United Shipping Solutions

Founded: 2002 Franchising since: 2002

6985 Union Park Ctr., #565 Midvale, Utah 84047

Phone: (866)744-7486/ (801)352-0012

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 12 employee(s); 2 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	126	0	0	0
2008	--	--	--	--
2007	227	0	0	0
2006	227	0	0	0
2005	202	0	0	0

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

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: Minimum 12,500 businesses

Total investment: $53.7K-103.5K Franchise fee: $50K-53K

Ongoing royalty fee: 6% Term of agreement: 5 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
Net worth requirement: $150K
Cash liquidity requirement: $75K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Marketing skills

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 80% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1
• Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 7 days
• At franchisee's location: 7 days
• Ongoing training as needed (recurrent and/or advanced)

Ongoing Support

• Newsletter
• Meetings
• Toll-free phone line
• Internet
• Field operations/evaluations
• Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support

• Regional advertising

Other marketing support

• Face-to-face sales

Franchise 500® rank:
#130 (2007); #162 (2006); #404 (2005);

Ranked #1 in category in:
2007; 2006;

Fastest-Growing Franchises:
#48 (2006); #79 (2005);

Low-Cost Franchises:
#39 (2006); #117 (2005);

Top New Ranking:
#2 (2007); #6 (2006); #36 (2005);

Top Home Based Franchises:
#35 (2007); #42 (2006);

America's Top Global Franchises:
#125 (2006);