McGruff Safe Kids Total Identification System

Founded: 2001 Franchising since: 2002

35246 U.S. Hwy. 19 N., #208 Palm Harbor, Florida 34684

Phone: (888)209-4218

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 3 employee(s); 5 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2008	42	0	0	0
2007	36	0	0	0
2006	28	0	0	0
2005	22	0	0	0

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

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 500,000 population

Total investment: $10.99K Franchise fee: $7.99K

Ongoing royalty fee: $295/mo. Term of agreement: 3 years, renewable

Express/kiosk option available

Type of Financing Available

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

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $35K
Cash liquidity requirement: $15K
Business Experience:

• General business experience

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 10% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• In Tampa Bay, FL : 24 hours

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Grand opening
• Internet
• Field operations/evaluations

Marketing Support

• Ad slicks
• National media