

Homeserve (formerly South Staffordshire Group) serves many homes by supplying home emergency and repair services. The company has exited the commercial outsourcing businesses and focused on its core operation of providing insured repair services, though affinity partners, to residential customers....