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.

As a four-time “Law Firm of the Year” honoree, Nixon Peabody has one of the top U.S. and global franchise practices. We focus on all aspects of domestic and international transactional issues, disclosure documents, franchise-related agreements, and disputes between franchisors and franchisees. We represent clients in food and beverage, hospitality, retail, and other sectors. We have worked with franchise systems across industries in more than 90 countries on global expansion, brand development, licensing, and distribution issues.

Entrepreneur Media is the most established and referred to franchise opportunity resource in the industry. Entrepreneur Media's franchise products include: Entrepreneur.com, Entrepreneur magazine (the #1 selling monthly business magazine on the newsstand), and Entrepreneur's StartUps Newsstand Guides. With more dedicated franchise editorial than any other major national publication, and 20 million monthly visitors, Entrepreneur continues to be the #1 lead source for franchisors.

We provide custom design and fabrication for all types of metal and wood applications. We specialize in the interior dress outs for franchise store fronts.

We are a multilingual law firm that focuses on franchising and intellectual property in Canada and internationally. We provide cost-effective service in multiple countries.

Garnett Station Partners is a principal investment firm founded in 2013 by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane. GSP partners with experienced and entrepreneurial management teams and strategic investors to build value for its portfolio of growth platforms. The firm draws on its global relationships, operational experience and rigorous diligence process to source, underwrite and manage investments. Target sectors include food & beverage, health & wellness, automotive and business services. The GSP culture is based on the core principles of entrepreneurship, collaboration, analytical rigor and accountability. For more information, please visit http://www.garnettstation.com.

Konnect is a change agent for franchise brands, that provides ROI-driven media relations, marketing, social media and content creation services. Focused on providing solutions to clients’ biggest challenges, Konnect develops custom national and regional campaigns that produce results in the form of increased leads, sales and brand awareness. As an agency with a record of excellence in the franchise industry, Konnect has the expertise and experience to deliver on strategies that reach consumers and potential franchisees, while supporting current franchisees and overall system growth.

With 270+ brands launched, DevHub helps franchisors unlock hidden revenue and drive franchisee growth through their location-focused website suite; from local franchisee sites and pages to a location finder, corporate site, franchise development site, and landing pages, DevHub puts scalability and flexibility at the forefront of their easy-to-use platform.

With industry-specific features and the freedom to swap suppliers and integrations as desired, franchisors and franchisees alike can reap the benefits of enhanced discoverability, lead conversion, and ultimately, revenue.

Balihoo is the premier provider of Local Marketing Automation technology and services to franchises and national brands with local marketing needs. Balihoo brings enterprise-class marketing to the local level and gives national brands full visibility into all local marketing activities and results.

Since 2009, SMB Franchise Advisors has helped 500 small and medium business concepts turn into franchise brands. From helping emerging companies with their franchising launch to reinvigorating established brands, our mission is to help each client’s concept grow with best-in-class franchise consulting services. Our trusted team takes the time to get to know each business, and our job is to explore, inspire and foster a brand’s full potential from its earliest stages to the finish line.

Brand founders and co-founders reach out to us when they are ready to franchise their growing and successful business. We help them navigate the landscape from concept to franchise brand, guiding each client through the entire process from beginning to end including teaching the essentials of finance, operations, marketing and franchise sales needed to establish and develop their franchise brand.

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Technology drives human progress. This tenet is the core of our business and vision. Our customers and team members are integral to our continuing success as we provide the essential infrastructure for organizations to transform their digital futures.