Postal Connections of America

Founded: 1985 Franchising since: 1995

1081 Camino Del Rio S., #109 San Diego, California 92108

Phone: (800)767-8257/ (619)294-7550

Franchisor is a publicly-held company with 12 employee(s); 7 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	70	0	0	0
2008	72	0	0	0
2007	67	0	0	0
2006	75	0	0	0
2005	103	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
Outside the U.S.: Central america, Mexico, South america

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 1-3 mile radius

Total investment: $119.1K-187.5K Franchise fee: $24.9K

Ongoing royalty fee: 4% Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	No	Yes
Startup Costs	No	Yes
Equipment	No	Yes
Inventory	No	Yes
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $200K
Cash liquidity requirement: $42K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Marketing skills

Operations

• <10% 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

• At franchisee's location: 4 days
• Regional training stores : 5 days

Ongoing Support

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

Marketing Support

• Co-op advertising
• Ad slicks

Other marketing support

• 6 annual nationally-produced promotional campaigns

Franchise 500® rank:
#330 (2007); #240 (2006); #447 (2005);

America's Top Global Franchises:
#176 (2006);