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Tools and guides for serious franchise buyers
Work out what kind of franchise is right for you, what you can invest and how to research a brand, then get paired with a consultant who helps you narrow the field.
Not sure where to start?
Take the four-minute Franchise Match Assessment
Answer a few questions about your background, capital and goals. You get your owner profile and the franchise categories that fit it, with no contact details needed until your profile is ready.
Find your fit
Is franchising right for you, and which kind?
Readiness and fit are different questions. Answer both before you look at a single brand.
Franchise Match Assessment
Tool, about 4 minutes
Your owner profile and the franchise categories that suit your capital, management style and goals.
Franchise Readiness Score
Tool, about 3 minutes
A score out of 100 across finances, career, timeline, family, management and risk, with your next step.
Franchise broker or franchise consultant?
Guide
Who you are talking to, how they are paid, and what that means for the advice you get.
Understand the investment
What can you invest, and how will you fund it?
Franchise Investment Calculator
Tool, about 2 minutes
Turn your savings, net worth and financing options into a realistic investment range.
How people pay for a franchise
Guide
SBA loans, retirement rollovers, home equity and partners: how each works and what to ask.
How much working capital do you need?
Guide
The money that keeps the doors open until the business pays you, and how to size it.
Research a franchise
Do the due diligence properly
The Franchise Buyer's Toolkit
Free, 10 checklists and worksheets
A buying roadmap, an FDD checklist, the questions to ask franchisors and franchisees, and worksheets to compare brands.
Item 19 explained
Guide
How to read a franchisor’s earnings claims, and what they leave out.
How to run franchise validation calls
Guide
Who to call, what to ask, and how to read between the lines of what owners tell you.
Plan your transition
Guides for where you are coming from
Can you own a franchise and keep your job?
Semi-absentee
How semi-absentee ownership works, what it really asks of you, and which models suit it.
Franchise ownership for veterans
Veterans
How military leadership transfers to ownership, plus veteran incentives and the questions to ask.
Franchises for international and E-2 investors
E-2 visa
What E-2 investors look for in a franchise, and how to work with your immigration attorney.
Insights
Articles on franchise ownership
Plain-English articles on due diligence, funding and franchise economics, with no sponsored rankings. Browse all insights.
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A 30-minute discovery call about your background, capital and goals, so we can pair you with the consultant whose experience fits. No cost, no obligation, and a clearer picture either way.