Express Employment Professionals

Founded: 1983 Franchising since: 1985

Robert A. Funk, William H. Stohler, and James Gray founded Express Employment Professionals in 1983. The company began franchising in 1985 and now has locations throughout the United States and in Canada, South Africa, and Australia.

Express Employment Professionals provides temporary and flexible staffing, evaluation and direct hire, professional/contract staffing, and management consulting for individuals and businesses. The company specializes in light industrial and professional staffing.

8516 Northwest Expwy. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73162

Phone: (877)652-6400/ (405)840-5000

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 190 employee(s); 8 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	525	27	14	0
2008	562	27	17	0
2007	554	23	15	0
2006	489	22	10	0
2005	436	19	12	0

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
Outside the U.S.: Africa, Australia/new zealand, Canada

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 100,000 jobs

Special Programs
Since 1991 Express Employment Professionals has been affiliated with the ChildrenÂ’s Miracle Network, an organization that benefits children and teenagers in more than 160 hospitals in North America.

Total investment: $153.8K-241.5K Franchise fee: $35K

Ongoing royalty fee: 8-9% Term of agreement: 5 years, renewable

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	Yes
Payroll	Yes	No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $300K+
Cash liquidity requirement: $50K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Marketing skills

Operations

• 29% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 3
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 2 weeks
• At franchisee's location: 2 weeks
• At certified training office : 1 week

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
• National media
• Regional advertising

Other marketing support

• Intranet & extranet support, collateral sales materials

Franchise 500® rank:
#86 (2009); #77 (2008); #69 (2007); #95 (2006); #159 (2005);

Ranked #1 in category in:
2008; 2006;

Fastest-Growing Franchises:
#58 (2008); #72 (2007); #79 (2006);

America's Top Global Franchises:
#71 (2009); #69 (2008); #64 (2007); #77 (2006); #125 (2005);