Build a business every bit as beautiful as our home interiors
+35% sales growth in 2022
A thriving retail business enabling you and your team to provide customers with beautiful bespoke yet affordable kitchens, bedrooms and home interiors.
Open your own showroom with a leading global brand
- Every home needs kitchen, bathroom, lounge, bedroom and storage design solutions
- Schmidt combines German engineering with French design flair
- A global brand revered for beautiful made-to-measure kitchens and interiors
- A cashflow positive business where customers pay you upfront when ordering
- No stock holding – orders are delivered direct from our factory to your customer
- Prime territories in our thriving UK network are still available…
Full training: no interior design experience required
- Management business – employ your own team from day one
- High average sale price per transaction £8.5K - £50k+
- The strength of a global brand behind your business
- Guidance and support throughout your business journey
Franchisees in the UK have come from a wide variety of backgrounds, all sharing a keen interest in interior design; from senior roles in IT, architecture, engineering and marketing to teaching, F&B, electrical and the kitchen industry itself.
Your role as the franchisee is to lead your showroom team, welcoming prospective customers and overseeing the operation of your business, including an active role in the sales and providing exceptional customer service.
“We have a lot of flexibility for doing the sizes we want, and a wider range of options. It’s a very sustainable, natural product, and all those factors put it above a lot of competitors in the industry.” - Agron Llupa, Schmidt Beaconsfield
OPEN YOUR SHOWROOM WITH JUST £70K + FUNDING
We only make money when you make sales, so we’re as dedicated to your success as you are!
Generate £1M+annual sales | Enjoy over £100K annual earnings | Asset value £160K+ on exit |
Numbers based on established UK franchisee performance, but should not be relied upon as a guarantee of success.
Support throughout your journey
- Guidance with forming your business plan and securing lending
- Professional property search and negotiations by expert partners
- Expert design and fit-out of your beautiful new showroom
- A loan from Schmidt for your entire showroom interior fit-out
- Full initial and ongoing training and setup support for you…
- …and extensive training courses for your employees
Your dedicated UK support team are backed up by experts at head office in Alsace, all working to help ensure your business is successful.
A global brand behind your local business
30 | 70+ | 800+ | €1billion+ |
Showrooms in the UK | Territories available | Showrooms worldwide | Global group turnover |
Founded in 1959 by Hubert Schmidt, the brand is now owned and operated by his granddaughters who have continued to uphold the strong ethos and culture, building on their family’s legacy. Where global brands of this size are often owned by corporations and VCs more interested in the financials, Schmidt is refreshingly human. Many of the 1,700+ employees at the 5 factories in Alsace plus 1 in Germany, view Schmidt as a job-for-life, ten/twenty/thirty-plus years!
For you and your employees this translates into industry-leading guidance, training and ongoing support. The profitability of your business is vital to ensure longevity and mutual ongoing success.
For example, there has been a drive to empower franchisees to grow their share of the high-margin interiors market, with HQ investing €50M+ in a new factory to satisfy increasing demand.
Find out more
If you are interested in learning more about the Schmidt business opportunity and:- Are passionate about sales, management and design
- Enjoy providing excellent customer service
- Prefer working on high-value transactions
- Want to build and lead your own team
- Able to invest at least £70K (+ borrowing)
Then get in touch for a franchise prospectus, which will give you more details on the business, financials and opportunity.
4x4: Four months, four new openings for thriving Schmidt brand
By the end of April new franchised showrooms will be trading in Mere Green (Sutton Coldfield), Solihull, Eastbourne and Swansea. The Mere Green branch opened its doors in February, followed shortly after by Schmidt Solihull.
The two recent Midlands openings mark the first steps to expanding into the northern half of the UK as part of Schmidt’s strategic plans to grow a nationwide footprint by 2025.
“It’s a hugely exciting time for us all – and a busy one!” says Jean-Michel Peragine, Schmidt’s UK head of expansion.
“We have a very strong base in the south-east, the Midlands was the first target for our strategy for national growth. To have two showrooms opening within a few months is a huge boost for our brand and reflects the work of our people, both our franchise partners and our expansion teams who are supporting them.”
With Schmidt’s ranges of made-to-measure kitchen, bathroom and storage products positioned in the mid-to-high UK market, Jean-Michel says the move north will open up exciting new opportunities for franchise partners. Key targets for the next wave of expansion include Yorkshire, Newcastle and Scotland.
“We know there is a huge potential market in northern England and Scotland,” he said. “We have a very wide product range, which we adapt to each area for our new showrooms using careful demographic data and based on our experience of opening nearly 30 showrooms already in the UK, and more than 800 worldwide.
“We can showcase lower-budget or higher-budget ranges for each showroom, depending on their local market.
“This targeted approach was seen in our recent opening in Beaconsfield, which began securing customer orders within two weeks of opening. When we combine what we know with the passion and service of a local franchise partner, it is a powerful force.”