Color Glo International Listed On Entrepreneur 2019 Best Franchises For Any Budget
“The top franchises from Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 in three startup-cost tiers: Less than $100,000, $100,000 to $500,000, and more than $500,000. Color Glo International has ranked #45 in $56K - $61K start up range.
Color Glo International® Listed On Entrepreneur 2019 Best Franchises For Any Budget
“The top franchises from Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 in three startup-cost tiers: Less than $100,000, $100,000 to $500,000, and more than $500,000. Color Glo International has ranked #45 in $56K - $61K start-up range.
Understanding The Ranking
About The Any-Budget Franchises. The opportunities available in franchising are as varied as the personalities, skills sets, and yes, bank accounts of the people interested in purchasing them. That's why Entrepreneur lists the top 50 franchises from each of three startup-cost tiers: less than $100,000, $100,000 to $500,000, and more than $500,000. In this ranking, Color Glo comes in under $100,000.
The included companies are ranked based on their position in the 2019 Franchise 500, which evaluates more than 150 data points in the areas of costs and fees, size and growth, franchisee support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability.
Color Glo International is proud to have made this list amongst some of the nation’s top opportunities across various niches including restaurants, hair care, real estate, technology, themed parks, and more. Here’s a peek into their ranking criteria and process.
Learn more about the “Best Franchises For Any Budget” by clicking Entrepreneur’s website.
About Color Glo International
Color Glo International is the World Leader in restoration and repair of leather, vinyl, velour, cloth and hard plastics commonly found in the markets of Automotive, Aircraft, Marine, and Furniture. Formally incorporated in 1975 Color Glo began franchising in 1982. Today in hundreds of markets throughout the world. Color Glo products are proven every day to offer the correct results and best value every time they are put to the test.
Contact
Mandi Brandon
mandi@colorglo.com
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CGI Franchisee Spotlight - Kansas
These Featured Franchisees are in Kansas. Color Glo International is the World Leader in restoration and repair of leather, vinyl, velour, cloth and hard plastics commonly found in the markets of Automotive, Aircraft, Marine, and Furniture.
CGI Franchisee Spotlight
Kansas & Aero Interior Maintenance
Welcome to Kansas
Color Glo is an international color restoration and repair company with hundreds of franchised offices throughout the U.S. and several foreign countries. We specialize in restoring and repairing all types of damaged, mismatched, dirty, faded upholstery found in the home, office, automobile, private or commercial aircraft, boats and commercial seating venues. In addition Color Glo offers re-dying services when a color change is desired.
Our process uses specially formulated proprietary water based and environmentally friendly, non flammable, odor free products. Color Glo re-conditioned items dry in minutes which allows the customer to use their investment almost immediately.
“Leather 101: Cleaning your leather on a regular basis is one of the most important things you can do to save the life of your leather.”
Aviation Restoration
About Aero Interior Maintenance
Repairing Leather, Vinyl, Cloth, and Hard Plastics for over 35 Years! Franchisee Ed Laverentz offers mobile Color Glo services in the greater Wichita area, Kansas City as well as a few other locations in the United States. His speciality is aero interior maintenance targeted at leather, vinyl, and plastic surfaces used for interior components of aircraft. These components would include aircraft seating, side panels and reveals, headliners, seat bases, window reveals, table tops, and drink rails. See before and After photos of aviation restoration here.
The industry uses many different types of plastics, vinyls, and leathers to accomplish both practical and maintainable surfaces but also to bring elegance to these interiors. Ed and company can help you restore, clean and re-dye:
Vinyl
Leather
Cloth
Velour
Fiberglass
Fabric
Wood Grain
Panel & Dash
Carpet
Color Glo Kansas
The greater Wichita area is also serviced by Colton Linville. Colton and company offer leather restoration and repair, vinyl, plastic and cloth in boats and vehicles and a range of Color Glo services that you can expect from every Color Glo International franchisee and specialist.
Service Area
Service categories
With Color Glo International, you have many benefits such as on-site service, cost-effective permanent lasting repairs, environmentally safe, higher resale value and time saving efficiency without transport back and forth. Color Glo Kansas services the following catagories.
Automotive
Commercial
Recreational
Aviation
Marine
Residential
Servicing Wichita, Topeka and surrounding counties
Color Glo customers also like the fact that the process takes place at their own site. There is no down time involved in dropping off your item or picking it up, we come to you, leaving valuable time for your needs - not ours.
Interested In a Color Glo Franchise?
Color Glo International is the World Leader in restoration and repair of leather, vinyl, velour, cloth and hard plastics commonly found in the markets of Automotive, Aircraft, Marine and Furniture. Formally incorporated in 1975 Color Glo began franchising in 1982. Today in hundreds of markets throughout the world. Color Glo products are proven every day to offer the correct results and best value every time they are put to the test.
Purchase A Top Franchise Opportunity in 2019
If you’ve been thinking about buying into a top franchise opportunity, then you’ve likely been looking at many options. One question that we often hear is “when is the right time?”. It’s a valid question - when is the right time to buy a franchise?
When is a good time to buy a franchise?
If you’ve been thinking about buying into a top franchise opportunity, then you’ve likely been looking at many options. One question that we often hear is “when is the right time?”. It’s a valid question - when is the right time to buy a franchise? You might be thinking about things like time of year, personal capacity, industry trends and other factors that are specific to your life, but the ultimate answer is simply this - when you have the money.
The right franchise candidate. Once you’ve decided that you’ve saved enough or you are funded in some other way, you’ll need to consider a few other things.
Are you comfortable following a rigid business system?
Are you interested in using someone else’s creation to build a business?
If self-employment is your goal are you ok not being a full-fledged entrepreneur
Do you have experience in sales, operations or hiring/managing people?
Do you have enough net worth or capital to fund the business, advertise and experience a couple years of growth?
Timing has to be right
If you've been thinking about buying into a franchise system, and you can answer yes to the questions above, then you might be on the right track. Almost anyone can be a franchise owner if you have the determination and the willingness to learn and evolve. The system has been created for you, so following it is your biggest asset.
Now, as much as you’d like to quit your job so you can be in business for yourself, you might not be able to do that right now. It’s just reality. You may have other factors in your life that force you down one path or the other or delay objectives that are on your list. You might have young children and saving for their college education is your family’s priority right now. Maybe you had to leverage a loan or second mortgage for major home repairs. It’s possible a family member is ill and its not a good time to check out mentally and engage in new business ventures.
That said, the best time to buy a franchise is when you have the money, the desire, and the wherewithal to move forward. ~ The Franchise King®, Joel Libava
Franchise 500
Color Glo International ranks in the Entrepreneur Top Global Franchise 500 2019
Franchise Skillsets
The type of franchise you own will depend heavily on your personality, interests, and your skill-sets. If you have interest in restaurant operations, then there are many restaurant franchise options for you. If you love clothing and fashion, then there are unique boutique franchises out there for you. If you want to operate a gym, guess what? There are so many options out there for you. If you are a hair stylist or makeup artist or have interest in the beauty industry, then there are franchise opportunities in the beauty industry.
If you want to help your clients save large amounts of money and be a go-to resource for color and material restoration in niched interests like automobiles, marine, aircraft, home furniture, commercial furniture and more - then Color Glo International is for you. You'll meet new people every day, you'll work on-site rather than in a box and you'll encounter unique jobs that challenge you daily.
Franchise ownership rewards?
There are many rewards to owning a franchise. One of the biggest is also your biggest challenge, which is being self-employed. This means you are your own boss which can be the life or death of your business. You'll need to be a self-starter, create routines and schedules, set your own meetings and efficiently and financially manage them. You get to know other small business owners in your community and you'll get to know all kinds of people that are looking for someone like you to help them with regular work. One is that Color Glo Franchise owners can benefit is in their relationships with RV Dealers.
Freedom is your biggest advantage. New work locations, new people, new challenges - every day. If you're willing to follow a proven model, the business can also be lucrative
Back to determining the best time
We've given you our advice based on our franchisees. But seasonal businesses and level of risk takers will have different opinions. Some industries will have busier times of year than others, and many will want to open right before a big season. However, your personality comes in to play; you may want time to work out the kinks.
To find which option is right for you, look at potential outcomes … and seasons that might bring in more dollars. Then evaluate how ready you are (or might be) by a certain date. This can create a realistic timeline, and reveal when will be your "best" time to open.
How about outside factors? Are there any competitors retiring or going out of business? Are there businesses in your similar field opening? These variables, and more, can help pin down a deadline. Also keep in mind that business is never cut and dry. Even with the tightest of plans, your deadline can get shoved back. Be sure to give plenty of advance … just in case.
Another thing to also consider are hard dates. Do you need real estate? When can you get into the building? Are there licenses, liens, loans, operational equipment etc that all have lead times? A firm plan is essential to launch.
Final Considerations
Before hopping in with both feet, take some time to consider the competing franchise models in your selected interest. Stay open-minded and things can change rapidly. If you are working toward opening your franchise, there comes a point where it's simply time to open, no matter what the corresponding season might be. Be prepped to go at it full-force, then hone in on whatever your industry's craziest time of year.
Color Glo International was rated a World Class Franchise by the Franchise Research Institute.
Color Glo International was also ranked on the 2019 Entrepreneur Franchise 500.