Franchise development — feasibility to Discovery Day

We build franchises like we own them.

Everything it takes to franchise your business — disclosure documents, legal setup, operations, lead generation, all the way to Discovery Day — under one roof, from a team with skin in the game.

Is your business franchisable?   See the build schedule →

The build — what happens, week by week
WK 01Feasibility & unit economics
WK 04Franchise structure & fees
WK 06FDD drafted with franchise counsel
WK 12Operations manual & training system
WK 16Registered. Ready to sell.
WK 17+Lead generation → Discovery Day
Full schedule on the process page — before you ever sign.
One pipelineFeasibility to Discovery Day — one team accountable for the whole thing, not a handoff between vendors.
Week-by-week visibilityThe full build schedule and every deliverable, published before you commit. No black box.
Straight answersOur assessment sometimes says "not yet." We'd rather tell you now than bill you for a franchise that shouldn't exist.

Two ways to work with us

You choose the path. The build is the same.

Either way, you get the entire machine — strategy, FDD and legal coordination, operations, training, lead generation, and a run to Discovery Day.

The Direct Path

You keep 100%. We build it all.

A straightforward engagement: we build your complete franchise system for a fee, and every bit of it belongs to you.

  • Full build — feasibility through state registration
  • Lead generation and sales support through Discovery Day
  • Your brand, your equity, your upside — all of it
  • A detailed, itemized quote after a free feasibility conversation

How the Direct Path works →

The Partner Path — for a select few

We share the build. And the bet.

Each year we take on a small number of brands we believe in strongly enough to invest our own work in. We carry most of the build cost ourselves — and we succeed only when your franchises do.

  • Your out-of-pocket drops to roughly filing and legal costs
  • We're not a vendor watching the clock — we're in it with you
  • Selective by design: we say no more than we say yes

See if your brand qualifies →

The machine

Franchise development, run like a production schedule.

Most firms describe their "proven process" in adjectives. We publish ours in weeks and deliverables — and you can hold us to it.

PHASE 1 — BUILD · WEEKS 1–16

From working business to registered franchisor

Feasibility and unit economics. Franchise structure — territories, fees, royalties. FDD drafted with experienced franchise counsel. Operations manual, training program, opening playbook. State registration.

PHASE 2 — GROW · WEEK 17 ONWARD

From registered franchisor to awarded franchises

Lead generation built and running. Every inquiry worked, scored, and nurtured — not left in an inbox. Qualified candidates through validation, Discovery Day, and award. Weekly pipeline reports, every week.

See the full week-by-week schedule →

The uncomfortable part

The most valuable thing we'll give you is a straight answer.

Franchising multiplies what already works. It cannot fix what doesn't. Some businesses aren't ready — the economics are too thin, the systems live in the owner's head, the model needs another location of proof. When that's the case, we'll tell you, and tell you exactly what to fix first. It costs you nothing to hear it, and it can save you a six-figure mistake.

Who's behind this

Built by operators, not consultants.

Before FranWerks, we built national franchise brands from the inside — selling the franchises, working the leads, running the Discovery Days.

Who's behind FranWerks →

Is your business franchisable?

Ten questions, scored honestly. Sometimes the answer is "not yet" — better to know today.

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No mystery pricing

Franchising has real costs. We publish them.

Most firms make you sit through a sales call to learn what franchising costs. We put the whole picture on a page — legal, registration, audits, the parts others leave out — and what each path with us looks like against it.

See what it really costs →

WHAT THE CATEGORY CHARGES, TYPICALLY

Development consultant$25,000 – $150,000
Their risk if nothing sells$0
FranWerks Partner Path≈ filing + legal costs