Referral Institute LLC

Founded: 1999 Franchising since: 2004

705 Holly Ave. Rohnert Park, California 94928

Phone: (707)780-8110

Franchisor is a privately-held company with 2 employee(s); 2 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	38	2	11	0
2008	36	1	11	0
2007	36	1	9	3
2006	32	0	3	2
2005	24	0	2	3

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

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: Based on population

Total investment: $22.1K-27.1K Franchise fee: $8.5K-10.5K

Ongoing royalty fee: 15% 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
Business Experience:

• Industry experience
• General business experience
• Marketing skills

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 50% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 6
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 128 hours

Ongoing Support

• Meetings
• Internet
• Purchasing cooperatives

Other marketing support

• Marketing plan

Franchise 500® rank:
#477 (2009); #476 (2008); #500 (2007);