1st Propane Franchise

Propane delivery service

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Founded in 1990, Rancho Murrieta,
California-based 1st Propane delivers propane to homes and businesses
for use in space heating, water heating, cooking, clothes drying and
fireplaces.

Business Service

Business administration is
accessible for eateries, lodgings, wineries, forklifts, bottle filling
stations, nurseries, loners, and numerous other vast volume requirements
for clean gas warm. Each business establishment is distinctive and may
have various choices for administration.. Your neighborhood first
Propane® establishment proprietor will be happy to assess your
necessities. If you don't mind call him.

Spending Payment Plan

Tired
of those huge propane charges that hit both of you or three
circumstances amid the winter? Our Budget Payment Plan might be your
reply!

You may agree to this administration in April, May, June
and July. Your neighborhood first Propane® proprietor will gauge your
propane utilization from your join date through the next April, include
your yearly tank rental, and partition the aggregate by the quantity of
months staying through the next March. You pay this sum in equivalent
regularly scheduled installments through the next March. The next April
is the month to get a discount or pay any sum due in view of your
genuine utilization amid the year. This administration is not a gurantee
of a settled cost. You pay showcase costs amid the year.

On the
off chance that is imperative to note that it is difficult to evaluate
precisely what your utilization will be and make the spending
installments precisely cover your utilization. Bring down costs and
hotter climate may make you over-pay your spending arrangement and be
expected a discount. Higher costs and strangely cool climate may make
you come up short on your arrangement and owe extra toward the end. We
watch the adjust in your arrangement, and will inform you on the off
chance that you are sigificantly over or coming up short on your
spending installment arrange. We maintain whatever authority is needed
to change the measure of your regularly scheduled installment.

As an individual from the Budget Payment Plan you get our ordinary cost for propane in addition to our standard money markdown.

Pre-Buy Program

Pre
Buy arranges empower you to buy your yearly supply of propane amid the
mid year when costs are regularly lower. As a client, you will get a
notice when this gets to be distinctly accessible. Clients that exploit
this arrangement normally have spared a considerable measure of cash on
their yearly warming bills.

Tank Rental

We will help you
as vital in arranging the establishment of your propane tank. We lease
propane tanks from 100 to 1000 gallons in size for your utilization.
Tank rental expenses change contingent upon your utilization and area.
Establishment incorporates conveying your tank, connecting your
framework, playing out a wellbeing keep an eye on the framework and
lighting your machines. Your tank is regularly conveyed with a couple of
gallons in it, and our conveyance truck stops by in the following few
days to fill your tank. You should be home amid the tank establishment,
which regularly won't take over 2 hours.



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How much does it cost to open a 1st Propane Franchise?

The investment required to open a 1st Propane Franchise is between $183,500-$450,500. There is an initial franchise fee of $30,000 which grants you the license to run a business under the 1st Propane name.

Individual Unit Costs

  • Initial Investment:
    $183,500-$450,500
  • Initial Franchise Fee:
    $30,000
  • Royalty Fee:
    6%
  • Advertising Fee:
    N/A
  • Term of Agreement:
    10 years
  • Renewal Fee:
    $20K


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1st Propane News & Press Releases

When did the first 1st Propane open? 1990
When did 1st Propane start Franchising? 1998

Year U.S.A. Canada International Corporate
2005 10 0 0 0
2004 10 0 0 0
2003 12 0 0 0
2002 13 0 0 0
2001 13 0 0 0
Expense In-House Third Party
Franchise Fee No No
Startup Costs No No
Equipment No Yes
Inventory No No
Accounts Receivable No No
Payroll No No

Support
Newsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations

Marketing
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Franchise can be run from home.

0% of all franchisees own more than one unit

Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 - 5

Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (90% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Business Experience:

  • General business experience
  • Marketing skills
  • Strong organizational skills

  • Your income potential as a 1st Propane Franchise entrepreneur depends vastly on many factors. As an entrepreneur, the goals to achieve are related to expanding sales while lowering your operation costs and increasing the quality of your products and or services. Each month your operating costs can include royalty fees, mortgage / rent, supplies for products, staffing, utilities, bookwork, stationary and other items. From one month to the next, you may find your costs fluctuate, but your up-front costs are, for the most part, fixed and they will cover most of the initial setup of equipment, signage and renovations.

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    1st Propane

    1st Propane

    1st Propane Franchising Inc.
    14670 Cantova Wy., #208
    Rancho Murieta, CA
    95683

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