KidzArt

Founded: 1997 Franchising since: 2002
As a mother of a young son in the early 1990s, Shell Herman was concerned that many schools were cutting budgets for the arts. She also was aware there were no national art enrichment programs available for children. So in 1993, Shell developed the concept that became KidzArt.

Today KidzArt is a drawing-based fine arts program, offering classes, programs, workshops, and a variety of creativity-oriented educational programs. Students range in age from 3-1/2 to 65+.

1902 E. Common St., #400 New Braunfels, Texas 78130

Phone: (800)379-8302

Franchisor has 6 employee(s); 6 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	60	0	8	1
2008	55	0	5	1
2007	63	0	0	0
2006	60	0	0	0
2005	49	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, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming
Worldwide

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 60,000 families earning $75K+/year

Total investment: $50K-75K Franchise fee: $31.9K

Ongoing royalty fee: 8% 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	Yes
Accounts Receivable	No	Yes
Payroll	No	Yes

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $150K-200K
Cash liquidity requirement: $33.1K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Marketing skills
• Sales/management/HR skills helpful

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 10% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 - 4
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 5 days
• Ongoing monthly training via curriculum & conference calls

Ongoing Support

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

Marketing Support

• Ad slicks
• Regional advertising

Other marketing support

• PR support (6 yearly localized press releases)

Franchise 500® rank:
#400 (2008); #461 (2007); #472 (2006); #494 (2005);

Ranked #1 in category in:
2006;

Low-Cost Franchises:
#137 (2005);

Top New Ranking:
#50 (2007); #45 (2006);