“To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.”

     -Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved      (HarperCollins)

Sorting through the over 5,000 franchise opportunities can be a long and confusing process. Many people spend months reviewing franchise offerings without ever finding an opportunity that has what they really want in a business. Yes, you could spend a considerable amount of time researching different franchises on your own, but you could be very diligent in your efforts and still miss the opportunity that is truly “right” for you. Let us help!  

We’ve already done a lot of the legwork for you by pre-screening hundreds of companies from all business categories. They must meet the high standards we have set to be included in our inventory of business opportunities. This work on the “front-end” prepares us to be able to present to you the franchise opportunity that will be the “right fit” for you. 

Expect to get nervous. Don't let anxiety
steal your dream.

Considering buying a business can be extremely exhilarating and simultaneously can be a time of high anxiety…this is normal. How do we know? Because we have already made the “quest”, and experienced the “life-cycle” of business / franchise ownership. Let our experience aid you in the journey to franchise ownership.

• Franchised businesses account for nearly 50% of all retail sales in the United States.

• The International Franchise Association has reported that franchising is responsible for 760,000 businesses, 18 million jobs, 14 percent of the private sector employment, and over $500 billion in payroll!

• From January, 2000 to December, 2004 the index that tracks the performance of the top 50 franchisors increased 34.5% compared to a drop of 20.1% in the S&P 500 over the same period.

• A 1999 study by The United States Chamber of Commerce found that 86% of franchises opened within the last five years were still under the same ownership and 97% of them were still open for business.

• A U.S. Department of Commerce study conducted from 1971 to 1997 showed that during that time less than 5% of franchise businesses were closed each year.

• A U.S. Small Business Administration study conducted from 1978 to 1998 found that 62% of non-franchised businesses closed within the first 6 years of their existence due to failure, bankruptcy, etc.

• Total sales by franchised businesses are projected to reach over $2 trillion, this year.

• 1 out of every 12 businesses is a franchised business.

• A new franchised business is opened every 8 minutes of every business day.

•  In 2000, the median gross annual income, before taxes, of franchisees was in the $75,000 to $124,000 range, with over 30% of franchisees earning over $150,000 per year.