Portal Languages vs Stemtree Franchise Comparison

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

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Portal Languages Franchise
Stemtree Franchise
Investment $25,000 - $50,000$83,800 - $149,800
Franchise Fee $15,000$39,500
Royalty Fee 7%8%
Advertising Fee -2%
Year Founded 20082014
Year Franchised 20132016
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
Portal Languages Franchise
Stemtree Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Portal Languages Franchise
Stemtree Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees -/--/Yes
Start-up Costs -/--/Yes
Equipment -/--/Yes
Inventory -/--/Yes
Receivables -/--/Yes
Payroll -/--/Yes

Training & Support
 
Portal Languages Franchise
Stemtree Franchise
Training - On-The-Job Training: 8 hours Classroom Training: 30 hours
Support - Ongoing Support Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Site Selection Franchisee Intranet Platform
Marketing - Co-op Advertising Ad Templates Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing
Operations --

Expansion Plans
 
Portal Languages Franchise
Stemtree Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion -Yes

Company Overviews

About Portal Languages

Portal Languages began as a private language tutoring service by our founders from their apartment in Costa Mesa, California.  The spark that launched the company came from a continuous demand for their language tutoring service.  In January 2009, the founders decided to establish Portal Languages - " Costa Mesa in a 400 sq./ft. office space.
A website and a functional space was then created for the school.  We decided to adopt the Language Teaching Methodology Series - “The Natural Approach, Language Acquisition” developed by Stephen D. Krashen and Tracy D Terrell.
What followed were several years of quick expansion as internet marketing campaigns, student referrals and a sound business principle began to pay off.
Portal Languages has been helping students acquire a foreign language for over 5 years. As a franchise owner, you’ll have continual support to develop a profitable and simple business.  This is the Ideal business for an experienced language teacher with entrepreneurship skills who is interested in starting his/her own business and contribute to the community.
-Royalties and marketing are about 8% of gross sales;
-Average unit volumes are $200,000. 

About Stemtree

"Stemtree

The STEMTREE franchise model offers education services that focus on the core curricula of science, technology, and engineering.
STEMTREE’s programs nurture each student’s inner scientist through innovative, engaging, and hands-on learning experience, built upon a solid foundation of scientific curricula, giving each student the edge for success in today’s schools and the world.
Whether achieving higher grades in the classroom, helping students become successful science professionals or engineers, or simply instilling and cultivating an appreciation and a deep understanding of science and technology, STEMTREE offers after-school programs, with or without student pick-ups, one-on-one tutoring, educational camps, home-school study programs, and even birthday parties and event-based programs.
Stemtree was founded on the idea that nothing is more important than enriching the lives of others; now we want to extend that service to our franchisees.
Stemtree has a strong potential ROI for a franchise owner. With reasonable overhead and a low startup cost for the education industry, the concept is financially sound. We do not guarantee any success or levels of profitability, but with a large margin for error, a franchisee can be much less effective than our projections and still have a successful business.

STEMTREE’s business model requires a fixed commercial location comprising approximately 1,500 to 2,500 square feet of space.

Veteran Incentives  10% off franchise fee