A business opportunity is defined as the sale or lease of any product, service, equipment, etc. that will enable the purchaser to begin a business. Business opportunity franchises put you in control. Opportunities include ATM, candy vending, check cashing, dating services, dollar store, DVD & video rental, energy, fashion jewelry, ink and printer cartridge, insurance, Internet-based, medical billing, point of sale, talent & model agency, and vending machine franchises.
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Jackson Hewitt is a full-service, year-round national tax service specializing in computerized federal and state preparation of individual returns. It began franchising in 1986, the same year that the ...
Java Dave's Coffee House has an exceptional line of products and an observable increase in demand for gourmet coffee as well as a unique line of beverages ranging from mochas and lattes, to cappuccino ...
Golf Etc. is a dynamic golf business that is centered around a proven full service retail concept combining a pro-shop environment with an equipment servicing and proprietary club fitting system.
Finest blends of 100% Arabica Coffee. 80 years in business, 3 superb concepts, comprehensive training, exceptional ongoing support, Lowest Franchise Fees in the Coffee sector! No required ongoing adve ...
Home Instead Senior Care is the world leader in non-medical eldercare and companionship services, and one of the strongest companies in all of franchising.
Partner with a premier packing, shipping, and business solutions franchise. We offer a strong business model, diversified services, and superior support.
Home Video Studio USA is the largest video production services company in the United States. Home Video Studio Owners provide a variety of video and image production services for consumers, organizati ...
Recognized as the Best Automotive Franchise by FranchiseBusiness REVIEW (based on 2006 Franchise Satisfaction Survey), Matco Tools is one of the top franchise opportunities out there.
1-800 WATER DAMAGE takes pride in Restoring What Matters MostTM in communities across the U.S. With the support of the world's largest property restoration company, BELFOR Property Restoration, and B ...
Founded in the late 1960s, Jani-King is today the world's largest commercial cleaning franchise company, with more than 10,000 franchisees serving tens of thousands of customers. Through a global netw ...
CertaPro Painters was ranked #1 in franchisee satisfaction in the home service category by Franchise Business Review. Read here about our 30 years of experience in the $60 billion residential & commer ...
Americas #1 advertising services franchise. Bring Madison Avenue marketing solutions to Main Street businesses with our cutting edge marketing tools and technology: Direct Mail, Internet, Mobile Mark ...
If you're tired of working for someone else and have decided franchising is the way to go, Martinizing Dry Cleaning probably should be on your short list.
With more than a decade of experience and over 170 schools throughout North and South America, Africa and Asia Pacific, School of Rock is the leader in performance-based after school music education.
Space Walk has been delivering inflatable fun over 50 years. We have over 200 locations nationwide, and service over 30,000 events a year, making us Americas leading provider of inflatable fun. We set ...
Personal Touch Products allows you to create high quality, in-demand, and high-profit personalized gifts, within 2 minutes right in front of your customer.
With Right at Home, you leverage your previous life and work experience with our business model to create a business that makes life better for families in your own community. If you have outgrown you ...
DVDNow Kiosks are automated DVD rental kiosks and are the perfect fit for grocery, convenience stores, gas stations, office buildings and other venues that consumers frequent on a regular basis.
Sandler Training is the leader in innovative sales and sales management training, and the only training organization in the world that offers consistent, ongoing instruction.
Sport Clips: First in the market, and still #1! Sport Clips was the first to exclusively target the 150 million men and boys who needed a haircut franchise to call their own. Today, with more than 1,7 ...
Regional Developers of 360clean are responsible for selling franchises, acquiring accounts for their franchisees, coaching and supporting the franchisees in their region.
For over 30 years, AtWork has been a leading staffing franchise in some of the largest markets across the nation. As one of the most recognizable brands in temporary and permanent staffing, AtWork has ...
Acti-Kare franchisees provide superior caregiving services to the whole family in the comfort of their own homes. Franchise owners manage a staff of trained caregivers that utilize our proprietary ACT ...
Always Best Care Senior Services is right in the center of the senior boom. With 10,000 Americans turning 65 every day, this is truly an extraordinary opportunity for you to secure your future. With ...
Nobody knows more about helping seniors find the right living and care solutions than Assisted Living Locators. After all, we introduced a better solution for senior care placement at no cost to them ...
CareBuilders at Home is the nations premier home care franchise, offering the most back-office support in the industry and a rewarding business opportunity for franchise partners.
With the opening of the first all battery retail store in 1988 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Batteries Plus quickly became the uncontested leader in the battery market, differentiated by superior knowledge ...
Not Just Senior Care!!! CareMinders Franchisees offer both Medical and Non-Medical home care: companionship, personal, skilled care and related home support services and assistance to all ages of hand ...
Business opportunities cover a broad spectrum of careers. These are some popular ones:
Turnkey operations: a business model where a product or service is ready to be sold or provided immediately after the purchase without additional input by the purchaser.
Distributorships: an independent agent has the right to sell and market another company’s products to dealers, but cannot use that company’s name as part of their own.
Dealers: similar to distributorships, except the sales are to consumers and retailers.
Network/multi-level marketing: an agent sells products directly to consumers and recruits others into the program as well. Usually, a commission is paid to the agent on their own sales and the sales of the agents they have recruited into the program.
Trademark/product licenses: a company grants a licensee the right to use the seller’s trade name along with their methods, products, equipment and/or technology.
Rack jobbers: a company sells their products through store racks that an agent services. The company maintains the racks, and the agent is in control of the inventory and how to display the merchandise. Periodically, the agent will notify the company of what was sold, and the company will send a commission check.
Vending machine routes: similar to rack jobbers, except the agent (vendor, in this case) must pay for the machine and the product. The agent also has to service the machines him- or herself.
Work from home opportunities: a company contracts an agent to do work remotely, most often by computer. Examples include taking surveys from home, data entry work, affiliate marketing, and many more.
Traditionally, with the purchase of a business opportunity, the buyer owns the business outright and can customize many aspects of the business to their tastes.
When a potential business owner contacts a person (or entity) selling a business opportunity, they are contracting with that licenser for a business system including training, equipment or a service method that the licenser has been through the growing pains with and has made profitable. Traditionally, once the purchase is finalized, and training—if applicable—is completed, the relationship is usually over.
Costs: Typically less expensive than a franchise, with few requiring royalty payments.
Structure: Less structured operations allowing for owners to implement the systems that work best for them along with easier customization of the business.
Ongoing Support: Usually there is little contact between the seller and purchaser of the business opportunity after the business is set up. Any support is usually informal and not based upon a contract.
Legal Regulation: Varies from state to state. Usually the licensee must provide some sort of disclosure to the purchaser.
If you’re simply looking for a jumpstart and desire more flexibility, a business opportunity is probably the route for you.