Make Your Statement
With signs and graphics, you can say anything, do anything and be anything! Become a franchisee today.
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Overview
- Outlets: 765+
- Minimum Investment: £36,000
- Funding Support: Yes
- Total Investment: £150,000
- Franchise Fee: £21,000
- Business Type: Franchise
- Expected Revenue after 2 Years: £200,000
- Operating Fee: N/A
- Advertising Fee: 2%
- Royalty Fee: 7%
- Average Floor Space: 1,500 sqft
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About FASTSIGNS
FASTSIGNS is a global leader in the franchised signs and graphics sector, with over 765 centres operating worldwide. Offering a proven route to successful business ownership, in an industry driven by technology and creativity, to exceed an annual turnover of £1 million.
As a FASTSIGNS franchisee, you’ll help any business, in any industry, make their statement through signs and graphics. Whether they need exterior building signs, signs to direct and inform, signs to decorate, signs to theme an event, or signs to promote - signage is always in demand. So, your business will always be in demand.
Training and Support Provided
With a dedicated, UK-based support team and a US-based Head Office, the business support you’ll receive is at the core of our promise to lead you to grow a profitable business.
With world-leading, industry experts at the helm, you’ll soon feel confident in your journey, as you are nurtured throughout the lifetime of your franchise with us.
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“We were definitely nervous, as we were both complete sign novices. But we had help at every turn!” Tunde Sodipo, FASTSIGNS Northampton
Comprehensive Training Delivered
We know signage looks technical, and we can’t deny that it is! But, we have comprehensive training methods designed to ensure you’re well on the path to becoming an expert, when you open the doors of your business.
As a franchisee, you will receive:
- 2 weeks of Foundations Training at our Dallas Head Office
- 1 Week in a UK centre with your mentor
- 1 Week, Centre-based Business Consultant training visit, pre-launch
- 24/7 access to FASTSIGNS University
- Gamification Mobile Access Training
- A robust programme of ongoing training events, in sales, marketing, substrates and more
- Annual visits from US-based industry experts
- 2 Convention event opportunities, per annum
Business Management
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Our team of dedicated Business Consultants work with you to develop your business plan, and help you manage your objectives against it for success. We are also able to help you access HR support, accounting support, technical expertise and much more. Whatever you need, whenever you need it.
“We love being owners; being in control of our business and working in it, as well on it. The Head Office Support Team helped us move our mindsets from employees to owners, supporting us to achieve our goals. We’ve grown our business by over 30%, have taken on new team members, and we’re extremely excited for the future!” Melanie & Jose Martinez and Alan White
Marketing Support
We consistently invest in our brand positioning, website, and technology ensuring we can attribute ROI to your marketing activities. Marketing is at the centre of what we do. With consistent ‘On Your Behalf’ marketing activity and local marketing support, we’ll help you ensure your business is as visible as possible.
The Ideal FASTSIGNS Franchisee
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Believe it or not, our franchisees rarely join us with previous signage experience! All we require from our franchisees is for you to be organised, business-minded and able to communicate effectively with your customers.
As our franchise opportunity is predominantly a management opportunity, depending on your experience, skills and likes, we can build your team around you! If you’re a great manager, we’ll build a team of sales, design and production around you.
Like-wise if you’re a creative designer, we’ll recruit management skills, sales experience and production expertise.
FASTSIGNS’ History
FASTSIGNS first launched in Dallas, Texas in 1985, reaching the UK in 1994 and has expanded into 8 other countries over the past 37 years. Over this time, FASTSIGNS we’ve helped our franchisees build businesses that facilitate their lifestyle, allowing them to build a career to complements their skills.
To do this, we continuously strive to bring cutting-edge signage technology, coupled with powerful business strategy, so our top centres consistently achieve sales in excess of £1million.
FASTSIGNS has won countless international franchise industry awards and, specifically in the UK, we are consistently awarded 5-star satisfaction from our franchise network.
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Next Steps – your exciting future awaits you!
If you would like more information on what are the next steps toward your exciting future, please complete the form below.
Typically banks will lend up to 70% of the total investment. FASTSIGNS have excellent relationships with all major banks and are able to introduce you to franchise specialists in each bank.
The typical total investment is £81,798 (plus working capital), and the franchise fee is £17,500.
Fly above the fear of failure!
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What’s the biggest thing holding you back from achieving your dream of starting your own successful business?
Your answer to this will vary from someone else’s, but maybe it’s due to a lack of finances, the worry of finding customers, or wondering what your new day-day life will look like.
Whilst these are important considerations, you can find peace of mind and answers to your queries fairly easily, when you speak to someone. They come down to details, facts and figures which can easily be found, especially if you’re joining a well-established franchise like FASTSIGNS.
What’s less easy to overcome is worrying about whether you have what it takes to succeed as a business owner.
No doubt, by now, you may be fairly established in your career to date. However, making the leap to self-employment involves taking on new responsibilities, as you’ll be in charge of every aspect of your new business. And, if this is the first time you’ve considered running your own business, or you’re considering moving into a completely new industry, the prospect can be intimidating.
In our experience, nothing can kill your dreams faster than a lack of confidence, but we want to let you in on a little secret: Almost every single one of our successful franchisees has been exactly where you are now.
The great news? We’ve already done the groundwork in perfecting how to run a market-leading signage business, and our model has been tried-and-tested across more than 750 branches around the world, giving you confidence in making the change. Our franchisees come from a variety of backgrounds, with our most successful having a deep-rooted spark and desire to build their own business, by tapping into everything we make available for success with a FASTSIGNS business.
In many ways, cutting-edge signage is just the end result of what we do – what the FASTSIGNS franchise is really all about is empowering people, just like you, to seize the opportunity to become the best they can be.
A great example of this is Paul Robinson, owner of FASTSIGNS in Peterborough. Paul came from a background in some very senior roles, and was initially nervous about managing an entire business himself. However, our comprehensive training programme is designed to give new franchisees like Paul a thorough grounding in the day-to-day operations of their business, as well as marketing, accounts, and long-term business planning.
But, this is just the beginning! FASTSIGNS sticks by our franchisees throughout their partnership with us; our ongoing support includes continual business mentorship, advice and guidance from some of the very best in the industry. Paul has taken advantage of this, and reached out to us anytime he needed us, knowing he could rely on our support. As time went by, we could all see Paul’s confidence grow as he began to truly take the lead, creating one opportunity after another for his business to thrive. His whole mindset changed and, within a few years, he has become one of our most successful franchisees: In 2022, he won Franchisee of the Year at our annual awards event!
Paul may now be one of our top achievers, but he started out like everybody else, developing his business management skills along the way, with our support. After all, by partnering with a franchise like ours, you may be in business for yourself, but you’ll never be by yourself!
Fear of failure is only natural. But, don’t let it hold you back from achieving your dreams. With FASTSIGNS at your side, there’s nothing to stop you from seizing every opportunity which comes your way!
Get in touch to find out more about how a FASTSIGNS franchise can take you to the next level as a business owner.
As a franchisee I wanted a franchisor that had more than just a business model. Apart from being a globally trusted brand, FASTSIGNS provides a wide support network of highly regarded professionals with excellent product knowledge. There is a solid platform that ensures franchisees have all the tools required to reach their potential.
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