CEFA vs STEM for Kids Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of CEFA vs STEM for Kids including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	CEFA Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
Investment	$350,000 - $900,000	$49,500 - $83,650
Franchise Fee	$60,000	$39,500
Royalty Fee	3%	7+%
Advertising Fee	6%	2%
Year Founded	1998	2011
Year Franchised	2002	2014
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	CEFA Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
Experience	-	-Are you genuinely interested in STEM? -Do you understand the role STEM plays in today’s economy and society? -Are you active in your community and hungry to make a positive impact in young minds? -Are you self-directed, self-motivated and able to juggle through multiple priorities? -Do you have a strong desire to learn, grow and have fun in the process?
Financing Options
	CEFA Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	-/-	Yes/-
Start-up Costs	-/-	-/Yes
Equipment	-/-	-/-
Inventory	-/-	-/-
Receivables	-/-	-/-
Payroll	-/-	-/-
Training & Support
	CEFA Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
Training	-	On-The-Job Training: 4 hours Classroom Training: 28 hours Additional Training: Virtual training
Support	-	Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform
Marketing	-	Ad Templates Social media SEO Website development Email marketing
Operations	-	Number of Employees Required to Run: 1
Expansion Plans
	CEFA Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
US Expansion	Yes	Yes
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	Yes	Yes

Company Overviews

About CEFA

Core Education & Fine Arts (CEFA), Canada's first Junior Kindergarten School, was established in 1998 in the city of West Vancouver, British Columbia. CEFA's program has an excellent reputation of highly developing a child's intellect and delivering the finest start in education, arts, and the humanities. All Teachers are trained Early Childhood Educators who are further trained and certified by CEFA Educational Systems to become specialized Junior Kindergarten Teachers. In 2002, a franchise model was put in place, and the Founder, Natacha V. Beim, incorporated the franchise company CEFA Systems Inc in 2004. The first franchise was purchased that same year, with many more opening throughout the subsequent years. CEFA's programs are available to infants and children up to five years old. It presents each child with every possibility to discover and challenge themselves and their own potential, introducing them to Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Languages, Music, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Dramatic Arts, Yoga, Culture Immersion and Dance. Available programs: *Baby Program designed especially for our youngest students *Junior Kindergarten One for two year olds *Junior Kindergarten Two for three year olds *Junior Kindergarten Three is the final year To find out more about the CEFA child care centres and the CEFA Early Learning program, please visit our school website www.cefa.ca.

About STEM for Kids

STEM for Kids® provides educational enrichment in Robotics, Engineering and Computer Programming for children ages 4 - 14 through camps, afterschool programs, in-school field trips, workshops in schools and outside community spaces.

Our processes, diligently crafted and baked with experiences, are designed to be simple yet effective in helping you set up and run a successful operation.
The secret sauce of our business model,the curricula is born in industry and developed inhouse to maximize real-world connections and educational alignment while providing fun-based learning experiences.

Veteran Incentives  12% off franchise fee