franchising
More Veterans Opening Small
Businesses Using Franchise Discounts
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aunching a small business in financial incentives to honorably-dis- received kudos from both the VA and
today’s economy may pose a charged veterans as a way to express the American Society of Association
daunting challenge for some appreciation for their service in uni- Executives, which last year bestowed
prospective entrepreneurs, but an form. Discounts offered to veterans its Award of Excellence upon IFA for
increasing number of the nation’s mili- by the franchise systems range from creating an “outstanding program
tary veterans are venturing into fran- reduced initial franchise fees to which has resulted in significant bene-
chising as their choice for pursuing the waivers of training costs and free prod- fit to American society.”
American Dream, reports the Interna- uct inventories. And there are more veteran-owned
tional Franchise Association. According to the latest survey of small businesses on the way, accord-
Since March, 129 new veteran-fran- VetFran participating companies, the ing to survey statistics, which found
chisees have joined the ranks of small- top 10 sellers of franchises to veterans 228 VetFran franchise agreements
business owners using discounts vol- are Matco Tools (177), The Dwyer pending among the participating com-
untarily offered by IFA member-com- Group (167), The UPS Store (146), panies. Information about VetFran,
panies, bringing to 1,499 the number of Dunkin’ Brands (84), CruiseOne (68), the franchises and the discounts they
former military personnel who Meineke Car Care Centers (48), offer honorably-discharged veterans
acquired franchises via the VetFran PostNet International (41), Sport Clips may be viewed on IFA’s Web site,
Program. (33), Mr. Handyman (32) and Maui
www.franchise.org, under “Opportuni-
Today, nearly 400 of the associa- Wowi Smoothies (29). ties for Veterans.” HNM
tion’s member-companies offer various The award-winning program has
Source: International Franchise Association
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