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Entrepreneur: Start & Grow Your Business

Our Town America

Direct-mail new mover welcoming service

Background

Founded: 1972 Franchising since: 2004
3845 Gateway Centre Blvd., #300
Pinellas Park, Florida 33782
Phone:
(727)345-0811


Franchisor has 40 employee(s); 3 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth
Year U.S. Franchises Canadian Franchises Foreign Franchises Company Owned
2008 51 0 0 1
2007 43 0 0 1
2006 35 0 0 1
2005 20 0 0 1

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: Approximately 2,000 new movers/month/territory

Costs and Fees

Total investment: $49K-67K
Franchise fee: $35K
Ongoing royalty fee: 5%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable


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

Qualifications
Cash liquidity requirement: $40K-60K
Business Experience:
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills

Operations
  • Franchise can be run from home
  • Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1
  • Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training and Support

Training
  • Available at headquarters: 3 weeks
  • At franchisee's location: 1 week
  • In franchisee's market during first year : 2 weeks

Ongoing Support
  • Newsletter
  • Meetings
  • Toll-free phone line

Marketing Support
  • Co-op advertising