ACE America's Cash Express

Founded: 1968 Franchising since: 1996
Founded in 1968, ACE Cash Express is headquartered in Irving, Texas and has locations throughout the U.S. Stores provide financial services such as money orders, small consumer loans, bill payment services, and prepaid local and long-distance telecommunications services.

The public company is traded on the NASDAQ under the AACE symbol.

1231 Greenway Dr., #600 Irving, Texas 75038

Phone: (800)713-3338 Franchisee Association Franchise Advisory Board

Franchisor is a publicly-held company with 2100 employee(s); 10 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2006	220	0	0	1353
2005	220	0	0	1,142

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, North dakota, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode island, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: Varies by market size

Total investment: $141.6K-282.95K Franchise fee: $15K-30K

Ongoing royalty fee: 6% Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable

Express/kiosk option available

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	No	Yes
Startup Costs	No	Yes
Equipment	No	Yes
Inventory	No	Yes
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $250K
Cash liquidity requirement: $80K
Business Experience:

• General business experience

Operations

• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2
• Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (97% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 2 weeks
• At franchisee's location: 5 days

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Grand opening
• Internet
• Security/safety procedures
• Field operations/evaluations
• Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support

• Co-op advertising
• Ad slicks

Franchise 500® rank:
#66 (2007); #70 (2006); #74 (2005);

Ranked #1 in category in:
2007; 2006; 2005;