Cartex Limited

Founded: 1987 Franchising since: 1988

6543 Arrow Dr. Sterling Heights, MI 48314

Phone: (586)739-4330

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 10 employee(s); 3 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	67	1	1	1
2008	--	--	--	--
2007	--	--	--	--
2006	--	--	--	--
2005	116	1	0	0

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North carolina, North dakota, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 500,000-1.2 million+ population

Total investment: $39.9K-90.6K Franchise fee: $19.9K

Ongoing royalty fee: 7% Term of agreement: 5 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

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

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $50K
Cash liquidity requirement: $35K

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 10% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 - 3
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (90% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• At franchisee's location: 1 week
• Initial training in the field : 2 weeks

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Internet
• Field operations/evaluations

Franchise 500® rank:
#354 (2006); #232 (2005);

Ranked #1 in category in:
2005;

Low-Cost Franchises:
#94 (2006); #61 (2005);

Top Home Based Franchises:
#99 (2006); #63 (2005);

America's Top Global Franchises:
#180 (2005);