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Entrepreneur: Start & Grow Your Business

United Shipping Solutions

Transportation services

Background

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

Costs and Fees

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 and Support

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

Rankings

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);