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Best
Top 10 Printer, Copying & Sign Franchises
Key Facts For PIP Printing & Marketing...
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- Franchising Since:
- 1965
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- Franchise Units:
- 114
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- Cash Investment:
- $125,000 - $150,000
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- Total Investments:
- $275 - 350K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 0.25-6.5%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.pip.com
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Key Facts For FASTSIGNS International,...
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- Franchising Since:
- 1985
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- Franchise Units:
- 554
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- Cash Investment:
- $80,000
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- Total Investments:
- $178,207 - $289,498
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 6%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.fastsigns.com
Key Facts For allegrafranchise.com
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- Franchising Since:
- 1976
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- Franchise Units:
- 300
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- Cash Investment:
- $45K
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- Total Investments:
- $167.3 - 589.6K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 6%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.allegrafranchise.com
Key Facts For Proforma
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- Franchising Since:
- 1978
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- Franchise Units:
- 712
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- Cash Investment:
- $50,000
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- Total Investments:
- $4,730 - $50,195
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 5-8%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.proforma.com
Key Facts For BizCard Xpress
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- Franchising Since:
- 2006
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- Franchise Units:
- 29
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- Cash Investment:
- $70,000
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- Total Investments:
- $114,346 - $197,475
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 7%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- bizcardxpress.com
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Key Facts For AlphaGraphics
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- Franchising Since:
- 1970
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- Franchise Units:
- 246
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- Cash Investment:
- $45K
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- Total Investments:
- $247,800 to $385,400
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 5-7%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.alphagraphics.com
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Key Facts For SignARama York Ltd
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- Franchising Since:
- 1986
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- Franchise Units:
- 142
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- Cash Investment:
- Varies according to applicant.
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- Total Investments:
- £115K - £250K
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 10%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.signarama.co.uk
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Key Facts For Kwik Kopy Business Center...
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- Franchising Since:
- 2004
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- Franchise Units:
- 34
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- Cash Investment:
- $65,000
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- Total Investments:
- $219,400 - $245,600
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 6%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.kwikkopy.com
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Key Facts For Sir Speedy Printing Inc.
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- Franchising Since:
- 1968
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- Franchise Units:
- 272
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- Cash Investment:
- $125,000 - $175,000
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- Total Investments:
- $213,854 - $263,854
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- 4-6%
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.sirspeedy.com
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Key Facts For Goin Postal
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- Franchising Since:
- 2002
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- Franchise Units:
- 244
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- Cash Investment:
- $20,000
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- Total Investments:
- $46,750 - $111,500
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- Royalty Fee Rate:
- $400/mo.
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- Financing Available:
- 1
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- Website:
- www.goinpostal.com
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Evaluation Criteria: Best Printer, Copying & Sign Franchises
Growth Prospect
The amount of growth which a franchise has achieved in their franchised businesses is an important metric used during our evaluation process. This allows us to determine which franchises have a history of producing businesses which are primed for growth and expansion. It is important for an entrepreneur to know that the franchise they are selecting for their business has a history of success business expansion.
Marketing Support
We hear from entrepreneurs who are highly concerned in the marketing and advertising endeavors which franchises take part in to acquire new clients in their target markets. As we compare a variety of printing and copying franchises we determine which are dedicated to acquiring new customers through highly effective and specifically targeted advertising and marketing campaigns.
Training
We have seen historically a strong link between the quality of training and educational resources offered by franchisors to franchisees with the overall quality of products and services being produced. The types of businesses which provide their clients with printing and copying services require individuals which have an in-depth understand of how to best copy a document or print on a specialized type of stock paper.
Ongoing Support
We work to highlight the franchises which continue to support and assist their franchisees through means of enabling them to offer new products and services, improving upon the aesthetics of stores and displays, and making partnerships and contracts with relevant products and services. We believe franchisees should benefit from the ongoing business development of the franchisor they are working with.
Value
As we approach the analysis of thousands of franchises, one of our most crucial points of analysis delves into the soft value retained by the franchise which cannot be measured in finances. It is important for a franchise to create technologies and strategies which provide their franchised business with competitive advantages and proprietary strategies for quickly producing prints and copies of the documents they are provided.