Founded in 2004, Fish is a full-service, national communications firm specializing in franchise and multi-location public relations and marketing. Our clients span a variety of industries, including the restaurant, retail, hospitality, home services, fitness, beauty, and health/wellness segments. We’re proud to work with nationally recognized brands such as: Inspire Brands; Self Esteem Brands; Caribou Coffee; Blaze Pizza; Authority Brands; Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa; Smoothie King, and more.

From brand building, national media relations, and influencer marketing to local grand openings, crisis management and corporate communications, Fish’s expertise in communications runs deep and our creative, strategic approach to PR drives impactful results.

Our media relations campaigns consistently land our partners coverage in the most widely read and watched consumer and business outlets nationwide. We love developing creative ways to get media talking about the brands we work with — and getting customers and potential franchisees talking about them, too.

Fish has received numerous awards for our work, including being named a 2022 Power Partner on Inc. magazine’s inaugural list. Fish was also honored on Forbes’ first annual list of America’s Best PR Agencies in 2021 and has been recognized as a best place to work in the industry by Inc. magazine, PRWeek, PRovoke, and PRNEWS.

Fish is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, with operations in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Southern CA, Tampa, FL, Denver, CO, Houston, TX, New Jersey and London.

Wadsworth Design has been designing and furnishing award-winning franchises for 25+ years in health, beauty, fitness, education, and food service--including 200+ Code Ninjas, 100+ Deka Lash and 100+ Paul Mitchell the School franchises throughout the United States and Canada. We specialize in complete vision-to-grand-opening services, including timeless, modern interior design and the highest quality made-in-America furniture, fixtures and equipment.

At Hotchkiss Insurance, we know by safeguarding one's most valuable assets, people and businesses are better able to grow and prosper. We work with you to understand your unique business and deliver tailored insurance solutions and risk management to protect you from life’s uncertainties. With an advisory approach and an ability to reduce complexity, we demonstrate an abiding care for all of those who entrust themselves to us. Whether you know you need business insurance, risk management, employee benefits consulting, personal insurance, surety, or you just want to start the conversation, we've got you covered.

Franchisely is building modern, easy-to-use software to power your franchise system. We provide an end-to-end solution that streamlines all aspects of your business, from franchise sales, onboarding, royalty management, operations, and marketing, to franchisee engagement.

Franchisely empowers the entrepreneur, on either side of the franchise agreement, to grow and operate their business.

Stark & Stark helps franchise clients in formation, expansion, and divestiture, as well as to protect and license trademarks, service marks, and trade secrets.

Bookkeeping services for franchise
systems and multi-location businesses. Low-cost and fixed-fee monthly bookkeeping for as low as $119 per month. Working with over a hundred franchises nationwide. Here’s what franchisors are saying about the company: “BooXkeeping provides a great service with the right pricing for our individual owners to use. It also takes a large burden from the owners and allows them to focus on their business. -Dan Bonner, Director / United Franchise Group.” As an Intuit QSP, BooXkeeping provides free QuickBooks Online set-up, as well as heavily discounted subscriptions. “2023 Top 10 Bookkeeping Service Provider” by Financial Services Magazine!

The solutions your franchise needs at each stage of business growth can be complex. Let the CPAs and Advisors of Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. (PKF Texas) co-develop those solutions with you. Innovative companies move quickly and often face tough business challenges. The PKF Texas team is motivated to find solutions to those challenges and assist you with your bottom line. Our clients represent a cross-section of industries, relying on us for: contract compliance; joint venture audits; financial statement audits; accounting; business advisory; domestic/international tax services and more. As an active member of the Houston business community, we are proud to support IFA and the franchise sector. We are here to co-create success stories with you wherever you do business. For more information on how we can help you visit http://www.PKFTexas.com.

Sage offers leading business management software and services that support the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.5 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: SGE.L), supports 4.7 million customers worldwide. For more than 25 years, Sage has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software for accounting, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking and any specialized needs.

Successful franchise systems are based on a consistent approach to business processes and compliance, as well as sound operational and financial controls. BDO is a leader in franchise accounting and advisory services, providing a comprehensive suite of integrated, value-added services to franchisor and franchisee clients. The complex and diverse issues you face today warrant franchisors, franchisees, owners and senior management to work with a firm that combines substantial resources with practical services.

Our mission is to bring transparency, organization, and ease to the world of marketing analytics. Your time is valuable, and the last thing you want to do is waste it by trying to gather data from multiple platforms.

We created two platforms specific to the Franchise Sector and to Small Business because we want businesses to be able to own their data, have full transparency, and feel empowered to make their own marketing decisions based upon real-time data. We create pre-built solutions so that small businesses and franchise owners can stop wasting time and start making informed, data-driven decisions.

Running a business is stressful enough as it is. Our tools will help reduce the time and stress associated with analytics so you can identify where improvements can be made as quickly as possible. Ready to try it out for yourself? Get started today with a free trial!

Husch Blackwell's franchise business lawyers advise clients on the design, implementation, financing and maintenance of domestic and international franchise and distribution systems. Our guidance includes expansion strategies; trademark registration and licensing; labor and employment; contracts and agreements; regulatory compliance; and territory terminations, renewals and transfers.

When disagreements arise, our franchise law team first seeks to resolve disputes at less expense through informal negotiations or mediation (though we are always prepared to go to court if necessary). On behalf of franchise clients, our experienced team has litigated fraud and misrepresentation claims, enforcement of restrictive covenants, vicarious liability claims, enforcement of operating standards, and advertising/marketing fund claims.

Law firm specializing in representation of single and multi-unit franchisees and emerging franchisors from transactional to complex class action litigation. We also represent and assist in the formation of independent franchisee associations.