Stretch-N-Grow vs Kangaroo Bobs Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Stretch-N-Grow vs Kangaroo Bobs including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Stretch-N-Grow Franchise
Kangaroo Bobs Franchise
Investment $23,600$50,000 - $400,000
Franchise Fee $18,600$25,000 - $35,000
Royalty Fee $150/mo.-
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 1992-
Year Franchised 1993-
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Stretch-N-Grow Franchise
Kangaroo Bobs Franchise
Experience
  • Must have desire to work with children
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    Financing Options
     
    Stretch-N-Grow Franchise
    Kangaroo Bobs Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/No-/-
    Start-up Costs No/No-/-
    Equipment No/No-/-
    Inventory No/No-/-
    Receivables No/No-/-
    Payroll No/No-/-

    Training & Support
     
    Stretch-N-Grow Franchise
    Kangaroo Bobs Franchise
    Training -
  • Hands-on training in our flagship store
  • Intensive classroom instruction at Kangaroo Bob's
  • Training reference manuals, including electronic supplements
    • Support Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Internet
  • On-site grand opening training and assistance
  • Quarterly consultation visits from Kangaroo Bob's field team
  • Regular quality assurance consultations
  • Business review analysis of store sales and performance vs. system-wide benchmarks
  • Operating system manuals
  • Proprietary Quarterly Team Game rollouts as well as new product rollouts
  • Website maintenance, hosting, consumer calendar, and content management
  • Password-protected intranet
    • Marketing National media
  • Grand opening support and assistance
  • High quality promotional and marketing materials
  • Public relations materials
  • New product development
  • Use of the Kangaroo Bob's name, logo, and characters
    • Operations Franchise can be run from home.

    5% of all franchisees own more than one unit

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1

    Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

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    Expansion Plans
     
    Stretch-N-Grow Franchise
    Kangaroo Bobs Franchise
    US Expansion --
    Canada Expansion No-
    International Expansion Yes-

    Company Overviews

    About Stretch-N-Grow

    Upon finding out that she was pregnant, fitness enthusiast Jill Manly began directing her attention to infant and early childhood fitness. Through her research, Manly discovered a lack of fitness in young children and decided to do something about it. In 1992, after developing a curriculum for her classes, Manly started Stretch-n-Grow in Galveston, Texas.
    Stretch-n-Grow has helped hundreds of people go into business for themselves while making a difference in the lives of children in their community since 1992!
    We specialize in fitness, dance, yoga, sports, gymnastics and music for kids at their schools.

    Each Stretch-n-Grow class is about 45 minutes long, with 30 minutes of exercise and 15 minutes of discussion. Classes are taught at child-care and recreation centers, elementary schools, YMCA and YWCA centers, Mothers' Day Out programs and Head Start facilities. Instructors also provide classes for after-school programs, birthday parties and sports camps.

    The company began franchising in 1993 and has locations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, and Hong Kong, as well as the United States.

    About Kangaroo Bobs

    Kangaroo Bob's, which is at the forefront of child development, has created a fun environment to teach teamwork to children through parties and play. Kangaroo Bob's patent pending teamwork curriculum creates an extraordinary party and play experience for children and their families, which correlates into an incredible business opportunity for franchise candidates that are as passionate about running their business as they are about developing young minds. Kangaroo Bob's has designed two unique business opportunities for franchisees that utilizes our patent pending teamwork curriculum. Franchisees can choose between our facility based Play and Party Center package, which is a $250k to $400k investment, or choose our home based Walkabout Package which is a total capital investment of $50k. Please call us at 770-364-4017 to learn more about this thrilling and exciting children's entertainment franchise experience.