Epcon Communities

Founded: 1986 Franchising since: 1995

500 Stonehenge Pkwy. Dublin, Ohio 43017

Phone: (614)761-1010

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 60 employee(s); 16 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2005	200+	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: 65,000 population

Total investment: $1M Franchise fee: $50K

Ongoing royalty fee: $2.5K per unit Term of agreement: Completion of 1 market area, 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: $3M
Cash liquidity requirement: $1M
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Upper management experience

Operations

• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters
• At franchisee's location: Ongoing
• At sales conference (2 days) & construction conference (2 days)

Ongoing Support

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

Marketing Support

• Ad slicks

Other marketing support

• Brochures, presentation gallery, direct mail, website template, sales video