One of America's premier franchise law firms serving many of our nation's largest and most reputable franchisors and new franchisors eager to join their ranks. Achieving litigation results that clients refer to as “stunning”. Creating and securing swift registration of carefully crafted franchise agreements and disclosure documents. Serving as franchise counsel in many of our nation’s largest franchise acquisition and financing transactions. All while keeping fees to an absolute minimum.

The International Franchise Expo (IFE) is the premier franchise event in the industry and one of the few shows supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The show attracts investors from 45 states and 65 countries. From domestic or international expansion to selling single units, area developments, or master franchises, IFE is the industry’s one-stop premier event.

Franchise Expo Austin debuts in November 2024. Franchise brands won’t want to miss the opportunity to meet face-to-face with qualified candidates in one of the fastest-growing areas in the country. This local expo includes a comprehensive conference program.

Sought out for their intellectual guidance, network of executive talent, finance and equity connections, The Elliot Group is a boutique retained executive search firm specializing in the franchise, foodservice, hospitality service, and retail sector. We work with national and international brands at every stage of the business lifecycle, from emerging to mature. In addition to executive search, we are actively involved in human resource consulting, benchmarking, and succession planning.

Strategic Marketing & Media solutions including strategic planning, customer and local market analytics, media planning and buying for all media channels including direct mail, inserts, outdoor, digital, OTT and more. Our best-in-class franchise marketing support platform empowers local Franchise Owners and Franchisors with tools, performance measurements and strategic insights.

FRANdata is an industry-leading research and consulting firm offering market intelligence that enables our clients to grow their business in franchising. FRANdata offers independent, comprehensive market insight focusing on the franchise ecosystem. By leveraging the largest database of proprietary franchise information in the industry, we help clients measure performance, find ideal targets and fully understand the complexities of franchising. FRANdata is headquartered in Arlington, VA, and is often cited as franchise experts in media publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, the Franchise Times, and Franchise Update.

Maybe you’ve reached a plateau? Maybe your growth curve has gone flat, your systems have reached their limit, or your Board of Directors and investors want more? You keep trying new thing; a new Chief Development Officer or VP of Development, different development directors, outsourced development, brokers, consultants, training; and you keep getting excuses, and coming up way short on the results that really matter. You need more quality new Franchisees and fast, successful on-boarding of new units and you have no more money, time, or energy to waste.
What do you do? Where do you go? At CGI, we get franchise development. We have a deep understanding of how it works, what keeps the wheels rolling, and what will truly deliver shareholder value over and over again well into the future.

20North is a full-service digital marketing agency focused on growing our clients’ business through data-driven, multi-channel digital strategies like SEO and web design. We take a thoughtful, collaborative approach to understanding our clients’ business goals and develop and execute digital marketing plans that achieve desired results. With diverse backgrounds in digital marketing, branding, public relations, copywriting, analytics and web development, we specialize in: Local and National SEO; Google Ads Management; Web Design & Development; Content Marketing; Social Media Advertising, and CRM & Analytics.

Zoho offers beautifully smart software to help you grow your business. With over 100 million users worldwide, Zoho's 55+ products aid your sales and marketing, support and collaboration, finance, and recruitment needs—letting you focus only on your business. Zoho respects user privacy and does not have an ad-revenue model in any part of its business, including its free products.

Revolutionizing the financial landscape to forge meaningful and enduring connections between merchants and consumers, driving impactful change.

The Twism Network connects merchants to consumers using the power of Coins. Every business creates their own branded currency. Every consumer has their own digital wallet. Thus creating an innovative social commerce of endless connections.

Lafayette Square invests in middle market companies while positively supporting people and communities. We believe the demand for capital in businesses headquartered outside of high-income places is an overlooked opportunity. We seek investment opportunities that stimulate economic growth across the United States through the creation and preservation of working-class jobs.

CT Corporation helps small businesses, corporations, and law firms around the world manage their most critical business and legal compliance responsibilities. With over 130 years of legal compliance experience and strong relationships with federal and state legislatures, CT Corporation has the expertise and flexibility to support a wide range of clients from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations.

CT Corporation is part of Wolters Kluwer's Financial & Corporate Compliance (FCC) division, which provides legal, finance, and compliance professionals and small business owners with a broad spectrum of solutions, services, and expertise needed to help manage their financial and corporate compliance needs in dynamic markets and regulatory environments.