Franchises are today's hottest entrepreneurial opportunity - provided you know what you're doing. This issue-by-issue crash course shows franchisees how to ask the right questions, avoid the common pitfalls, and make an optimal purchase - from choosing a location and lining up a loan to navigating the legal mazes.

Tips and Traps When Buying a Franchise: Complete Revised and Updated

Business & Money

Tomzack, Mary E.

Industries

Source Book Publications

One of the franchise industry's leading experts offers critical information on over 150 franchises in 46 industry categories, from food, health, and fitness to retail and real estate.

How Much Can I Make?

Robert E. Bond

Finance

Bond's Franchise Guide 2000

Education & Reference

This definitive source contains completely updated information regarding franchise companies and opportunities. Division into 45 distinct business categories simplifies comparison, and the use of logos makes for easier reading and franchise identification. The initial chapters provide statistics about the franchising industry.

Bond's Franchise Guide 2001 Edition

Bond, Robert E.

Book by Bond, Robert E., Bond, Robert

Bond's Franchise Guide

Bond, Robert

Economics

The definitive and most comprehensive franchising directory available. Over 1,000 detailed franchiser profiles resulting from an exhaustive 40-point, 3-page questionnaire. 45 distinct business categories. Also includes detailed profiles on leading franchise attorneys, consultants and service providers. The data represents the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable information about this dynamic industry. The profiles detail: 
• Background — number of operating units, geographic distribution and detailed description of the business. • Capital requirements — initial cash investment and total investment, on-going royalty and advertising fees, staffing levels, space needs, etc. • Initial training and start-up assistance provided, as well as on-going services. • Franchisee evaluation criteria. • Specific areas of geographic expansion: U.S., Canada and International. • And much more...

Bond's Franchise Guide 2004: The Franchise Industry's Definitive Annual Guide to Over 1,000 Franchise Opportunities

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

The single most important task for a prospective investor is to prepare a realistic cash flow statement that accurately reflects the economic potential of that business. "How Much Can I Make?" is an invaluable insider's guide that details historical sales, expense and/or profit data on actual franchise operations, as provided by the franchisors themselves. Whether you plan to franchise or start your own business, these actual performance statistics will ensure that you have a realistic starting point in determining how much you can expect to make in a similar business. 137 Earnings Claim Statements in their entirety are included for the 3 major franchise industries. Thinking about starting a fast-food outlet? Enclosed are 16 examples, including McDonald's, Manchu Wok and Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits, of how you might expect to perform. How about a maid service — 5 examples, including Molly Maid and The Maids. How about a printing franchise — there are 7 examples, including Alphagraphics, Minuteman Press and Sir Speedy. Auto services — see AAMCO, Meineke, Valvoline or any of 11 other franchise opportunities. It would be a colossal mistake to arbitrarily assume that you will generate $80,000+ a year in profits from your new business, simply because you have a good "feel" for the business and are willing to work hard. Your chances of reaching your goal are greatly enhanced by taking full advantage of the thousands of franchised operations that are the underlying basis of the franchisor-provided data. As a result of reviewing these historical results, you will gain invaluable insights into the true economics of running a franchise, or your own small business. Because publication of earnings claim statements is at the sole discretion of franchisors, only 15–20% provide this critical information. "How Much Can I Make?" includes roughly half of the total universe of earnings claim statements available. Any serious prospective investor would be short-sighted not to fully exploit this extraordinary resource.

The most comprehensive directory of franchise opportunities available, this book offers the prospective franchisee profiles of over 1,000 franchises. The companies are divided into 45 distinct business categories for easy comparison. The profile data is updated with each edition and 100 percent verified, representing the most current and extensive information about the myriad of options available to the potential investor. New to this edition are extensive profiles of attorneys, consultants, and service providers who specialize in franchising, and, unlike competing titles, this book accepts no franchisor advertising, assuring editorial objectivity.

Bond’s Franchise Guide is the most exhaustive and comprehensive directory on franchise opportunities available. Newly updated, this invaluable guide offers prospective franchisees a detailed profile of over 1,000 franchises, as well as supplemental profiles on franchise attorneys and consultants. The companies are divided into 46 distinct business categories for easy comparison. All profile data is updated with each annual edition and represents the most current and extensive information about the myriad of options available to the potential investor.

Bond's Franchise Guide 2006

The most important task for a prospective franchisee is to prepare a realistic cash flow statement that accurately reflects the business’s economic potential. This insider’s guide provides hard-to-find historical sales, expense, and/or profit data from 116 franchise concepts in 45 categories. The book also features in-depth profiles of each franchisor, detailed worksheets, and the author’s own insights into making meaningful financial projections. Armed with the information in this book, entrepreneurs can make smart decisions about potential investments.

How Much Can I Make? 2006: Actual Sales, Expenses, and/or Profits on 112 Franchise Opportunities

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Tips and Traps When Buying a Franchise: Complete Revised and Updated

How Much Can I Make?

Bond's Franchise Guide 2000

Bond's Franchise Guide 2001 Edition

Bond's Franchise Guide

Bond's Franchise Guide 2004: The Franchise Industry's Definitive Annual Guide to Over 1,000 Franchise Opportunities

How Much Can I Make?

Bond's Franchise Guide

Bond's Franchise Guide 2006

How Much Can I Make? 2006: Actual Sales, Expenses, and/or Profits on 112 Franchise Opportunities