CM IT Solutions

Founded: 1994 Franchising since: 1998

1701 Directors Blvd., #300 Austin, Texas 78744

Phone: (800)710-2648

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 14 employee(s); 5 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2008	100	0	0	0
2007	85	0	0	0
2006	102	0	0	0
2005	117	0	0	0

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

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: Group of ZIPs with minimum number of SMB's

Total investment: $63.95K-106.5K Franchise fee: $39.95K

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

Type of Financing Available

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

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $250K
Cash liquidity requirement: $100K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Marketing skills
• Management experience

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 15% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 - 10
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 3 weeks
• 1 week onsite in Austin, TX

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Internet

Marketing Support

• Ad slicks
• National media

Other marketing support

• PR, e-mail marketing, direct mail

Franchise 500® rank:
#444 (2005);