Dent Doctor

Founded: 1986 Franchising since: 1990
Thomas Harris founded Dent Doctor in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1986. This mobile and shop-based franchise provides paint-free dent repair to consumers, fleet companies and body shops.

Dent Doctor, which began franchising in 1990, reported repairing over 350,000 vehicles in its first 14 years in business.

11301 W. Markham Little Rock, Arkansas 72211

Phone: (501)224-0500

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 6 employee(s); 3 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	21	1	1	3
2008	25	1	0	3
2007	27	1	1	3
2006	27	1	1	3
2005	26	1	1	3

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, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming
Worldwide

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: Defined by city or county

Special Programs
Dent Doctor donates free repairs to organizations such as the YWCA.

Total investment: $56K-134.7K Franchise fee: $13.9K/23.9K

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	Yes
Inventory	No	No
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	No

Third-party financing source(s): Franchise Finance (Little Rock, AR)

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $75K
Cash liquidity requirement: $20K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• No automotive experience required

Operations

• 5% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 3
• Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (95% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 4 weeks
• At franchisee's location: 4 weeks
• Ongoing training at franchisee's option

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
• Regional advertising

Other marketing support

• Local advertising plan