Below are links to information on some of the common categories of franchising with an example of each (note the examples shown represent only one of several options to choose from in each category).AUTOMOTIVE Moran Industries, Inc. manages and franchise three businesses including Milex Complete Auto Care. Milex offers a wide range of services for all automobiles both foreign and domestic. Services cover all types of diagnostics and repairs including brakes, cooling systems, Initial Investment: $142 - 244K
The automotive segment of franchising offers a strong and steady business growth opportunity servicing customers in an area that they can't do without nor typically do the work themselves.
electrical systems, fuel systems, and air
conditioning systems. Franchisees are offered a superior business system, strong brand name, customized marketing, and a variety of services that are in strong demand.
Why Milex?
Return To Top
Request More Info
Many businesses today ranging from your smaller 10 employee companies to your Fortune 500 businesses, have to outsource some of their business functions to cut expenses and allow them to focus on their core competencies. There are many franchises that tap into these outsourcing needs providing potential franchisees a business to business operation, a repeating revenue stream, potential large accounts and a home-based opportunity.
Adventures in Advertising is a network of franchised promotional product and corporate apparel distributorships throughout the Why Adventures in Advertising (AIA)? Initial Investment: $70K
Return To Top
Request More Info
CHILD EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
As state and federal government agencies continue to under-achieve in providing children what they need to excel academically, demand has risen for additional educational support outside the classroom. This category of franchises include tutoring centers as well as early childhood development businesses.
This is a ground floor opportunity with great locations still available. Tutoring Club success is measured one franchise at a time. Through uniformity and consistency Tutoring Club is building a brand name that stands for educational success. Educational experience is not necessary to become a Tutoring Club Franchisee.
Why Tutoring Club?
Initial Investment: $83 - 126K
Commercial cleaning is a $90 billion a year industry and is a service that is in demand whether the economy is "churning" or "burning". Potential Customers include all size businesses, law offices, doctors offices,
government locations, property management and restaurants.
ServiceMaster is a business-to-business management business where their franchise owners' employees clean business offices, health care facilities, doctors' offices, retail facilities, schools and government buildings on a daily or 2-3 times a week basis. This cleaning includes dusting, vacuuming, hard floor maintenance and carpet cleaning and maintenance. The owner is in charge of marketing and sales, pricing and quotations, customer service and administration.
Why ServiceMaster?
Return To Top
Request More Info
Today’s busy families are on the go and need help with their housework. The Residential Cleaning Industry represents a $3 to $4 billion industry which is growing at 6% to 7% annually. This growth is expected to continue as household spending demands more and more from two strong incomes.
Molly Maid is one of the world's most recognized residential cleaning services. The owner is responsible for the executive level management of the business, while employees clean the homes. Molly Maid now offers carpet cleaning services as well.
Why Molly Maid?
Initial Investment: $150K (includes $70 - 80K of working capital)
Initial Investment: $80 - 250K
Maui Wowi is the largest Hawaiian Coffee/Smoothie franchise in the United States. It serves Kona coffee from Hawaii and according to the coffee times, $60 million will be spent purchasing this coffee in 2007. This operation offers a wide variety of franchise layout options including carts (mobile location great for sporting venues, festivals and fairs), kiosks (great for malls, grocery stores and airports) and traditional retail units with different floor plans. Maui Wowi has also added Hawaiian baked goods to its product offerings.
Why Maui Wowi?
On-site service and repair is the fastest growing segment of the computer services industry. The demand for computer service and troubleshooting for residential customers and small to mid-sized businesses is at an all time high due to the complexities of computing and the rapid growth of computers inside the home and business.
TeamLogicIT is a computer service company with a difference. They are a national network that specializes in the needs of small and mid-sized businesses. Their services often start with quick-response troubleshooting and repair of desktops, servers and online systems. But they also offer additional levels of consultation and maintenance service that previously have been available only to large corporations.Building their own national infrastructure gives their small and mid-sized clients several advantages. First, they can repair virtually any IT problem quickly and accurately, because their technicians can access a national knowledgebase of computer service information as well as our network of technicians across the country. Secondly, this infrastructure will help keep your downtime to an absolute minimum. With their Preventative Maintenance Package they can proactively provide virus protection updates, real-time remote back-up of all your data and remote diagnostics. Their flexible, affordable approach allows the small and mid-sized business to choose only those services you need today and expand your service as your needs grow.
Initial Investment: $70 - 120K
This is the most popular and recognized category in franchising. In addition to brand recognition, franchisors provide franchisees with proven vendors, volume discounts, site selection/lease negotiation assistance,
marketing/advertising plans and a structure for operating a food establishment.
Nestle Tollhouse Cafe
This franchise has a brand name loved throughout the world. It is a growing franchise, only 8 years old, but the Nestle Toll House brand name is one that everyone knows, loves and trusts, and will be at over 125 units by the end of 2008. The cafe locations offer much more than cookies. They also sell branded ice cream- Edy’s and Dryer’s Grand Ice Cream… (You can even offer up to 32 flavors at the street level cafes!), a variety of baked goods, cookie cakes, croissants, specialty coffees & smoothies. This provides a huge competitive edge in this market! Initial Investment: $165 - 475K (many location types to choose from)
This franchise opportunity offers America the brand they have trusted for years!
Return To Top
Request More Info
Hairstyling is a $55 billion a year industry due to a constant need for the service (people on average get their haircut every 4-6 weeks), is a recession resistant business and our society's importance placed on appearance. The industry also has a large employee base to utilize as hairstylists are expected to grow 69% by 2010, making employment search very manageable.
Great Clips, Inc., headquartered in Initial Investment: $107 - 198K Initial Investment: $86 - 220K
Why Great Clips?
Fantastic Sam's, headquartered in Beverly, Massachussetts, and established in 1974, is the oldest hairstyling franchise in the U.S. No appointments are necessary for men, women, and children to get haircuts and perms at competitive prices. It is a full service salon that includes highlighting, hair coloring and eyebrow waxing, among other standard services.
Why Fantastic Sams?
Return To Top
Request More Info
More and more today you find people pampering themselves to deal with the stresses of life and striving to maintain a young and healthy image. This is another high growth industry segment with great earnings potential.
· Absentee Ownership / Keep the security of Full-Time job · Open Multiple Units- · Limited Time Commitment · Few Employees · State of the Art Equipment · Low Investment Level · Rapid Breakeven · Tremendous Demand · Highly Profitable Clubs · 24-7 Key-Card Access · Safe & Secure · Affordable · No Contracts to sign
SNAP FITNESS, Head Quartered in
Why Snap Fitness?
Initial Investment (single unit): $200K
Did you know that 75% of US homes are over 20 years old? Not to mention the large segment of homeowners wanting to increase their home values and create their own "oasis", but don't have the time, patience and ability to do it themselves. Have you ever tried flipping through your tv channels and not seeing a home improvement show? This category is full of reasonably priced franchises with great earnings potential.
Mr. Handyman is the solution to today's fix-it problems for millions of time-starved families. Their franchise caters to homeowners and commercial customers needing property maintenance and repair.
Why Mr. Handyman?
Initial Investment: $110 - 125K Return To Top
Request More Info
Packaging & Mailing is a strong business concept where these centers offer a complete array of business service and products for residential demand as well as small businesses and your work from home customers. The industry is extremely under-served with only 13,000 units nationwide, but the customer base continues to swell leaving room for potential growth of another 100,000 units. AIM Mail Centers® based in
Why AIM Mail Centers? Initial Investment: $120 - 193K (Includes $50K in Working Capital)
The pet industry in America is an over $38 Billion business which is recession resistant and growing steadily each year. Pet spending in this country is up $20 Billion since 1992. Bottom Line:
AUSSIE PET MOBILE offers a convenient, affordable, reliable and efficient service to pet owners to maintain and achieve their pets' best well being. They use environmentally friendly products and bring a highly-organized, professional approach to mobile grooming. They pride themselves on their innovative van design, heated hydro-bath, and a 15-step grooming maintenance process which assures a complete and comfortable experience for each pet.
Why Aussie Pet Initial Investment: $60K
Return To Top
Request More Info
FRANdata, the franchise industry‘s leading source for objective information and analysis, reported in February 2007 that Sports Franchises represent the fastest growing segment in the franchise industry today. Due to obesity awareness, more Americans are seeking for ways to get their kids, as well as themselves, active while having fun. i9 Sports (Momentum Franchise Systems) is the world’s first complete amateur sports franchise for the 100 million youth and adult athletes worldwide. It offers franchises for people to own and operate local amateur sports leagues, tournaments, camps, clinics, special events and corporate outings in over 2 dozen sports for people of all ages. The i9 Sports franchise program is designed for those with the drive and commitment to build a professional home-based business in amateur sports. Why i9 Sports? Initial Investment: $40 - 59K
The tanning salon business has grown to a $7 Billion dollar a year industry. With many Americans looking for that youthful, sexy look, tanning business opportunities enters into its next stage of growth: helping customers who are looking for a branded solution that will ensure that their health, security and customer service needs are taken care of. Image Sun tanning franchises have raised the bar with their cutting edge tanning center designs and breakthrough operational standards. Their stores offer the very highest quality products, unparalleled levels of service and best of all, access to state of the art, elite tanning equipment. Why Image Sun? Initial Investment: $345 - 395K
Return To Top
Request More Info
