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Your franchise and business opportunity resource!

Are you considering investing in your own business or franchise and not sure where to start? Thurston Franchise Consulting provides franchise consulting services to help you identify the best franchises to meet your personal and professional goals and objectives. Since we are paid by the companies we represent our services are always provided at no cost to you. We work with over 700 of today's leading franchise opportunities and will help you navigate the often overwhelming franchise world to choose the businesses that are right for you to consider.

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How Our 5-Step Client Process Works*

Assessment of Candidate's Franchising Goals/Objectives and Business Model Preferences

We will focus this call on a deep assessment to learn your personal, business and financial goals, areas of expertise, ideal business models and industries, investment levels, and much more...

We Research 800+ Franchises based on your Selection Criteria

We will perform a detailed research in our database to identify franchise concepts that match your background and goals.

Franchise Recommendations Presentation call

We will present to you a list of franchise concepts that match your profile and goals. We will hear your feedback and either move to step 4 or repeat our matchmaking process as needed.

Candidate Franchise Investigation and Validation Process

We will introduce you to the franchisors of your selected franchise concepts, and assist you in the entire research & discovery process, so you can make an informed decision (weekly calls for 4-6 weeks).

Candidate's Final Decision (go/no go)

After having completed the due diligence you and the franchisor will be ready to make a final go/no go decision.

* We develop viable franchise recommendations for our client's based on their franchising goals, objectives, areas of interest and desired investment level, then coach, guide and mentor them through the entire franchise research and acquisition process.

Featured Franchises

FranServe
Hounds Town USA
Great Clips
Skedaddle
WaveMAX Laundry
HomeVestors of America / We Buy Ugly Houses
Home Helpers Home Care

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