Can Your Business's Succeed As a Franchise?

The Answer is difficult to determine. The more of these questions you can answer affirmatively, the more likely you will be to succeed.
Do you presently own a profitable business?
Have you been in business long enough to develop an efficient operating procedure that poses minimal problems?
Do you want to expand your business rapidly?
Can your business be readily systematized, broken into its essential components?
Is your business in a disorganized industry, characterized by a great many small mom-and-pop operators?
Is your industry lacking a significant number of large franchises or company owned businesses?
Is your business in an established market? Has the validity of your product or service been proven?
Does your product or service fill a legitimate consumer want or need?
Is your business relatively simple to operate? Could it be learned quickly and easily by other business people?
Does your business generate enough revenue for both the franchisee and franchiser to share in the wealth?
Could your business be easily duplicated? Could it be cloned for a reasonable amount of money?
Is your business replicable in any of a number of locations? Could the concept work in markets nationwide?
Is your business in the service sector of the economy?
Can your business be operated on a modest inventory?
Is your business based on a trent rather than a fad (trends are long-term; fads are fleeting)?
Could a copy of your business break even in a reasonable amount of time (a year or less)?

Could your business generate enough revenue to attract potential franchisees? Would a reasonable man be happy working for the return your business could provide?

Does your business offer something new or improved? A better product or service?
Does your business lend itself to public relations? Could it generate interest on its own?
Have you ever been approached by someone interested in buying your business as a franchise?
Is your business prepared to enter long-term business relationships with independent operators?
Can you offer franchisees training, advice, other support services, and administer a network of independent businesses?
Can your business afford to invest in a franchise program?