Just Between Friends vs Fitness Machine Technicians Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Just Between Friends vs Fitness Machine Technicians including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Just Between Friends Franchise
Fitness Machine Technicians Franchise
Investment $38,544 - $54,509$71,450 - $118,490
Franchise Fee $17,900$40,000 - $45,000
Royalty Fee 3%6%
Advertising Fee -1%
Year Founded 19972002
Year Franchised 20042012
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements

 
Just Between Friends Franchise
Fitness Machine Technicians Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options

 
Just Between Friends Franchise
Fitness Machine Technicians 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

 
Just Between Friends Franchise
Fitness Machine Technicians Franchise
Training On-The-Job Training: 21 hours Classroom Training: 59.5 hours Additional Training: Pre-training On-The-Job Training: 80 hours Classroom Training: 46 hours Additional Training: Field training
Support Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Proprietary Software
Marketing Ad Templates Social media SEO Website developmentAd Templates Social media SEO Website development
Operations - Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 1 - 2

Expansion Plans

 
Just Between Friends Franchise
Fitness Machine Technicians Franchise
US Expansion YesYes
Canada Expansion Yes-
International Expansion --

Company Overviews

About Just Between Friends

Just Between Friends, the nation's first and largest children's and maternity consignment event franchise, operates a well-organized sale twice yearly. Benefiting the consignors, the franchisee and the community as a whole, it is an extremely popular event and is a win-win for everyone.

About Fitness Machine Technicians

At Fitness Machine Technicians, we pride ourselves on offering aspiring business owners the opportunity to build their franchise quickly and efficiently so they can thrive in their new career path.
As a service based franchise, we don’t have many of the expenses that burden the brick and mortar franchise owners. The benefits are:
  • You can work from a home-based office or small leased space (500sf).
  • You can lease or buy your technicians’ field vehicles.
  • Inventory is on demand direct from suppliers as needed for repairs, so minimal storage space is needed.

#208 in Franchise 500 for 2021.  Not in Franchise 500 for 2020.