• Franchise Fee:$35,000
• Total Investment Range:
$134,500
• Required Cash liquidity:
$100,000
Financing Assistance:
•No
Training and Support:
•Yes
Franchise Description
Express Employment Professionals offers a business-to-business franchise that creates a higher level of success and quality-of-life benefits. We succeed because our business model blends caring support with strong professional drive. Working in a professional environment with weekday business hours, Express franchise owners control their future.
Who is Express
- We’ve been in business since 1983, franchising since 1985.
- We’re part of the staffing industry, which had over $70 billion in sales in the U.S. in 2008, and has been in North America for over 115 years.
- Our training received a 100% satisfaction rating by our franchisees in our 2009 FranSurvey by Franchise Research Institute.
- Express is home to a professional sales culture, characterized by strong relationships between franchisees and headquarters, and a desire to help local businesses and job seekers succeed.
Key Points
An Express Employment Professionals franchise opportunity boasts a high franchise success rate with an average franchisee tenure of 15 years. Backed by a headquarters with 200 professionals supporting the franchisees and 70 additional field representatives, Express offers the potential for an equity-building business with a strong ROI. Express highlights include:
- 100% ownership in a protected territory
- 100% funding of temporary associate payroll and processing of client receivables
- Requires a limited number of employees
- Extensive start-up training and continuous learning through varied avenues: online courses, live training, teleseminars, and podcasts
- One-time franchisee fee includes multiple profit centers for diverse growth potential
- Sales and recruiting collateral materials available at no charge, with option for marketing campaigns and tools at volume pricing
- Proprietary management software
- Comprehensive risk management support
- No product inventory to manage
Business Model
By matching clients with qualified candidates, Express is able to put people to work and help businesses succeed. Express job seekers benefit from flexible work schedules and job placement services. Our clients have access to HR consulting, training and hiring solutions. Express franchisees build consultative selling relationships with owners and decision makers in small-to-medium size businesses (10-500 employees) offering a variety of staffing and HR solutions. We offer franchisees protected territories based on demographic profiles, including the number of jobs within an area. Through our multiple service lines there are varied opportunities for profit, including:
- Temporary and flexible staffing
- Evaluation and direct hire
- Contract and full-time professional staffing
- Human resource services
It’s a franchise opportunity that offers:
- Business-to-business service sales
- A professional environment
- A low investment
Training
Our training program has been custom-designed to quickly accelerate our franchisees to success. Express offers comprehensive initial training, with two weeks at Express University and one week in a certified field training office. Franchisees and their staff have ongoing learning opportunities through our online courses, development tracks, training calls, and tools available through Express University Online. In addition, Express hosts two live training events annually, at our regional SALES Summit and one internationally through our International Leadership Conference.
Network of Support
Express offers layers of support and tools for a successful franchise system, including a developer who visits each franchise location, a toll-free assistance center and technical support open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CST., 200 support professionals offering specialized advice at our international headquarters, along with 70 representatives in the field and a proprietary handbook and manuals.
Sales & Marketing
During the first 16 weeks of business, Express franchisees receive unique coaching and business development benchmarks to get their business up and running. Our continued Success Track program matches goals with awards to drive offices into our Circle of Excellence and beyond. To support sales efforts, we offer a variety of professionally designed and packaged marketing materials, promotional campaigns, and branding tools to represent Express in the local marketplace.
Investment Requirements
Franchise Fee:
$35,000
Required Cash liquidity:
$100,000
Total Investment Range:
$134,500
