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Entrepreneur: Start & Grow Your Business

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Background

Founded: 1999 Franchising since: 2003
P.O. Box 21466
Charleston, South carolina 29413
Phone:
(843)958-8600


Franchisor is a privately-held company with 6 employee(s); 3 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth
Year U.S. Franchises Canadian Franchises Foreign Franchises Company Owned
2007 8 0 0 1
2006 0 0 0 1
2005 0 0 0 1

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

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: By ZIP code

Costs and Fees

Total investment: $21.4K-46.3K
Franchise fee: $12K-22K
Ongoing royalty fee: Varies
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable


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
Business Experience:
  • Strong sales skills, local market knowledge & contacts

Operations
  • Franchise can be run from home
  • 12.5% of all franchisees own more than one unit
  • Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 2 - 5
  • Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training and Support

Training
  • Available at headquarters: 10 days

Ongoing Support
  • Newsletter
  • Meetings
  • Toll-free phone line
  • Internet

Marketing Support
  • Ad slicks

Other marketing support
  • Press releases, local marketing plan