World Championship Armwrestling

Founded: 2002 Franchising since: 2003

111 Lynn Ave. Ames, Iowa 50014

Phone: (866)232-5023

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 3 employee(s); 1 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2006	2	0	0	2
2005	2	0	0	2

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, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Total investment: $32.7K Franchise fee: $25K

Ongoing royalty fee: $750/mo. Term of agreement: 5 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

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

Third-party financing source(s): First American Bank & Alliance Capital

Qualifications
Cash liquidity requirement: $5K
Business Experience:

• Marketing skills

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1
• Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (75% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 3-5 days
• At franchisee's location: 3 days
• Ongoing

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Internet
• Security/safety procedures
• Field operations/evaluations

Marketing Support

• National media
• Regional advertising

Other marketing support

• PR support