Floods4Less vs Granite America Franchise Comparison

An extraordinary business opportunity As a Floods4Less franchise owner, you will have the opportunity to participate in the multi-billion dollar disaster restoration industry. It is an industry that has proven to be recession-resistant with substantial upside potential for future growth.

Your all-inclusive franchise package will include: *Comprehensive training. *Personalized support. *Exclusive business operating system technology: *Our proprietary Floods4Less Hub Management System is a centralized online web-tool that records all leads and stores information on all phases of projects. Homeowners, insurance adjusters, property managers and facility managers may access it to expedite service, check on job status and more. It ensures the best possible service and facilitates your open communication with clients. Franchisees also have access to exclusive Floods4Less Hub Management System programs to help simplify marketing and prospecting activities.

*Increase your cash flow and watch your Floods4Less business grow through our intuitive Hub Management System. *Stay in control of your financial information with the Hub Management System Accounting Package. *Attract new clients and retain the ones you already serve with the Hub Management System Marketing and Communication services. Our marketing programs are integrated with our Hub Management System software for easy prospect tracking, increased conversion ratios, and higher marketing success rates. *A proprietary operations manual: You will have access to this valuable operating tool, detailing established standards and procedures, with periodic updates, that help guide your efficient daily business operations, both when you launch your business and for the term of your franchise. *A state-of-the-art call center: Our professionally-trained staff fields calls through a central toll-free number, gathers the sales lead information, and then appropriately routes calls to local franchisees. *Assistance with site selection: We will provide guidelines for finding an appropriate warehouse and office, typically 2,000 square feet of space. We will work with your local real estate broker to negotiate the most advantages lease terms on your behalf. *Vehicle guidelines: You will have our specifications for a branded van to accommodate the water extraction system, equipment and personnel. *Marketing assistance. Our name and reputation are yours to leverage as you endeavor to be included on the preferred vendor lists used by local insurance professionals and individual policy holders. *Purchasing discounts: You will benefit from relationships to get unmatched prices on the best possible products and equipment for water extraction, drying and deodorizing, as well as rebuilding and restoring. *Life, disability and health insurance for Franchisees: We will assist you to obtain the life, dental, disability and health insurance benefits you require. *Performance and surety bonds: We will assist Franchisees to obtain the surety bonds needed to secure lucrative insurance and government contracts. This would include assistance to obtain a bond to satisfy your licensing requirements for the Contractors State License Board in your state.

The franchise offered is for the operation of either a granite and stone countertop sales and installation shop that orders slabs as needed, fabricates them and performs installations (“Express Model”), a granite and stone countertop sales, fabrication and installation shop that has an inventory of slabs onsite (“Standard Model”) or a granite and stone countertop sales, fabrication and installation shop that has an inventory of slabs onsite and uses digital technology and automation to fabricate slabs (“Digital Model”) for home improvement and construction projects. Besides opening as a new business (“Startup Franchise”) there is also an option to convert an existing granite, marble or solid surface shop into either an Express, Standard or Digital Model (“Conversion Franchise”). These are service oriented businesses that offers a wide selection of imported granite and stone slabs that are customized into countertops while incorporating an efficient and simplistic approach to production and daily operations, under the name “Granite America®”. 

When you became a franchise of a Granite America®, you will offer unique products that are superior and NOT available in the marketplace. In other words, you won’t find our products anywhere else! As a Granite America® franchise you are a one- stop solution for sales, fabrication and installation. Not only will you be able to transform residential homes, you will also meet the demand for commercial businesses such as: restaurants, hotels, retail stores, casinos and MORE!

We have several markets available across the United States so don’t wait!

Startup Franchise; for a Standard Model, the Initial Franchise Fee is $12,500 for a Conversion Franchise or $25,000 for a Startup Franchise; for a Digital Model, the Initial Franchise Fee is $25,000 for a Conversion Franchise or $40,000 for a Startup Franchise with protected rights to operate in a specific area defined by the franchisor. Additional franchises will be available for $10,000 for an Express Model or $15,000 for either a Standard Model or Digital Model per franchise.

The total investment necessary to begin operation of a Granite America® Express Model ranges from $32,250 to $116,000 for a Conversion Franchise or from $162,850 to $270,450 for a Startup Franchise; for a Standard Model from $66,950 to $180,200 for a Conversion Franchise or from $327,650 to $576,200 for a Startup Franchise; and for a Digital Model from $742,300 to $969,100 for a Conversion Franchise or from $1,121,000 to $1,463,100 for a Startup Franchise which will depend on a number of factors that are fully discussed in Item 7 and includes the Initial Franchise Fee that must be paid to the Franchisor.