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FocalPoint Business Coaching

Business coaching & consulting

Background

Founded: 1999 Franchising since: 2005
5740 S. Eastern Ave., #100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
Phone:
(877)433-6225/ (702)932-3870


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

Franchise Growth
Year U.S. Franchises Canadian Franchises Foreign Franchises Company Owned
2009 51 14 6 0
2008 32 6 0 3
2007 35 0 1 3
2006 5 0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 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
Worldwide

Exclusive territories available.

Costs and Fees

Total investment: $49.5K
Franchise fee: $40K
Ongoing royalty fee: $1.8K/mo.
Term of agreement: 5 years, renewable


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

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $200K
Cash liquidity requirement: $50K
Business Experience:
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills

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
  • Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training and Support

Training
  • Available at headquarters: 1 week
  • At franchisee's location: 2 months
  • Virtual training

Ongoing Support
  • Newsletter
  • Meetings
  • Toll-free phone line
  • Grand opening
  • Internet
  • Field operations/evaluations
  • Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support
  • Co-op advertising
  • Ad slicks
  • National media
  • Regional advertising

Other marketing support
  • Weekly marketing teleconference

Rankings

Franchise 500® rank:
#393 (2009);

Low-Cost Franchises:
#87 (2009);

Top New Ranking:
#29 (2009);


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