Proforma

#77

At a Glance

Products & Services: Printing & promotional products

Number of Locations: 709

Total Investment: $4.73K - 44.7K

Founded: 1978

Began Franchising: 1985

About Proforma

Founded by Greg Muzzillo in 1978, Proforma provides medium-sized businesses and large corporations with business documents, forms, promotional products, printing and other services.

Proforma franchisees act as sales agents, helping their clients select the best business forms, promotional products, multimedia and e-commerce solutions for their advertising and business needs. Franchisees then contract the work with a network of preferred wholesale printers and materials suppliers.

Franchise Units

Year	U.S.	Canadian	International	Company Owned
2012	659	48	2	0
2011	712	41	0	0
2010	679	39	0	0
2009	627	38	0	0

Where Seeking Franchisees: Franchisor is seeking new franchise units throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Startup Costs, Ongoing Fees and Financing

Total Investment: $4,730 - $44,695
Franchise Fee: $0 - $19,500
Ongoing Royalty Fee: 5-8%
Term of Franchise Agreement: Term of agreement not renewable

Financial Requirements

Net Worth: $100,000
Liquid Cash Available: $50,000

Operations

Franchise can be run from home. Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1. Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators).