Becoming a franchise
Our Start-Up Cost
Low-risk, high-gross margin, service-based franchise opportunities are in high demand, and MARBLELIFE® is among the best. Smart entrepreneurs are securing available MARBLELIFE® territories to anchor their careers and financial futures. MARBLELIFE’s franchise allows you to focus on sale and managing your business as we centralize marketing, lead generation, R&D, technical support, and training. It’s all the support a start-up needs to succeed!
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Franchise Fee
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Start-up Pack
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Training Costs
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Initial Marketing Costs
What Our Startup Package Includes
The costs of setting up a franchise vary. Here is a breakdown of the costs.
Franchise Rights
The standard franchise fee for a stand-alone market covering 1,000,000 people is $53,300, with an increment of $4,000 per additional 100,000 in population. Franchise territories typically align with counties, with exceptions like New York City, which uses boroughs. For existing service businesses, MARBLELIFE offers a reduced fee starting at $29,900 for a territory covering 400,000 people.
Standard Equipment Package
Our standard start-up equipment and start-up inventory package runs $19,400.
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No Building Required
No Buildings Required: Begin right from your home. An office isn't necessary for the MARBLELIFE business—store equipment and materials in a garage or storage facility. With GPS-monitored vehicles, your teams can operate efficiently, saving fuel costs and making the company vehicle a desirable employee benefit.
Vehical Needs
We suggest a FORD TRANSIT CONNECT or a NISSAN 200NV as your service van. Opt for new or used vehicles under 50,000 miles and within five years of age, ensuring they're clean, white, ding-free, and rust-free.
Training Costs
Your growth is our priority. Training is free. Cover only your travel, accommodations, and meals. Whether training one technician or ten, the cost remains zero. We aim to minimize expenses, facilitating the expansion of our teams.
Initial Marketing Costs
Prepare to invest up to $5,000 in initial marketing. This encompasses direct mail, magazine ads, home shows, and web marketing using MARBLELIFE's proven marketing tools tailored for your market.
Royalty & Ad-fund Fees
MARBLELIFE collects 6% royalty and a 2% ad-fund fee on collected sales. This means you do not pay royalties on sales until you have collected the funds, in this way you are assured that the timing of your royalties is always aligned with timing you received payment.
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Standard Equipment Package
Our standard start-up equipment and start-up inventory package runs around $19,400.
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Craftsman Package $3,152
Assigned hand equipment, diamonds, PPE, and applicators used to provide daily services.
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Van Stone Grinding $4,418
Includes floor machine, vacuums, base plates, brushes, PPE, and applicators used to provide daily services.
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Van Wrap $1,900
Van wrap for technician vehicle.
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Tile & Grout Package $7,874
Includes portable power wash system, ColorSEAL Chemicals, and equipment.
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Shop Inventory $3,707
Includes base plates, brushes, specialty service kits; generally stored in inventory and deployed as needed, plus service chemicals.
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Marketing Materials $900
Includes invoices, literature, and sample kits for various service finishes.
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Care Products $661
Required to maintain restored or newly installed surfaces.
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Concrete Coatings $5,576
Application tools needed to repair, prepare, install, modify, and finish custom concrete coating installations by technician.
Note: Freight costs will vary based on location, distance, and freight rates and will be determined at the time of order. Estimate: $800-$1,200.
Pricing note: These prices include an estimated 15% inflation adjustment. Inflation is expected to be high in the near future, as such your prices could be lower.
Existing Business and Discounts
Your existing business counts with us. If you have an existing business in the industry, you may qualify for a roll-in discount based on the size of your existing business.
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MARBLELIFE®’s business model is designed to enable our business owners to focus more time on the things that mean the most to their business – growing sales and managing the operational team.
A MARBLELIFE franchisee benefits from central R&D and marketing and has a customized dashboard providing them with marketing data and allowing them to see a variety of business metrics.
Plus accounting support, scheduling support, backup phone support, tested marketing tools, established brand recognition, and access to national accounts.
An independent has to invest time doing all of these other elements, providing a MARBLELIFE franchise a potential time advantage.
If you are in the business, consider joining MARBLELIFE, and take advantage of the many benefits we provide our franchise partners.
VetFran Discount
If you are a veteran, first, thank you for your service. We would not be able to build the business we have without knowing America was well protected. In recognition of service to our country, we offer a 10% discount off the initial franchise fee for honorably discharged veterans who satisfy the VetFran program guidelines.
Other Expenses
This chart outlines the other expenses you can encounter as you set up your business.
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Van About $30,000
Recommend a Ford Transit Connect XL or XLT
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Phone & Business License $400 – $4,000
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Training $1,000 – $2,000
Training costs are FREE, you just need to cover travel, hotel and meals during training.
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Insurance $600 – $6,000
Auto, Liability and Workman's Compensation
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Additional Funds (3 Months) $2,500 – $9,000
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Computer System $800 – $2,000
Laptop, Cloud, Accounting, and Office
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Advertising (3 Months) $3,000 – $10,000
Marketing - Local Web, Direct Mail, Advertising, Web
Additional Hard Cost Investment Opportunities
MARBLELIFE’s investment model is designed to be scale-able, allowing a new business owner to expand his market and services over time. Got questions? Your Franchise Developer will be happy to answer your questions.
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