Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| American Transmissions | Speedy Transmission | |
| Investment | 80000 - 120000 | 83500 - 108000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 7% | 7% |
| Advertising Fee | 3%/$400/week | |
| Year Founded | 1981 | 1983 |
| Year Franchised | 1985 | 1984 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| American Transmissions | Speedy Transmission | |
| Experience | General business experience Marketing skills | |
Financing Options |
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| American Transmissions | Speedy Transmission | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| American Transmissions | Speedy Transmission | |
| Training | Home Office, Plymouth, MI 14 Days | Weekend training classes |
| Support | Central Data Processing Field Operation Evaluation Field Training Initial Store Opening Inventory Control Franchisee Newsletter Regional or National Meetings 800 Telephone Hotline | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations |
| Marketing | Ad slicks, Regional advertising | |
| Operations | Average Number of Employees: 5 Full-time, 1 Part-time Passive Ownership: Not Allowed | 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| American Transmissions | Speedy Transmission | |
| US Expansion | Michigan | South, South East, |
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| American Transmissions | 7% |
| Speedy Transmission | 7% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| American Transmissions | 3%/$400/week |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Year Founded | |
| American Transmissions | 1981 |
| Speedy Transmission | 1983 |
| Year Franchised | |
| American Transmissions | 1985 |
| Speedy Transmission | 1984 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| American Transmissions | 15 years +15 |
| Speedy Transmission | 20 years |
| Renewal Fee | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | 50% of initial franchise fee |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | General business experience Marketing skills |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Start-up Costs | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Equipment | |
| American Transmissions} | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Inventory | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Receivables | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| Payroll | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| American Transmissions | Home Office, Plymouth, MI 14 Days |
| Speedy Transmission | Weekend training classes |
| Support | |
| American Transmissions | Central Data Processing Field Operation Evaluation Field Training Initial Store Opening Inventory Control Franchisee Newsletter Regional or National Meetings 800 Telephone Hotline |
| Speedy Transmission | Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Field operations/evaluations |
| Marketing | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | Ad slicks, Regional advertising |
| Operations | |
| American Transmissions | Average Number of Employees: 5 Full-time, 1 Part-time Passive Ownership: Not Allowed |
| Speedy Transmission | 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| American Transmissions | Michigan |
| Speedy Transmission | South, South East, |
| Canada Expansion | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |
| International Expansion | |
| American Transmissions | |
| Speedy Transmission | |