Franchising has created some of the best-known brands in America, including Taco Bell in Irvine.
While fast-food restaurants are most associated with franchising – a business model in which a company licenses a brand and proven system for running a business – other Orange County companies are more representative of franchising trends. Most are services. Many have low to moderate startup costs. Some can be run from a home office.
“Why reinvent the wheel? All the advertising … guidance and technical support are there,” said Paula Hilliard, who with her husband, Mark, owns an Anaheim Line-X franchise that puts spray-on bed liners in trucks.
Buying a franchise isn’t cheap. Initial fees can cost anywhere from $14,750 for a single Systems Paving territory to $49,500 for a Relax the Back store. Read More
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